A wide-angle, low-light photo taken outside a music venue at night. A bearded man in a baseball cap and black t-shirt is smiling, looking off to the right while holding flyers. In the background, patrons are gathered near the red entrance door of the building, which has the address 1812 visible.
Chewy Hemphill outside Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Oct. 6, 2025. Credit: Dave Decker / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

Chewy Hemphill might call Zephyrhills home these days, but the legendary Tampa Bay area promoter still has a bunch of homies around here. He still books one hell of a show, too.

Tampa pop-punk band Awkward Age reunites for this show anchored by Kinda Culty, a Miami punk band bringing the garage-rock vibes of Magic City bands like Jacuzzi Boys to a hyperactive 2018 album (Things That Kill You!) and 2024 singles “No Astrology / No Parties.”

Because it’s just not enough to throw a concert, Chew-uhh-palooza encourages participants to wear wrestling regalia and be ready for a match between Kayden Greene and Noah Veil.

Tickets to see Chew-uhh-palooza happening at Tampa’s Magnanimous Brewing (Seminole Heights) on Saturday, April 18 are still available for $10–$20.

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This article appears in Apr. 09 – 15, 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...