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Weekend best bets

Cool things to do on your time off.

By WILMA NORTON
Published September 22, 2006

Rodeo riders

Another circuit of extreme sports hits town Saturday: Dodge World's Toughest Bulls & Broncs Rodeo. This is the final stop in the series, so the competition determines the year's champions. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, St. Pete Times Forum, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa. $16.75-$46.75. Ages 12 and younger are half-price with purchase of adult ticket. (813) 301-2500, www.stpetetimesforum.com.

Music mix

The music menu is an eclectic blend: Rev. Horton Heat, 8 tonight, State Theatre, St. Petersburg. $20. (727) 895-3045. Tracy Lawrence, 7 tonight, Dallas Bull, 3322 U.S. 301 N, Tampa. $25. (813) 621-4803. The Lee Boys, 8 today, Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa. $10-$13. (813) 977-6474. Back to School Show with Eames Era, Dear and Glorious Physician and Morning Bell. 9 tonight, Orpheum, Ybor City. $15, $10 students. (813) 248-9500 or (813) 238-8001. Arioso String Quartet, 7:30 tonight, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. $29-$70. (727) 791-7400. Rusted Root, 8 tonight and Saturday, Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg. $20-$22. (727) 896-2276. Styx, Foreigner and Foghat, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Ford Amphitheatre, Tampa. $15-$47.50. (813) 740-2446. "We Love the '80s" featuring Rick Springfield, Eddie Money, Loverboy and Scandal, 7 p.m. Saturday, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. $48.80-$100. (727) 791-7400.

Just for laughs

A couple of comics well-known from television and movies make Tampa stops. Bruce Bruce, from BET's Comic View, performs at 7:30 tonight in Ferguson Hall at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 1010 N MacInnes Place, Tampa. $33. (813) 229-7827 or www.tbpac.org. Shawn Wayans performs at 7:30 and 10 p.m. today and Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday at the Improv Comedy Theater, 1600 E Eighth Ave., Tampa. $37. (813) 864-4000.

- WILMA NORTON, Times staff writer

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