Ashley Smith & the Random Occurrence Credit: Kelsey Walker / Gasparilla Music Festival
You know what’s scary? The fact that every annual event at Crowbar is staging its final run at the iconic Ybor City venue (which is on a lease that runs out this summer).
Fangsgiving, now in its eighth year, says this is it for its yearly throwdown where some of the best Bay area bands turn themselves into knockout cover acts.
“The event is inextricably linked to the venue,” organizers told CL in a press release explaining its decision to end the charity concert. “Unfortunately, it will also be the last in its current incarnation.”
The gig benefits the Instruments 4 Life nonprofit that gives music and arts equipment to Tampa area youth. Mark Warren’s Barely Pink pop band is reuniting for one-night only collaborations while a host of local heroes—Ashley Smith & the Random Occurrence, Have Gun, Will Travel, Urbane Cowboys, Rebekah Pulley, Jeremy Gloff, and Choking on the Revelry—take on tunes by Prince, The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, Smashing Pumpkins, George Michael and more. And come in costume, people.
This article appears in Oct. 16 – 22, 2025.
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