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Not an aggregator. This is the calendar we actually pay attention to — Florida's metal venues, the Japanese watch list, marquee festivals, new releases, livestreams, and the records on heavy rotation. Last updated Oct 26, 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.
Alice Cooper opens the fall 2026 North American leg of the "Alice's Attic" tour in Clearwater — the only Florida stop on the run. The new production debuted last fall on the co-headline trek with Judas Priest. Anna Cara is filling the guitar chair while Nita Strauss is on…
Final "Calculating Infinity" shows — the album played in full, and billed as the last time.
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…
Across every bucket, soonest first. Use the bucket pages for the full lists.
Alice Cooper opens the fall 2026 North American leg of the "Alice's Attic" tour in Clearwater — the only Florida stop on the run. The new production debuted last fall on the co-headline trek with Judas Priest. Anna Cara is filling the guitar chair while Nita Strauss is on…
Band: HAGANE Event: HAGANE HALLOWEEN LIVE 2026 Venue: Shibuya, Tokyo Date: Tue Oct 27 2026
SiM — HOOMAN AFTER ALL world tour, North American leg. Tickets: https://tix.soundrink.com/tours/sim
The Linda Lindas — the all-female punk band that broke out of a library basement — headline Culture Room with The Rat Utopia Experiment. Straight down the middle of the women-in-heavy-music beat. Source: Culture Room / JamBase calendar sweep.
KOIAI — KOIAI LIVE TOUR 2026「Starting Over」in TOKYO -HEAVY KAWAII FES 2026- (live Blu-ray) Release date: Wednesday, October 28, 2026 (Japan)
BAND-MAID new single "SPIN" — their first physical single in four and a half years (since "Sense," 2021) and first release of 2026. Announced from the stage at Zepp Haneda on May 10 during the World Tour 2026.
Tampa stop ahead of the West Palm Beach date at The Banyan Live on Oct 29.
Zakk Wylde brings BLS to Orlando the night before the Fort Lauderdale War Memorial date on Oct 29 — two Florida shows back to back.
Peeling Flesh brings a five-deep hardcore and slam bill to South Florida.
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