Knifelighter, which plays The Noise Box in Brandon, Florida on Aug. 30, 2024. Credit: Photo via KnifeLighter/Facebook

Over the weekend two dozen rock bands from across the Bay area and Southeastern U.S. will be in Ybor City for the Scary Neighbor Festival. The day-long festival— set for Saturday, Aug. 31 at Crowbar with tickets starting at $20—features Dea+Saint, Yosemite In Black, Discord Theory and more, but there’s a pre-show in the ‘burbs before hand.

Before Saturday’s shindig, there’s a pre-show set to rock the suburbs on Friday thanks to Gainesville hardcore quartet Drosera, Virginia skate-punk outfit Colo, and Eustis blast-beat maker Knifelighter, which just donated its song “Otokoyuh” to a hardcore comp that benefits displaced Palestinians.

Tickets to the the Scary Neighbor Festival pre-show happening at The Noise Box in Brandon on Friday, Aug. 30 are still available and start at $10.

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This article appears in Aug 29 – Sep 4, 2024.