A live concert photograph by Nicole Kibert showing Lauris Vidal plays Lowry Park Bandshell in Tampa, Florida on May 13, 2011. Captured in a medium shot on an outdoor stage, musician Lauris Vidal plays an acoustic guitar while wearing a light blue striped short-sleeved button-down shirt, eyeglasses, and a neon wristband. He stands centered on stage in front of event banners reading "THE TAMPA TRIBUNE" and "FRIDAY EXTRA" alongside microphone stands and drum kit cymbals under outdoor concert lighting.
Lauris Vidal plays Lowry Park Bandshell in Tampa, Florida on May 13, 2011. Credit: Nicole Kibert / elawgrrl.com

The only thing that might make the Indie patio cozier might be the warm smile of Florida songwriter Lauris Vidal, who might as well call the Bay area home.

Known for his one-man-band show, Vidal’s upbeat, rowdy, take on Americana is well known in these parts.

He plays a free show in Seminole Heights this weekend to celebrate another turn around the sun for the beloved watering hole. Urbane Cowboys get Independent’s no-cover concerts started tonight.

There’s no cover for the 17th anniversary concerts happening at Tampa’s Independent Bar & Café Friday & Sunday, Oct. 9 & 11.

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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...