It’s a new year, but there’s nothing novel about Emo Night Tampa’s nearly-decade-long commitment to booking, Tampa Bay’s best up-and-coming rock bands to play free parties at beloved local watering holes.

Soft Bite and He Kindly might be familiar to ENT loyalists, but Spiderwall—a Gloomchild-adjacent project featuring Cody Cullen, Franklyn Inniss, Justin Alexander Gregorio and Joey Francois—is new to the rotation. Armed with a hard-rock sound that would have felt right at home in the early-aughts, Spiderwall plays in between DJ sets.

There’s no cover for Emo Night Tampa happening Saturday, Jan. 4 at American Legion Seminole Post 111. Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.

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This article appears in Jan 2-8, 2025.