A screengrab from a video by Southbound 75, which plays Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa on Friday, May 23, 2025. Credit: Screengrab via Southbound 75/YouTube
Grab your girl and your truck and get ready for a good ol’ time drinkin’ beer under the moonlight.

Southbound 75, the South Florida band with a gritty Carolina sound, will be celebrating Memorial Day early on Friday at Skipper’s Smokehouse’s Country Kickoff Party Under The Oak. The band plays covers, but prides itself on its original country rock songs like last year’s single “Runnin’ On Empty.”

Tampa Bay-grown country singer Aubrey Wollett, who has been bringing the beachy vibe to Nashville, opens the show.

Tickets to see Southbound 75 play Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa on Friday, May 23 are still available and start at $10 for veterans and first responders.

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This article appears in May 15-21, 2025.

Selene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,...