Tampa Bay’s best live music happening September 24-October 1

(L-R) John O Leary III, Alejandro, Alejandro Arenas and Mark Feinman of La Lucha Credit: La Lucha Press Handout Rocktober is here, and there s a big weekend in live music across Tampa Bay. The most serious to-do is Beats on the Street, the big one-day, no-cover music festival happening in the Water Street neighborhood on Saturday (La Lucha, pictured is part of the lineup stacked with homegrown artists and a visit from Chromeo). But that s not the only show on this rundown of the best live music happening across Tampa Bay between Sept. 24-Oct. 1. Streetcar Live returns to the rails on Friday, while Forest Sounds gets started back up in Seminole Heights and The Format reunites in St. Pete. Tampa s seven-time Grammy nominee Chuck Owen celebrates the 30th anniversary of his big band, Jazz Surge, with four concerts, too. See all of it below. This listing is compiled weekly by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contributors and staffers, then supplemented with select gigs from CL s