A wide-angle, fisheye photograph of a three-piece rock band performing on a dimly lit stage. A guitarist in a black t-shirt and glasses sings into a microphone in the foreground, illuminated by bright blue stage lights, while a drummer and bassist perform in the background.This Is Goodbye plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on March 16, 2024. Credit: Dave Decker / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

There might as well be a countdown clock above the front door to Crowbar. The storied Ybor City music venue celebrates 20 years in the historic district in 2026, and is quickly approaching its last day open since the lease is set to expire this summer.

It begins the end with a two-day mini festival of local talent, including the appropriately-named This Is Goodbye, a post-rock outfit featuring guitarist and luthier Mike Ingold along with bassist Sean Pomeroy and drummer Chris Croft.

Rising rock outfit Wolfgang Amadeus headlines night two, and go ahead and make plans to do a three-night stand at Crowbar since one of the Bay area’s premier turntablists, DJ Qeys, is on the bill Jan 4 for Church Sessions, a patio party born from the ashes of the venue’s long-running, recently-shuttered, Ol’ Dirty Sundays series.

Tickets to the Beginning of the End concerts happening Friday-Saturday, Jan. 2-3 at Crowbar in Ybor City are still available and start at $10.

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This article appears in Dec. 25 – 31, 2025.

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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…
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