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Updates!! – Sep 5th

mattturnerfl — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:10:39 +0000

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

jjschiller — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:32:16 +0000

Woodystock 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!

jjschiller — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:34:21 +0000

This 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

jjschiller — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:41:56 +0000

Tallahassee’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

jjschiller — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:46:06 +0000

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

jjschiller — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:27:37 +0000

Friday, 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.

jjschiller — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:18:01 +0000

The 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