One of the best parts of coming home is seeing your mom, and Laura Jane Grace got to do just that last Saturday when she brought a new band, The Mississippi Medicals, to 687 Central Ave. in St. Petersburg.

Now known as Floridian Social, the address is home to many memorable shows from Grace’s Florida punk band Against Me!.

Nostalgia was high as the new project—featuring Grace’s new wife, comedian Paris Campbell, plus punk icon Mikey Erg and Matt Patton who plays bass in Drive-By Truckers—returned to Tampa Bay alongside Catbite and Taylor Hollingsworth.

“Loving every second of being in Florida right now,” Grace wrote on social media the day after playing St. Pete. “Y’all trying to make it weird with that whole ‘You Are Now Entering The Free State Of Florida’ bit posted on the state line, but Florida is still Florida. Beautiful state.

Taylor Hollingsworth plays Floridian Social in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 7, 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Taylor Hollingsworth, who plays St. Pete Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 30, 2025. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
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Catbite plays Floridian Social in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 7, 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
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Laura Jane Grace (L) and the Mississippi Medicals at Floridian Social in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 7, 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
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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...