A low-angle shot of three women sitting closely together on a row of dark red, plush theater seats that have been placed outdoors on grass. All three are dressed in black and wear vibrant red fishnet or sheer stockings. The photo is taken at night, with the background completely dark except for the light focused on the subjects.
Suzie True Credit: Get Better Records

Chewy Hemphill’s Pre-Fest Party can’t accommodate every great band headed for to Florida for Gainesville punk-rock-rite-of-passage The Fest, so Brokenmold Entertainment has stepped up to host Suzie True, a riot-grrrl-approved outfit from Los Angeles.

The quartet headlines a no-cover dive bar gig at The Hub where Tampa pop-punk favorite Lychee Camp and homegrown emo-folk outfit Pigeon Chess open.

There’s no cover to see Suzie True play The Hub in Tampa on Thursday, Oct. 23.

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This article appears in Oct. 16 – 22, 2025.

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...