Life of Agony, circa 2018. Credit: Photo by Al Bello
Following a 2022 outing that found Turnstile playing on the grounds of the old Homer Hesterly Armory in NoHo, FYA Fest is back in 2023 and reaching to the old school by tapping alt-metal veteran Life Of Agony to headline 30 years after the release of its landmark debut album River Runs Red.

Blasting in from the more recent past is Wilkes-Barre hardcore outfit Cold World, plus post-hardcore supergroup Fiddlehead who’re part of a huge bill that includes aftershows.

Tickets for FYA Fest 9 happening Friday-Saturday, Jan. 7-8 at the Bryan Glazer Family JCC in Tampa are on sale now and start at $65.

Don’t get caught drinking in the parking lot.

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This article appears in Jan 5-11, 2023.

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...