Seminole Heights staple Ella’s turns 14 years old with free Sunday concert

Watch out for flying eggs.

By Ray Roa on Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 11:01 pm

Photo by Ray Roa

Ernie Locke playing Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 8, 2019.

Bring your egg catching hands to Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe because they’re likely to fly through the air when harmonica-playing blues madman and Ella’s co-founder Ernie Locke returns to the stage for his semi-annual live set as part of the Seminole Heights restaurant’s anniversary.

Locke kicks off the festivities and is followed by beloved Bay area bard Will Quinlan (backed by legendary producer and guitarist Steve Connelly, nonetheless), plus more out-of-your-skill harmonica shredding from newish rockabilly band The Handshakes, and a closing set from The Holy Terror which sounds a little like country-jazz on mescaline. There’s no cover, but expect to stand around and wait for a table or bar seat at what’s become one of Tampa’s most entertaining Sunday afternoons.

The Ella’s Hunka Hunka 14th Anniversary Shebang happens at Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe in Tampa on Sunday, Sept. 10. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

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Ray Roa

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 in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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