Top 10 concerts this week in Sarasota, Bradenton, Englewood, Palmetto

October is when the event calendar truly starts to ram up in the Sarasota area, and that’s certainly true of this concert picks installment, which is double the size of last week’s list.

Visitors to our area this week will include a rising country music star, Blues Music Award-winning and nominated artists, a New England singer-songwriter featured in Farrelly brothers films, a performer who played the late Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant in another movie, and a group on its way to Gainesville’s punk extravaganza Fest.

We also have musicians formerly from Sarasota and Tampa Bay making return appearances, and a Bradenton band playing a show in their Manatee County home. Here are this week’s highlights. Event details are subject to change.

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Chad Price Peace Coalition

After putting on a mini-fest with bands headed to Gainesville’s punk extravaganza Fest, which returns for its 23rd year this weekend, Bradenton’s Oscura will feature another act headed to Fest with Chad Price Peace Coalition on Friday. Price has been a member of punk rockers ALL (along with 3/4 of Descendents), alt-country act Drag the River and prog-metal band A Vulture Wake.

Chad Price Peace Coalition, which released its debut album “A Perfect Pearl” earlier this year, draws from those group’s genres for a blend of alternative rock, emo, folk and prog. Doghouse Roses and Mark Warner & the Bad Habits also perform. 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show Friday; Oscura, 816 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton; free/pay-what-you-want ages 21 and up, $10 under age 21; oscura.live

TreeHouse!

Also playing Oscura this weekend, after performing at the venue earlier this year with fellow Carolinian reggae-rock band Sons of Paradise from Raleigh, North Carolina, will be TreeHouse! in a headlining gig. TreeHouse! hails from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and whose sound is described as “if Pink Floyd jammed with Bob Marley & the Wailers.”

Another out-of-town reggae-rock group, Cincinnati’s Rockstead, and world musician Trevor Bystrom, who hails from Anna Maria Island, will also perform. 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show Saturday; Oscura, 816 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton; $12 advance, $15 day of; oscura.live

Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials

Bradenton’s Cottonmouth and Flamingo Bay Brewing Co. team for up for this show that’ll be held at the latter venue where Cottonmouth chef David Shiplett will serve food from a limited menu. The Chicago blues group fronted by Lil’ Ed Williams has won Band of the Year twice at the Blues Music Awards, in 2007 and 2009, and been nominated several other times, including B.B. King Entertainer of the Year for Williams in 2024.

The band is also a longtime mainstay of Alligator Records, releasing albums such as 2016’s “The Big Sound of Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials” on the renowned Chicago blues label. 7 p.m. Saturday; Flamingo Bay Brewing Co., 1910 14th St. W., Bradenton; $25-$30; 941-213-9646; flamingobaybrewingco.com

Betty Fox Band

If you’re a local blues music lover, another option Saturday is soul-blues singer Betty Fox at Sarasota venue Fogartyville. Fox previously earned a Blues Music Awards nomination for Best Emerging Artist Album for 2020’s “Peace in Pieces.”

That album was recorded at the renowned FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, featuring Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section members Spooner Oldham and Clayton Ivey, as well as a horn section and backing vocals. 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show Saturday; Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota; $30, $25 members, $15 students ages 13 and up (general admission patio seating available); 941-894-6469; fogartyville.org

Have Gun, Will Travel

Bradenton alt-Americana act Have Gun, Will Travel will play a show in their Manatee County home this weekend when they return to Palmetto’s Waypoint Bar & Grill. That group has had their music appear on TV shows such as CBS’ “The Good Wife” and Netflix’s “The Ranch,” and been covered by outlets such as NPR and No Depression.

The band currently has a new EP, “Voyager Golden,” on the way. Their previous EP, 2022’s “Silver Sounds,” paid tribute to their Bradenton home on the song “Our Fair City,” which references local landmarks such as LECOM Park and Village of the Arts. 5 p.m. Saturday; Waypoint Bar & Grill, 11000 U.S. Highway 41 N., Palmetto; free; 941-212-6600; facebook.com/waypointbarandgrill

Døvydas

Multi-instrumentalist and former Sarasota resident Døvydas will return to the area for a homecoming concert Sunday at Big Top Live. Previously known as David Smash, Døvydas went viral in 2017 for a video of him covering Steve Vai at a gig in Motorworks Brewing in Bradenton, which currently has around 11 million YouTube views.

Since then, he’s become even more of a social media sensation, with more than two million YouTube subscribers and more than a million Facebook followers. 6 p.m. Sunday; Big Top Live, 975 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota; $15.40 and up; 941-371-2939; bigtoplive.com

Matthew Curry

Playing Big Top Live earlier Sunday will be Bloomington, Illinois blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Matthew Curry, who’s also set to play Cottonmouth later that week. Curry counts among his fans Peter Frampton, The Doobie Brothers and Steve Miller Band, all of whom he’s opened for. He also appeared onscreen in the 2015 David Spade comedy “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser,” playing the late Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman and Jacksonville native Ronnie Van Zant.

Can’t make either of these shows? Curry is also set to play Nov. 6 at Venice’s Troll Music and Nov. 9 at Port Charlotte’s The Twisted Fork. Noon Sunday; Big Top Live, 975 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota; free; 941-371-2939; bigtoplive.com; 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30; Cottonmouth Southern Soul Kitchen, 1114 12th St. W., Bradenton; 941-243-3735; facebook.com/cottonmouthsoul

Chris O’Leary Band

Another Alligator Records-signed act, blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player Chris O’Leary, will visit our area this week for a show at Sarasota County restaurant and venue Englewoods on Dearborn.

O’Leary previously played in the Barn Burners with The Band’s late great drummer/singer Levon Helm before pursuing a solo career with 2010’s “Mr. Used to Be,” which earned a Blues Music Awards nomination for Best New Artist Debut. O’Leary released his latest album “The Hard Line” last year after signing to Alligator Records. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday; Englewoods on Dearborn, 362 W. Dearborn St., Englewood; $7; 941-475-7501; englewoodsondearborn.com

Alana Springsteen

Big Top Live also continues to host concerts by an impressive roster of rising country music stars, including Alana Springsteen this week. Springsteen (no relation to The Boss) released her debut album “Twenty Something” in 2023, when she was indeed still 22 years old, featuring country stars Chris Stapleton and Mitchell Tenpenny as guests.

Other famous fans of hers include Luke Bryan and Keith Urban, who have brought her on tour as an opening act, and NPR, who invited her to perform on its popular Tiny Desk concert series. 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30; Big Top Live, 975 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota; $30.35; 941-371-2939; bigtoplive.com

Ellis Paul

Fogartyville’s live music lineup this week will also include New England folk musician Ellis Paul. The singer-songwriter was born in Maine and rose to prominence in the Boston music scene, with fellow New Englanders and filmmaking duo the Farrelly brothers using his songs “The World Ain’t Slowin’ Down” and “Sweet Mistakes” in their films “Me, Myself & Irene” and “Shallow Hal,” respectively.

Paul most recently released the 2023 full-length “55.” 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show Thursday, Oct. 30; Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota; $25, $20 members, $12 students ages 13 and up; 941-894-6469; fogartyville.org

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