December 2026
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Sunday, December 6
Pure Prairie League
tickets → Thursday, December 10
Mindi Abair
Friday, December 11
MAACM Studio Sips: Watercolor
from $1058
details → Shaun Cassidy
tickets → Saturday, December 12
Tommy Emmanuel w/ Trey Hensley
tickets → Saturday, December 19
Rockapella Christmas
Tuesday, December 1
University of South Florida Women's Basketball vs University of Arkansas Pine Bluff
details →
Member Event: The James Museum
Free
details → Dinosaur World Live!
tickets → Davide De Pierro
from $42
details → BFA Dance Senior Fall Showcases: Reforming
Wednesday, December 2
University of South Florida Men's Basketball vs West Florida
details →
Mayor’s Food Truck Fiesta
details → St. Pete Night Market
Free
details → Dizzy Desserts: A Dalí-Inspired Culinary Competition
details → Celebrate the Holidays with the Dizzy Desserts – A Dalí-Inspired Culinary Competition
from $77
details → Eli Young Band Live In Concert
details → Joy! USF Choral Ensembles
tickets → Thursday, December 3
Art After Dark: Trivia Night with Max Blowers
details → The Holiday Promenade
details → November Book Club Material + Gender
details → Remix: David Hockney Holiday Cards
from $55
details → Wine & Caribbean Food Tasting
from $35
details → Philip Bowen in Tampa
from $20
tickets → Hyprov - Improv Under Hypnosis
tickets → Friday, December 4
University of South Florida Women's Basketball vs Morgan State University
details →
Kids Market At Brandon Rec Center Movie Night
details → Senses Fail, Koyo & Initiate – Still Searching Tour
details → Pee-Pa's Open Mic Night
Free
details → Damon Darling
from $32
details → LOU GRAMM The Founding Voice of FOREIGNER
from $50
tickets → Lou Gramm
Trisha Paytas – Trishmas LIVE! Tour
details → Dave Koz Christmas
Saturday, December 5
Corey Avenue Holiday Art & Craft Festival
Free
details → Mezzo Market
details → Historic Downtown St. Pete Trolley Tour
details → Dunedin Downtown Market
Free
details → Saturday Morning Market
Free
details → St. Pete on Foot – A Walking Tour of the Sunshine City
from $15
details → MAACM Family Day: Vintage Ornaments
Free
details → Sensory Saturday | Hands-On with Curious Creations Co.
details → Deck the Halls Holiday Market
Free
details → Holiday Village presented by Carrollwood Village Phases II & III
Free
details → The Inaugural Stakes, The Sandpiper Stakes
from $3
details → St. Pete Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl: 11th Annual
details → State Champs – 10 Years of Around the World and Back Tour
details → Tampa City Ballet The Nutcracker Classic Holiday Favorite
Anthony Jeselnik
Dark Star Orchestra
Al Jardine w/ Peter Noone
tickets → The Florida Orchestra: Nightmare Before Christmas
details → University of South Florida Football vs American Conference Championship
details →
Tyla - the A*pop World Tour
Corey Holcomb
Corey Ave Sunday Fresh Market
details → Little Surrealist Tour
details → Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Los Angeles Chargers
details → Lecture: Ptolemaic Queens
from $25
details → Infinity's Winter White
details → In Her Own Words in Tampa
from $28
tickets → Silvestre Dangond - El Baile de Todos
Monday, December 7
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
details → Tuesday, December 8
Abstract Explorations with Amy Howell
from $45
details → Pickleball 101 | Get Fit St. Pete
details → St. Pete Gift Grab
Free
details → Death Becomes Her (Touring)
Wednesday, December 9
University of South Florida Men's Basketball vs Jacksonville
details →
Homeschool Hours | Portraiture + Identity
details → Watch What Crappens
tickets → Holiday Botanicals
Free
details → Vienna Light Orchestra – Christmas Concert Tour 2026
details → Art After Dark + Jazz Night with Bryan J. Hughes & the Crew Café Clementine Hosts Lost Coast Oyster Co.
details → Open Mic Poetry at The Dalí
details → Pilates in the Park
details → Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins
details → The Florida Orchestra: Holiday Pops – Tampa Bay’s Beloved Holiday Tradition
details → We Belong Here: Tampa Bay
details → Kids Market at Movie Night
details → Keys in the Park: A Melodic Duel
Free
details → Lorraine, Woozy, Arson, Screen, Meatwound, and Polabyla in Tampa
from $20
tickets → Martin Amini
from $35
details → TWISTED SISTER featuring SEBASTIAN BACH on Lead Vocals plus special guests ROCKETT MAFIA featuring RIKKI ROCKETT of POISON and BRITNY FOX
from $60
tickets → The R&B Tour - Starring Usher Raymond & Chris Brown
Lily Rose – 2026 Fall Tour
details → GorillaT (18 and Over)
tickets → University of South Florida Men's Basketball at Dayton
details →
A Century of Baseball History Trolley Tour
from $45
details → Studio Saturdays
details → The Market Marie: Coachman Park
Free
details → Christmas in the Country at Cracker Country
from $12
details → Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
details → PABSE Winter Celebration
from $10
details → Shuler King
from $32
details → Constructed Vision Opening Reception
from $12
details → Ax and the Hatchetmen – The Late Checkout Tour
details → BROTALITY - Jaws of the Earth US Tour 2026 with Indebted and Million
from $20
tickets → American Football - Band
The Lemon Twigs
The Fab Four: Tribute To The Beatles A Hard Days Night
Holiday Pops
Sunday, December 13
8th Annual Jingle Bell Bazaar at Ybor
Free
details → Holiday Trees Display & Auction
Free
details → Gaither Homecoming Christmas: Bill Gaither & The Gaither Vocal Band
tickets → Jodeci – Forever My Lady 35th Anniversary Tour
details → Wax & DJ Hoppa | Highway Hotel Tour
from $35
details → Classic Albums Live Presents Van Halen "1984"
Monday, December 14
Black History Book Club: “Why We Can’t Wait” by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Free
details → Tuesday, December 15
University of South Florida Women's Basketball vs Longwood University
details →
Sarper Güven
from $42
details → Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol's "Ca$h Grab Tour" in Tampa
from $24
tickets → Josh Johnson's Comedy Band Camp
Hip Hop In The Heights
Free
details → Wednesday, December 16
University of South Florida Men's Basketball vs Alabama
details →
Growing Creatively: Early Learner Gallery & Art Experience
from $30
details → Josh Johnson’s Comedy Band Camp
details → Thursday, December 17
Book Club: “Tampa Theatre: A Century of Stories” by Andrew T. Huse
Free
details → Art After Dark with Classical Revolution
details → 3rd Thursday Tampa
details → V3 Art Unveiling with Carla Paine
from $25
details → Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Calgary Flames
details → Friday, December 18
2026 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
details → Underoath - Define the Great Line 20th Anniversary Tour
Bodysnatcher (under 18 with parent or legal guardian)
Dance Theatre of Tampa The Nutcracker 27th Anniversary
Sommore
Cirque Musica
tickets → Zingara – The Aliens Are Making Sounds Tour
details → Chelsea Handler: the High and Mighty Tour
Deathpact (18 and Over)
tickets → University of South Florida Men's Basketball vs Kennesaw State
details →
Jingle Bell Family Fun Fest!
Free
details → Kids Market at Gulfport Night Market
details → Green Jello
from $25
tickets → The Florida Orchestra: Classical Christmas
details → Sunday, December 20
Yoga at The Dalí
details → Sensory-Friendly Sunday
details → St. Pete Sunday Market
Free
details → A Very Broadway Christmas
details → Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs New Orleans Saints
details → Language Tour Series | Spanish-Speaking Tour with Nelson Lees
details → Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve
Celtic Angels Christmas
tickets → University of South Florida Women's Basketball vs Auburn University
details →
Monday, December 21
University of South Florida Women's Basketball vs Middle Tennessee
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Tuesday, December 22
University of South Florida Men's Basketball at College of Charleston
details →
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. St. Louis Blues
details → A Christmas Carol
Saturday, December 26
Mark Viera
from $35
details → Calendar Giveaway
from $3
details → Sunshine Market at Midtown Tampa
Free
details → Jim Gaffigan: Everything is Wonderful
Svdden Death
Sunday, December 27
America’s Largest Nutcracker Tour Returns — Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet on Sale Now
details → Sunday Morning Market at Westshore Marina District
Free
details → Candy Cane Course – Tampa
from $31
details → Art & Nature Sunset Tours with the MFA & Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center
details → NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet
Monday, December 28
WWE RAW & Smackdown
Tuesday, December 29
John Oliver Live!
details → Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Nashville Predators
details → SEVENDUST
from $44
tickets → Wednesday, December 30
University of South Florida Men's Basketball at Tulsa
details →
Thursday, December 31
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens
details →