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In Flames
Newly listed, on sale Sep 4. Club-sized In Flames headline the night before the band's larger Trivium co-headline at Jannus Live on the 5th — worth confirming both stand.
Where heavy metal is economic development.
Where heavy metal is economic development.
The Music Cities™ makes the case for the cultural and economic value of heavy metal by giving visibility to the bands and scenes that deserve it. This is the calendar we actually follow: Florida’s metal venues, the Japanese watch list, marquee festivals and new releases. Last updated Nov 4, 2026.
Three shows in ten weeks, two of them forty-eight hours apart with the same five bands and the same running order. What is left to vary is the room — Wacken, Fort Lauderdale, St. Petersburg.
Read the review →Where we go next. Two weeks across Japan this November — four metal show nights from Tokyo to Kawasaki.
The high-priority shows we're actually building around — marquee acts, confirmed field trips, the ones worth planning your week around.
Newly listed, on sale Sep 4. Club-sized In Flames headline the night before the band's larger Trivium co-headline at Jannus Live on the 5th — worth confirming both stand.
Rush bring the Fifty Something tour to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood — their first South Florida stop in over a dozen years. Two sets a night, setlists drawn from a 35-song catalogue, each night different. Night one of two (see Nov 7). Show 8 PM.
Second Hollywood night, added by popular demand after Nov 5 sold through. Rush's Fifty Something tour — two sets, a different setlist from night one, pulled from a 35-song pool. Show 7:30 PM.
Rush — Fifty Something Tour, with Anika Nilles on drums alongside Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. Tampa stop at Benchmark International Arena, doors/show 7:30 PM. Tickets via Ticketmaster. A second Tampa night on Nov 11 is listed by ticket aggregators but not yet confirmed against…
Forbidden — "Chaos By Design" Tour. Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave, Winter Park (Orlando), FL. Show 6:00 PM. Bay Area thrash originals in a 400-cap room. Forbidden almost never route this far south, and Conduit is a fraction of the size of the rooms they play elsewhere on this…
SiM — HOOMAN AFTER ALL World Tour 2026 NA leg
Across every bucket, soonest first. Use the bucket pages for the full lists.
GWAR's "Gor Gor Must Die" tour with Cleveland blackened speed-metal trio Midnight on direct support, plus Mac Sabbath and X-Cops rounding out the bill. Same night In Flames play Culture Room across town — pick your poison. All ages. Doors 6 PM, show 7 PM.
Newly listed, on sale Sep 4. Club-sized In Flames headline the night before the band's larger Trivium co-headline at Jannus Live on the 5th — worth confirming both stand.
Second Florida stop of the run; the Orlando date lands two nights later.
SiM — HOOMAN AFTER ALL world tour, North American leg. Tickets: https://tix.soundrink.com/tours/sim
Dead Boys — Cleveland punk legends.
Crobot bring their fuzz-soaked hard rock to Come and Take It Live, with Dark Chapel along for the ride — the opening night of the "Dark Side of the Supermoon" tour (Nov 5–18). More support to be announced.
New York death metal risers Undeath hit the Dome complex, Tufnell Park with Slimelord in support. A Live Nation presentation.
Orlando stop of GWAR's "Gor Gor Must Die!" fall tour, the night after Revolution Live. Full bill: GWAR, Midnight, Mac Sabbath, X-Cops. Doors 6:00 PM.
Rush bring the Fifty Something tour to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood — their first South Florida stop in over a dozen years. Two sets a night, setlists drawn from a 35-song catalogue, each night different. Night one of two (see Nov 7). Show 8 PM.
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Deep-dive pages for specific trips and festivals. Hand-built briefs beyond the calendar.
