Hey guys! This is Matt Turner! I jumped on here and did a ton of updates to the shows sections over there on the right. Check them out for lists of upcoming shows in your areas!
TAMPA – Summer Woodystock! August 22
Posted in fests, shows with tags brentford sound, call for fire, can't do it, CIO, sellouts of ska, ship high in transit, springs theatre, sweet kings, tampa, the pants on July 26, 2008 by jjschillerWoodystock Day 1 at The Springs Theater!
Sellouts of Ska
The Pants!
The Sweet Kings
Call for Fire
The Brentford Sound
Can’t Do It
CIO
Ship High in Transit
At The Springs Theater
8029 North Nebraska Avenue
Tampa, Fl 33604
7pm doors
$7 All Ages!
Come on out and support local music!
Gainesville – The Duppies with Variety Workshop, Friday July 25!
Posted in shows with tags common grounds, duppies, gainesville, variety workshop on July 22, 2008 by jjschillerThis Friday, July 25 Tampa Bay’s Variety Workshop ventures up to Gainesville, where the always impressive Duppies will host them at Common Grounds.

Tallahassee’s Call For Fire on tour
Posted in tours with tags 6 pack deep, arm the poor, big city bombers, call for fire, cerephesis, crooked edge, deland, detonate, gainesville, green jelly, hopesick, larf, merrit island, no days off, orlando, sarasota, sense offenders, shotgun diplomacy, sweet kings, tampa, tour, winter park on July 22, 2008 by jjschillerTallahassee’s favorite ska-core band Call For Fire, is spreading the love all over the deep south. Dates important to Florida ska-fans are these:
July 21, Sarasota – VFW Hall with Green Jelly
July 22, Orlando – Black Box Collective with Larf, and Detonate
July 22, Winter Park – Odin’s Den with Detonate
July 23, Deland – Caffe Da Vinci with Cerephesis, Sweet Kings, and Detonate
July 24, Merrit Island – Pizza Da Rock with Detonate, and Big City Bombers
July 25, Tampa – Pegasus Lounge with Arm The Poor, Hopesick, Crooked Edge, No Days Off, and Detonate
July 26, Gainesville – 1982 with Sense Offenders, Shotgun Diplomacy, Detonate, and 6 Pack Deep

July 30th @ Transitions in Tampa – Geisert 8, CIO, HHG, more
Posted in shows with tags CIO, geisert 8, ship high in transit, spot, tampa, transitions on July 20, 2008 by jjschiller
Wednesday, July 30th @ Transitions Art Gallery
4215 E.Columbus Dr, Tampa FL, 33605
with
Geisert 8 (illinois rock)
CIO
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
Ship High in Transit
Jessie Brosch
$5.00
7:00pm
All Ages
http://www.myspace.com/geisert8band
Geisert 8 is a melodic rock band from Peoria, Illinois. They do have a saxaphone, they are not a ska band. Go check them out anyways. Also playing are Tampa ska/punk bands CIO, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, and Ship High in Transit, and Tampa local Jessie Brosch.
Magadog with The Brentford Sound in Bradenton, Aug. 8
Posted in shows with tags bradenton, brentford sound, magadog, rasher tierney's, shows, spankin' fresh on July 20, 2008 by jjschillerFriday, August 8th Tampa ska-legends Magadog, with help from The Brentford Sound, play Rasher Tierney’s in Bradenton. Also appearing will be Bradenton pop-punk act Spankin’ Fresh.

The Toasters, Flatfoot 56 in Florida in November.
Posted in tours with tags 1982, culture room, flatfoot 56, fort lauderdale, gainesville, national, pensacola, shows, sluggos, toasters, tour on July 20, 2008 by jjschillerThe Toasters, “The Longest Running U.S. Ska Band” will be appearing at 1982 in Gainesville with Chicago’s Flatfoot 56 on Thursday November 6th.
Here are the complete Florida dates:
November 6, Gainesville – 1982 Bar with Flatfoot 56
November 7,TBA
November 8, Fort Lauderdale – Culture Room with TBA
November 9, TBA
November 10, Pensacola – Sluggo’s with TBA
