A musician wearing sunglasses, a hat, and a plaid shirt performs on stage, singing into a microphone while playing an electric guitar under bright stage lights.
Will Quinlan plays Gasparilla Music Festival in Tampa, Florida on March 11, 2020. Credit: Ysanne Taylor / Gasparilla Music Festival

Will Quinlan’s local appearances are rare these days, but Tampa Bay’s prince of melancholy (and occasionally-rocking) Americana shows the neighborhood what he’s been workshopping in this set supporting another long-running scene staple, Urbane Cowboys.

There’s no cover to see Will Quinlan play Independent Bar and Cafe in Tampa on Friday, Oct. 10.

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This article appears in Oct. 2 – 8, 2025.

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...