Camille Trust, who plays Crowbar in Ybor CIty, Florida on Dec. 22, 2023. Credit: Photo by Stephanie Agudelo

As with anyone, we love watching our local musician darlings take their material across the world, even if it means we have a sense of jealousy when one moves out of Florida and gets to experience winter for real.

Take Camille Trust, for example. For nearly a decade before COVID-19 hit, the Tampa-bred singer-songwriter and her soulful pipes had been making a living in New York City. Once the pandemic shut things down, Trust moved back down south to be with her family, but still remained creative, even tearing up a side stage at the 2022 iteration of Gasparilla Music Festival.

Then, you have Mountain Holler, the “cavernous alt-folk” project of Mark Etherington that moved to Seattle earlier this year and is thriving on festivals, opening slots, and an 80th birthday tribute to Joni Mitchell. Trust and Etherington are on the bill for Crowbar’s kickoff to Christmas weekend, so it’s looking like Ybor City will be the place to be if you want to not only indulge in one last concert before the family comes over, but also to witness the equivalent of what an in-person gig filled with local royalty would have been like in the summer of 2020, had there been no lockdowns.

With powerhouse soul vocalist Kristopher James and ultra-smooth boom-bap rapper Perception on the bill, this show truly showcases some of the best homegrown Bay area talent—whether they stayed here or not.

Tickets to see Camille Trust, Mountain Holler, and more at Ybor City’s Crowbar on Friday, Dec. 22 are still available and cost $15.