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A punk hero's welcome

This weekend's Southeast Music Conference is the first of its kind in St. Petersburg, and it will debut in style: with punk icon John Doe as its headliner.

John Doe, co-founder of the legendary Los Angeles punk band X, is a hero and inspiration to many in the Tampa Bay area music scene. So imagine what a thrill and a coup it was for organizers of this weekend's Southeast Music Conference to nab Doe as its headlining performer.

Doe performs Friday at the State Theatre in St. Petersburg. (Drive-By Truckers were also on the bill, but they are no longer performing.)

The two-day conference, the first music industry conference in St. Petersburg, features entertainment open to the public. Forty local bands will perform at several venues within walking distance of one another in downtown St. Petersburg.

Here's the schedule:

STATE THEATRE, 687 CENTRAL AVE.:

Friday

8:30 P.M. Ricky Wilcox and the Moonshakes

9:15 P.M. Four Star Riot

10 P.M. John Doe

11:15 P.M. The Semis

Midnight John McNicholas Band

12:45 A.M. Auditorium

Saturday

8:30 P.M. Zanesville

9:15 P.M. Crash Mitchell Quartet

10 P.M. Rebekah Pulley

10:45 P.M. R50

11:30 P.M. Pagan Saints

12:15 A.M. Urbane Cowboys

GLOBE COFFEE LOUNGE, 532 FIRST AVE. N

Friday

7 P.M. Experimental Pilot

7:45 P.M. Nessie

8:30 P.M. Bob Anthony

Midnight Kendra Morris

12:45 A.M. Tom Brousseau

2 A.M. Anna O.

Saturday

7 P.M. Lucious P. and the Burning Seeds Orchestra

7:45 P.M. Neftalie

8:30 P.M. Holiday

Midnight Jason Bundy

12:45 A.M. DJ Sam the Pickle

1:30 A.M. DJ Muggles

EMERALD BAR, 550 CENTRAL AVE.

Friday

9:45 P.M. Standing Shadows

10:30 P.M. Necrogazm

11:15 P.M. Arcade Inferno

Midnight Crippled Masters

12:45 A.M. Car Bomb Driver

Saturday

9 P.M. The Reverse Engineers

9:45 P.M. Shotgun Wedding

10:30 P.M. Big Kitty

11:15 P.M. Truly Sunday

Midnight The Silent Treatment

12:45 A.M. The Beauvilles

STEVIE B'S OUTDOOR STAGE, 650 CENTRAL AVE.

Saturday

3 P.M. The Conquering Lion Band

3:45 P.M. TBA

4:30 P.M. Sparky's Nightmare

5:15 P.M. The Saturn 5

6 P.M. Crizzy and the Punx

6:45 P.M. Black Honkeys

Preview

The Southeast Music Conference is Friday and Saturday at various venues in downtown St. Petersburg. $5 per gig, $15 one-day all-access wristband, $25 two-day wristband. Tickets on sale at 4 p.m. Friday at each venue and Southgate Studios, 666 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727 394-1264; www.smaflorida.com - For more on the conference, see Gina Vivinetto's column in today's Floridian section.