Musician Emmpowerr in a close-up portrait featuring artistic orange and white starburst eye makeup. The person wears a pink turtleneck under a black track jacket with white piping, standing outdoors at night.
Emmpowerr Credit: emmpowerr / Facebook

Prepare to have a Red Stripe hangover plus sore hips and knees.

Queeribbean baddies already know about this Dyke Night gig, but folks curious about getting drenched in the sounds of sexy, sapphic, dancehall, reggae, Afrobeats and baile funk will want to join in on this always rowdy party. 

Emmpowerr, Zanzibean and El Gargola are among the selectors.

Tickets for Dýke Nite St Pete Presents: Dykeaspora at Crowbar in Ybor City on Friday, March 13 are still available for $15.

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This article appears in Mar. 05 – 11, 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...