Live-music venues worth the trip in St. Petersburg, Florida

A 2,031-seat waterfront hall in downtown St. Petersburg with European box-style seating that opened in 1965 as the Bayfront Center and took the Mahaffey name after its 1987-88 renovation.

A standing-room outdoor courtyard venue in downtown St. Petersburg that began as Jannus Landing in 1984 and has been the heart of live music in the city for over 40 years.