A concert photograph by Chris Denmark showing the rock band Face Dancer performing live on stage at The Walrus in Jacksonville, Florida, on January 24, 2026. Captured in a close-up profile shot under warm orange and yellow stage lighting, the vocalist sings passionately into a black microphone. The singer wears a light grey long-sleeved sweatshirt decorated with blue "JAGUARS" lettering above a circular National Football League logo across the chest, set against a dark, shadowy venue background.
Face Dancer at The Walrus in Jacksonville, Florida on Jan. 24, 2026. Credit: Chris Denmark / agwire Media

The door might blow off The Potion Portal next Thursday.

The arcade show features a rare appearance from Tampa hardcore band Meatwound, which is joined by two neighbors from the north: Duval County agro-grunge-rock trio Face Dancer and Gainesville sex-Mex venue destroyer Future Forms.

Tickets to see Meatwound, Face Dancer, Future Forms, and Headless State at The Potion Portal in St. Petersburg on Thursday, Aug. 20 are still available and start at $16.

Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.

Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

Follow us: Google News | NewsBreak | Reddit | Instagram | Facebook | BlueSky

This article appears in August 13 – 19, 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...