{"id":217308,"date":"2026-04-03T10:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217308\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:29:14","slug":"jer-one-floridas-best-ska-bands-plays-tampa-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217308\/","title":{"rendered":"Jer, one Florida&#8217;s best ska bands, plays Tampa this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"356265\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/jerskabandcamp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jerskaBandcamp.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jerskaBandcamp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jer&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jerskaBandcamp.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jerskaBandcamp.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jerskaBandcamp.jpg\" alt=\"A high-angle fisheye lens photo of the band JER and their touring members standing in a cramped stairwell covered in colorful punk and ska gig posters. The members look up at the camera with various expressions, including Jeremy Hunter in a bright green shirt, blue bucket hat, and sunglasses, while the walls around them are a collage of concert flyers.\" class=\"wp-image-356265\"  \/>Jer Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/f4.bcbits.com\/img\/0042988784_10.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jerska \/ Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tolerance levels to oi vary. Jeremy Hunter invites ska expats to come back home.<\/p>\n<p>The Gainesville songwriter created YouTube\u2019s popular <a href=\"https:\/\/skatunenetwork.com\/pages\/about\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/skatunenetwork.com\/pages\/about\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ska Tune Network <\/a>and has hundreds of thousands of subscribers. His 2025 album Death of the Heart is a dramatically-fresh take on the genre that doesn\u2019t abandon any of ska\u2019s energy or roots.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa punk favorite Pilot Jonezz supports alongside Clearwater rock outfit Just Courtesy (\u201cSecondary\u201d) and Central Florida ska band Misadventure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newworldtampa.com\/events\/jer-pilot-jonezz-just-courtesy-and-misadventure\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.newworldtampa.com\/events\/jer-pilot-jonezz-just-courtesy-and-misadventure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Jer play the music hall at New World Tampa on Thursday, April 9 are still available for $15.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jerska.bandcamp.com\/album\/death-of-the-heart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Death of the Heart by JER<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/mar-26-apr-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mar. 26 \u2013 Apr. 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jer Credit: jerska \/ Bandcamp Tolerance levels to oi vary. 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