Musician Jaron Jammer playing a multicolored electric guitar on an outdoor stage at a low angle. The person wears a light blue flamingo-print shirt and a dark baseball cap, with stage monitors and a Korg keyboard visible in the background under bright, hazy sunlight. — Jaron Jammer playing Gasparilla Music Festival in Tampa, Florida on March 9, 2019. Credit: Angela Goldstein Photography / Gasparilla Music Festival

In the daylight hours (and there are more of them for the next few months!), Jaron Jammer writes about musical instruments. By night, the Tampa songwriter, Jordan Esker collaborator, and Sorry Barb drummer plays sublime, pristinely-recorded alt-folk that could’ve soundtracked movies like “Garden State” or “Juno.”

This weekend, on his way out of town, he brings that vibe to a late night hang inside downtown Tampa’s favorite dive.

Nephew, for its part, plays infinitely-catchy, jangly and melancholy pop-punk and rock. In a world where Live Nation is trying to pay a $280 million settlement to avoid being split up from Ticketmaster (while it’s employees rag on us peons in their Slack chats), this show is proof that there affordable good times can be had if you just follow a social media account run by a local who cares.

There’s no cover to see Jaron Jammer play Emo Night Tampa at The Hub on Saturday, March 14.

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This article appears in Mar. 12 – 18, 2026.