A low-lit, wide-angle photograph of three individuals smiling and posing together on an outdoor patio during a Dyke Night event. The scene is heavily tinted by moody red ambient lighting and overhead string lights. In the foreground, a person with bright orange hair wearing a dark red top sits next to an individual with long dark hair wearing a sheer, patterned black top. Behind them, a third person playfully poses while holding up an open, black-and-white patterned folding fan. In the background, other attendees mingle near a textured red stucco wall covered in framed posters, capturing the lively, alternative nightlife atmosphere of Crowbar in Ybor City.
Dyke Night St. Pete at Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on May 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

Brandon Lee would’ve been impressed with the looks inside Crowbar last Friday night. Dyke Night St. Pete once again took over the soon-to-close Ybor City venue for another edition of its popular dance night, this time with a goth theme. And yes, there were clams.

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This article appears in Apr. 30 – May 06, 2026.

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...

Dave Decker is a songwriter and photographer living in Tampa Bay.