Portrait of Tampa Bay songwriter Fessi K wearing a green and tan letterman-style varsity jacket. She has reddish-brown braided hair adorned with butterfly clips and beads, posing outdoors in front of a modern white building and a hilly landscape.
Fessi K Credit: Fesssik / Bandcamp

Here’s to hoping that Punk Black Tampa finds a good home after 2026. The Ybor City-centric music festival holds its last throwdown at Crowbar, the legendary venue set to shutter this summer after two decades in the district.

The Bay area has long been home to melanated rock and rollers, but it’s righteous to see them celebrated so explicitly on a bill like this that brings together scene vets (Pilot Jonezz, Bangarang), with up-and-comers like Gulf Coast songwriter Fessi K (pictured), post-hardcore outfit He Kindly, and Canadian export Being Human.

Tickets for Punk Black Tampa Fest happening at Crowbar in Ybor City on Saturday, Feb. 28 are still available for $15.

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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...