The Forum, which plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Dec. 15, 2023. Credit: Photo by Hannah Howells

The Tampa Bay area has a healthy slate of Christmas-themed concerts in the pipeline, and one of the first locally-based shindigs of the sort finally goes down on 17th Street.

Indie-rock band The Forum—which headlines the first-of-its-kind “Jinglerock” this weekend in Ybor City and Orlando only—has been arguing in its main group chat about what Christmas songs to throw into the setlist. Even if you’re sick of holiday music by Friday, the trio did just release its latest, smooth single “Reach” last summer, so you won’t necessarily need to call out requests to even things out.

Tickets to see The Forum and more play Ybor City’s Crowbar on Friday, Dec. 15 are still available and cost $10.

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This article appears in Dec 7-13, 2023.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...