Top 5 Concerts of the Week Near Me in Sarasota Englewood Punta Gorda

Victims of circumstances

Celtic Ray, the Irish pub in Charlotte County that also offers live music in a variety of genres, will host Clearwater ska-punk band Victims of Circumstance this week. The group's releases include 2007's “Do It Yourself,” produced by Tim “Johnny Vegas” Burton of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and 2009's “Roll the Dice,” produced by former Big D and Kids Table member Steve Foote. They also released three “Decades” EPs featuring ska covers of songs from across the decades, ranging from Del Shannon's 1961 hit “Runaway” to Taylor Swift's 2019 track “You Need to Calm Down.” 9:00 p.m. Saturday; Celtic Ray Public House, 145 E. Marion Ave., Punta Gorda; 941-916-9115; celticray.net

Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer

Just days after this year's Tony Awards, where she was nominated for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Lady of the Lake in “Monty Python's Spamalot,” Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, member of the 'Hermitage Artist Retreat, will visit Englewood Beach. for “Stealing the Show: Broadway, the Beach and Beyond.” Along with her role in the recent revival of “Spamalot,” where the New York Times said she “basically steals the show,” Kritzer has appeared on Broadway in “Beetlejuice” and “Something Rotten!” She also developed her own original projects as a writer/composer/lyricist at the Hermitage, with this program featuring both “the songs you know and the next great work of American theater.” 6:30 p.m. Wednesday; Hermitage Artists Retreat, 6660 Manasota Key Road, Englewood; $5 registration required; hermitageartistretreat.org

Meunier Biscuit Factory

Sarasota County's Englewoods Restaurant on Dearborn, also one of the best places to see live blues music locally, will welcome back bassist and singer-songwriter Biscuit Miller this week. A two-time winner of the Blues Music Award for Instrumentalist — Bass, Miller has released albums including 2019's “Chicken Grease” and 2010's “Blues with a Smile,” a fitting title for the charismatic performer. In addition to leading his own band, Miller played for years in the bands of other blues musicians such as Lonnie Brooks and Anthony Gomes. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday; Englewoods on Dearborn, 362 W. Dearborn St., Englewood; $10; 941-475-7501; englewoodsonearborn.com

Shawanda Crystal

Englewoods on Dearborn's live music lineup this week will also include Canadian blues musician Crystal Shawanda. She got her start in country music, charting on both the Billboard country albums chart and the Billboard 200 with her 2008 debut studio album, “Dawn of a New Day,” before moving into blues with “The Whole World's Got the Blues” from 2014. She won one of her two Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys) for blues album of the year for her 2020 album “Church House Blues”, and was nominated in the same category last year for her 2022 album “Midnight Blues.” ” 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27; Englewoods on Dearborn, 362 W. Dearborn St., Englewood; $7; 941-475-7501; englewoodsonearborn.com