Jimmy Eat World play Bleed American front to back at the Fairgrounds

The 25th-anniversary tour reaches Tampa on Saturday, Nov 14, with Hot Mulligan and Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers opening.

Some records you grow up with; some you grow up inside. For a lot of people heading to the Fairgrounds next Saturday, Bleed American is the second kind — and Jimmy Eat World are playing all of it.

Jimmy Eat World play MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds on Saturday, Nov 14, 2026, at 7pm, with Hot Mulligan and Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers. Tickets run $49–$209.55 through Ticketmaster via the link on our show page. The amphitheatre holds 20,000. Tampa comes after tour stops in Los Angeles on Nov 7 and Nashville on Nov 12.

This is the band's 25 Years of Bleed American tour, announced in February and reported by Pollstar and Live Nation as a world tour marking the album's quarter-century. The promise is simple, and it is the reason to go: the band performs Bleed American in its entirety at each date. The run opened June 9 in Denver and has been on and off the road since, so by mid-November the full-album set has had months to settle in.

Full-album shows work best when the album was built as one, and this is a record people know in order. You know what comes after what. Hearing it played that way in an amphitheatre full of people who know it just as well is a different experience from catching a few of its songs in a festival set.

Some records you grow up with; some you grow up inside.

The openers make the bill more than a nostalgia night. Hot Mulligan are only on select dates of this tour, according to the announcements covered by Kerrang and Metal Injection, and Tampa is one of them. They come from the generation of emo bands that grew up on records like Bleed American, which makes them a natural fit for a night like this. Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers round out the bill and are worth arriving early for; a 7pm start with three bands means the first set comes early.

The setting matters too. An outdoor amphitheatre in Tampa in mid-November is about as good as the weather gets for a show like this, and an anniversary set is the kind of night people come back to the Fairgrounds for.

What to know before going: with three bands and a 7pm start, plan to arrive with time to park and get through the gates before the first set. Check the Ticketmaster page for the venue's bag policy and parking details, and pick your price tier carefully — the range is wide. Bring a layer for after sundown.

Twenty-five years is a long time to carry a record around. Next Saturday it gets played front to back, under the open sky, with a few thousand people singing every word back. Go.

Sources: Jimmy Eat World at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre — JamBase (jambase.com); Jimmy Eat World celebrates 25th anniversary of Bleed American with world tour — Pollstar (news.pollstar.com); Jimmy Eat World to embark on Bleed American 25th Anniversary Tour — Live Nation (news.livenationentertainment.com); Jimmy Eat World 25 Years of Bleed American headline tour — Kerrang! (kerrang.com); Jimmy Eat World announce massive Bleed American 25th anniversary tour — Metal Injection (metalinjection.net); Tickets — Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.evyy.net)