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

Throughout the last decade, Chewy Hemphill’s fall festival has been a lifeline for folks who don’t have the scratch or enough time off to make it to Gainesville for Fest. Hell, his Pre-Fest even outlasted the pre-fest that Fest itself tried to do in Ybor City.

For its 10th—and sadly, final—outing Tampa Bay Pre-Fest takes over Bradenton’s Oscura where more than a dozen bands literally from across the world will join regional and local punk outfits looking for more gigs a few miles from North Florida.

Highlights on the lineup include power-pop bands from Chicago and Nashville (Time Thieves, The Dreaded Laramie, respectively), New York post-hardcore quartet Common Sage, and St. Louis punk group Vallencourt.

If you can’t make it across the Skyway Bridge, Deviant Libation in Ybor Heights is hosting Festers (Tiltwheel, Panthro U.K., United 13, Too Many Daves) on Tuesday, too.

Tickets to see Tampa Bay Pre-Fest 10 at Oscura in Bradenton on Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 20-21 are still available and start at $20.

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This article appears in Oct. 15 – 21, 2026.

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