Gaijin, which plays Deviant Libation in Tampa, Florida on July 11, 2025. Credit: Photo via gaijin3/Bandcamp
More than two dozen of the Southeast’s heaviest hardcore acts are in the Bay area this weekend, and it makes sense that a bunch of them kick off Dirty South Fest at this cathedral of heavy sounds.

Port Charlotte slam outfit Gaijin, Orlando grindcore band Blunt Force Trauma and ABBA and Louvin Brothers-loving Suffering Spirit (which just played Skatepark of Tampa last February) are just part of the lineup kicking off Dirty South Fest at Ybor Heights’ Deviant Libation this Friday. More bands head to The Noise Box in Brandon on Saturday.

Tickets for day one of Dirty South Fest happening Friday, July 11 at Deviant Libation in Tampa are still available and start at $25.

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This article appears in Jul 3-9, 2025.

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...