{"id":365263,"date":"2026-08-07T12:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T12:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/365263\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T12:49:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T12:49:01","slug":"grit-rumble-a-new-concert-series-booking-femme-queer-and-bipoc-bands-launches-in-st-pete-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/365263\/","title":{"rendered":"Grit &#038; Rumble, a new concert series booking femme, queer, and BIPOC bands, launches in St. Pete on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"605\" data-attachment-id=\"366009\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/hovercar-photo-by-mack-knox-crop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hovercar-Photo-by-Mack-Knox-crop.png?fit=1080%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,837\" 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;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hovercar Photo by Mack Knox crop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;(L-R) Kirsten Clauser, Nikki Raven and Alton Plemmons of Hovercar&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hovercar-Photo-by-Mack-Knox-crop.png?fit=780%2C605&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786106941_245_Hovercar-Photo-by-Mack-Knox-crop.png\" alt=\"A promotional band photograph by Mack Knox showing Kirsten Clauser, Nikki Raven, and Alton Plemmons of Hovercar posing inside a modern room with warm wood-paneling. Captured in a medium wide shot, the three band members stand side-by-side from left to right: Kirsten Clauser leans against a wooden ledge wearing a black short-sleeved collared dress and bolo tie with dark tattoos visible on her arms and leg; Nikki Raven stands center frame wearing a long-sleeve black top with a square white neckline, dark red lipstick, and a neck tattoo; and Alton Plemmons stands on the right wearing a black graphic t-shirt reading &quot;COWBOYS Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other&quot; with sleeve tattoos on both arms under warm, indirect lighting.\" class=\"wp-image-366009\"  \/>(L-R) Kirsten Clauser, Nikki Raven and Alton Plemmons of Hovercar Credit: Mack Knox<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/photos-crowbar-ends-20-year-run-in-ybor-city-with-a-showcase-of-tampa-hip-hop\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/photos-crowbar-ends-20-year-run-in-ybor-city-with-a-showcase-of-tampa-hip-hop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">closure of Crowbar in Tampa<\/a>, St. Petersburg has emerged as a surefire community where small, indie-centric stages still exist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/suite-e-studios-19337695\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/suite-e-studios-19337695\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Suite E Studios<\/a> continues to hold it down in the warehouse district, this time bringing in a stacked local bill that marks the debut for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gritandrumble\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gritandrumble\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grit &amp; Rumble<\/a>, a new live series curated by Josephine \u201cCozy\u201d Selbeau who\u2019ll showcase bills focused on punk and alternative artists from marginalized communities, with a special interest in femme, queer, and bipoc bands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a promo video, Selbeau asks, \u201cDo you like women screaming in your face?\u201d We do, and we\u2019re hyped to see Selbeau\u2019s band joined by Nikki Raven\u2019s Hovercar project, which releases a new three-song EP, Medicine, the night before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.venuepilot.com\/e\/grit-rumble-presents-kitty-kitty-meow-meow-cozy-in-the-black-hovercar-and-julep-2026-08-08-suite-e-st-3b25c5?utm_source=creativeloafing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tickets.venuepilot.com\/e\/grit-rumble-presents-kitty-kitty-meow-meow-cozy-in-the-black-hovercar-and-julep-2026-08-08-suite-e-st-3b25c5?utm_source=creativeloafing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Kitty Kitty Meow Meow, Cozy In The Black, Hovercar, and Julep at Suite E Studios in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Aug. 8 are still available and start at $16.53.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hovercar.bandcamp.com\/album\/bandcamp-friday-live-vol-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp Friday: Live Vol. 1 by Hovercar<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UPDATED 08\/07\/26 7:56 a.m. Show is on Saturday as stated in the story, but not in the headline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/august-06-12-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aug. 06-12, 2026<\/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":"(L-R) Kirsten Clauser, Nikki Raven and Alton Plemmons of Hovercar Credit: Mack Knox With the closure of Crowbar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[7565,202,204,203,199,201,200,9118,1865],"class_list":["post-365263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-live-music-in-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-suite-e-studios","tag-tampa-bay-concerts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}