Top 10 concerts this week in Sarasota, Bradenton, Port Charlotte

As we get further into October and snowbird season here in Sarasota-Manatee, we're also getting more concerts. This week, for instance, will feature a member of one of the biggest musical acts from Florida playing a solo concert at Sarasota's premier performing arts venue Van Wezel, as well as a show featuring former members of a famed Tampa-formed Southern rock group, and a performance paying tribute to another one of the most popular bands ever to come from Florida.

This week's wide-ranging list also features musicians from as far away as Sydney, Australia and Paris-by-way-of-Cuba, and concerts spanning DIY punk to the former lead singer of one of the most popular rock groups of all time. Here are this week's highlights. Event details are subject to change.

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Nick Carter

After headlining both Tampa's Amalie Arena and MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre with the Backstreet Boys last year, Nick Carter will return to the area to play the considerably more intimate Van Wezel. Raised in the Tampa Bay area himself, Carter and his fellow band members formed the Backstreet Boys in Orlando and went on to international fame with hits such as "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" and "I Want It That Way," with Carter later pursuing a solo career starting with his 2002 album "Now or Never." Carter described his show visiting Van Wezel to Billboard as a mix of “'80s songs, '90s songs — songs that we all grew up with, and then also some solo songs and a lot of the Backstreet Boys songs.” 8 p.m. Friday; Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota; $70-$110; 941-263-6799; vanwezel.org

La Dame Blanche

The Ringling will kick off its 2023-2024 Art of Performance season with a White Hot Fête featuring singer, flautist and percussionist Yaite Ramos Rodriguez, aka La Dame Blanche. Born and raised in Cuba (her father is Cuban trombonist Jesús "Aguaje" Ramos, of Buena Vista Social Club fame), La Dame Blanche lives in Paris and has a globe-hopping sound blending genres including dancehall, cumbia and hip-hop. Her most recent full-length, 2020's "Ella," is a tribute to her mother "and all of the women that inhabit La Dame Blanche." DJ Moses Belanger from Montreal also performs. 7:30 p.m. Friday; The Ringling, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota; $35, $31.50 members, VIP sold out as of press time; 941-360-7399; ringling.org

Ellis Paul

Fogartyville, one of the top spots to see nationally touring singer-songwriter acts locally, welcomes New England folk musician Ellis Paul this week. Paul 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 this year's full-length "55." 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show Friday; Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota; $24, $20 members, $12 students ages 13 and up; 941-894-6469; fogartyville.org

Igor & Red Elvises

After playing Englewoods on Dearborn earlier this week, "Siberian surf rock" band Igor & Red Elvises also stop by Sarasota's Big Top Brewing Company for a show. The group is fronted by Igor Yuzov, who grew up in the former Soviet Union, seeking out the forbidden sounds of rock 'n' roll. He later moved to America and formed the Red Elvises, which has released albums including 1996's "Grooving to the Moscow Beat" and 1997's "Surfing in Siberia," and is still going strong today. 7 p.m. Friday; Big Top Brewing Company, 975 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota; free; 941-371-2939; bigtopbrewing.com

Steve Augeri

Downtown Sarasota park The Bay will celebrate its first anniversary with a five-day lineup of events, including a free concert by former Journey lead singer Steve Augeri. The vocalist made his recording debut with the band, following Steve Perry's exit, on the track "Remember Me" from the multi-platinum soundtrack to the 1998 blockbuster "Armageddon," also performing on Journey's 2000s studio albums "Arrival" and "Generations" before departing the band himself. He's continued to perform as a solo musician, releasing the album "Seven Ways 'Til Sunday" last year. 8 p.m. Saturday; The Rusty Anchor Stage at The Bay Park, 1101 10th St., Sarasota; free; 941-203-5316; thebayturnsone.org

Once an Outlaw

Sarasota-raised musician Chris Anderson, a former member of Tampa-formed Southern rockers Outlaws of "Green Grass & High Tides" and "There Goes Another Love Song" fame, fronts this group that says it's not a tribute band, but an "alumni act paying homage to the genre of music we know and love as Southern rock." Anderson is part of the core lineup, joined by a revolving cast of members who play with them when not on tour with other acts, including former Outlaws and current Marshall Tucker Band members Chris Hicks and B.B. Borden. The Winters Brothers Band (not to be confused with Johnny and Edgar Winter) also perform at this show raising funds for a Beirut Peacekeepers Tower in Port Charlotte. 6 p.m. Saturday; The Twisted Fork, 2208 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte; free, $50-$70 VIP (includes dinner buffet and bar discounts); 941-235-3675; twistedfork.net

Mia Borders

Update: According to an email sent by Listening Room of Sarasota, Sunday's concert has been canceled.

Listening Room of Sarasota, another local showcase for nationally touring singer-songwriter acts, will welcome New Orleans musician Mia Borders this week. The singer-songwriter, whose sound blends R&B and other genres, has performed at festivals such as New Orleans' famed Jazz Fest and released albums including the Anders Osborne-produced "Quarter-Life Crisis." Borders most recently released the 2019 EP "Good Side of Bad" and the 2016 album "Fever Dreams." 6:30 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show Sunday; Music Compound, 1751 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota; $20; email lrsrq@yahoo.com to make a reservation

The Losing Game and Amends

Bradenton's Oscura will host this show featuring multiple bands from around Florida, as well as one from much further away. Heartland rock/punk band Amends from Western Sydney, Australia will perform just a few weeks after releasing their latest full-length "Our Place Amongst the Dirt." They'll be joined by Bradenton's own gruff punk group The Losing Game, who top the bill, as well as St. Pete psychedelic indie rock 'n' rollers Beach Terror and Tampa skate/indie punk-inspired group Arcane Arcade. 7 p.m. doors, 7:30 p.m. show Sunday; Oscura, 816 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton; $5; 941-201-4950; oscura.live

Alan Paul and the music of Allman Brothers Band

This event will celebrate Alan Paul's recently released book "Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s" as well as the album "Brothers and Sisters" itself, which turns 50 this year and features some of ABB's best-known songs such as "Ramblin' Man" and "Jessica," both written by longtime Sarasota County resident Dickey Betts. First, Paul will take part in a Q&A moderated by Ticket's own Wade Tatangelo. Then Paul, a musician himself, will perform along with Berry Duane Oakley (son of the late ABB co-founder Berry Oakley), Mike Kach, R.J. Howson, Thorson Moore and Garrett Dawson. 7 p.m. Monday; McCurdy's Comedy Theatre, 1923 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota; sold out as of press time; 941-925-3869; mccurdyscomedy.com

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Cinema Stare and Fox Teeth

Oscura's live music lineup this week also includes this show that's half Sarasota-Manatee acts, half bands from out of state on their way to play Gainesville's annual punk extravaganza Fest. New Haven, Connecticut pop-punk band Cinema Stare, who released the full-length "The Things I Don't Need" earlier this year, will perform along with New Jersey emo group Fox Teeth, who put out their own new album "Through the Blue" this year. Palmetto psych/garage rock group Domino Pink and Sarasota emo-punk band Floating Boy round out the lineup. 7 p.m. doors, 7:30 p.m. show Thursday, Oct. 26; Oscura, 816 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton; $10 advance, $15 day of; 941-201-4950; oscura.live

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