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Local rap duo gone global, They Hate Change, is part of a stellar Halloween concert in St. Pete

Come in costume, to see Change, Spoiled Rat, Fesssi K, and Charlie OK?

by Ray Roa October 26, 2023May 5, 2024

They Hate Change, which plays Noisemakers in St. Petersburg, Florida on Oct. 31, 2023. Credit: Photo by Jeremy Philip

It’s not a Halloween trick. Tampa Bay gets a rare hometown gig from St. Pete hip-hop genre-destroyer They Hate Change, and we have Spoiled Rat to thank. The punk band headlines a Halloween show featuring the best of the Bay’s indie-rock scene. The free show features a costume contest, zines for sale, mixtapes and more.

Tickets to see They Hate Change open for Spoiled Rat, Fesssi K, Charlie at St. Pete’s NoiseMakers on Tuesday, Oct. 31 are no cover.

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This article appears in Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2023.

Ray RoaEditor-in-chief

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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... More by Ray Roa