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— Colorful alt-rockers Magic Giant will headline a benefit for the Safety Harbor Art and Music Center on Jan. 30. It'll take place at Ruth Eckerd Hall. Tickets are $25 and up; click here for details.
— After playing Day 1 of the 97X Next Big Thing festival on Dec. 1, Andrew McMahon in the Wildernress — or actually just Andrew McMahon — will play a free acoustic after-party at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Click here.
— Grammy-nominated prog-metal veterans Dream Theater will come to the Mahaffey Theater on April 26. Tickets are $49.50 and up. Click here.
— Corrosion of Conformity is coming to the Orpheum on Feb. 24 with Crowbar, the Obsessed and Mothership. Click here.
— Coming to the Orpheum on Jan. 13: The Amity Affliction and Senses Fail with Bad Omens and Belmont. Click here.
— Also coming to the Orpheum: FKJ on May 3. Click here.
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