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Rohna at Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on May 15, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Ba<\/p>\nRohna at Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on May 15, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Ba<\/p>\n
Last summer, Indie Night<\/a> co-founder Andres Hernandez stared at the end of his series\u2019 run at the now-shuttered Crowbar and told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/a> that the party would simply have to look for a bigger room the next time it happened.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll keep growing it,\u201d he added, \u201cand just kind of raise the bar for ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n The bar is apparently just a few blocks down E 7th Avenue at The Ritz Ybor<\/a> where Indie Night and four bands will throw an early Halloween party on Oct. 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n The move from a roughly 300-capacity room to another that holds over 1,000 concertgoers was a longtime coming, Hernandez said, noting that they\u2019ve long sold-out smaller clubs plus outings at the larger Floridian Social in St. Petersburg two years ago. \u201cWe felt like we\u2019d have enough momentum to bring this to a venue like The Ritz with the help of No Clubs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Fans, he noted, can expect an even higher level of production, similarly great bands, but at a larger scale,<\/p>\n \u201cImagine our usual indie night energy but with three times as many people, more lights, more sound, a giant disco ball, everyone wearing costumes, and more,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/p>\n Per usual, his band, Rohna<\/a>, is on the bill. Expat indie-pop band Parrotfish, now based in Nashville, comes home for the gig and plays alongside the \u201cmost chalant\u201d band in Central Florida Kitty Kitty Meow Meow along with Gulf Coast emo outfit Pavola.<\/p>\n Tickets to Indie Night Live at The Ritz in Ybor City on Friday, Oct. 23 are still available and start at $21.65 via Ticketmaster.<\/a><\/p>\n Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n This article appears in September 03 \u2013 09, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n \t![\"Youtube](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788874692_114_hqdefault.jpg\")
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