Andy Frasco, who plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on May 2, 2024. Credit: Photo by Stephanie Parsley
The music festival scene’s favorite party guy and podcaster, Andy Frasco, brings his revered live set back to Tampa with a new record, L’Optimist, in tow.

The 36-year-old has said that he’s the happiest he’s ever been, but is also hoping that fans drawn to his rowdy live set can also read between the lines and see him for his songwriting, too.

“I’m just really dialing in my songwriting, really dialing in my musicianship, so I know I can’t blame my partying for my sh***y songs…I love partying and I love giving the people their entertainment,” he recently told Salt Lake Magazine, “but I also want to give them something to think about.”

Tickets to see Andy Frasco & the U.N. play Crowbar in Ybor City on Thursday, May 2 are sold-out.

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This article appears in Apr 25 – May 1, 2024.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...