Tampa-based punk band Just Courtesy performing live on stage. The lead singer, with voluminous curly hair and a grey hoodie, sings passionately into a microphone while a guitarist in red track pants and a drummer perform under dramatic purple and red stage lighting.
Just Courtesy plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Feb. 28, 2026. Credit: Ryan Metcalf/Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

Punk Black Tampa took a victory lap at Crowbar last Saturday, when the celebration of melanated rock and roll staged one last throwdown at the famed Ybor City venue set to close this summer. 

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Tampa Bay songwriter Fessi K (Zoe Robinson) and her band members smile together in a candid indoor portrait. Fessi K wears a black "Gouge Away" graphic t-shirt over a collared shirt, and the group is dressed in casual streetwear, reflecting their presence in the local DIY and punk scenes.
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Tampa-based punk band Just Courtesy performing live on stage. The lead singer, with voluminous curly hair and a grey hoodie, sings passionately into a microphone while a guitarist in red track pants and a drummer perform under dramatic purple and red stage lighting.
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This article appears in Feb. 26 – Mar. 04, 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...