{"id":68711,"date":"2025-12-02T23:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/68711\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T23:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:11:12","slug":"without-irony-wolf-face-is-playing-st-petes-friends-of-strays-benefit-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/68711\/","title":{"rendered":"Without irony, Wolf-Face is playing St. Pete&#8217;s Friends of Strays benefit concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"348399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/wolf-face-is-playing-st-petes-friends-of-strays-benefit-concert\/attachment\/wolface-9-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wolface-9-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1680365974&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wolface-9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Wolf-Face at Dunedin Brewery in Dunedin, Florida on April 1, 2023.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wolface-9-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wolface-9-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764717071_632_Wolface-9-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"An intense live concert shot from the audience's perspective, showing a costumed lead performer (guitarist) facing forward. Drums and other musicians are visible on the crowded stage, with the crowd close to the front.\" class=\"wp-image-348399\"  \/>Wolf-Face at Dunedin Brewery in Dunedin, Florida on April 1, 2023. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p>There won\u2019t be a more meta moment in rock and roll this weekend, than the one that finds lupine St. Petersburg punk band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wolffaceyeah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wolf-Face<\/a> taking the stage to raise money for Tampa Bay area animal nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofstrays.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of Strays<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Frontman Michael J. Wolf has a brand new axe to grind (he just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redwoodsguitars\/posts\/pfbid02HnJP89XMt2hD5v7oqQZ3mLaFkCS9k1zEX9Zdm1TeirkWDPVkrXvayc6WtTDqzZ4Bl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">went to Redwoods Vintage Guitars <\/a>to trade a Gibson SG for a Telecaster), and his pack is joined by more than a dozen other bands playing for the cause. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/punk-for-paws-wolf-face-w-mosquito-teeth-bargain-bin-heroes-more-20979082\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to Punk For Paws happening at Pinellas Ale Works in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Dec. 6 are $10 at the door.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764717072_86_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/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\/nov-27-dec-03-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nov. 27 \u2013 Dec. 03, 2025<\/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":"Wolf-Face at Dunedin Brewery in Dunedin, Florida on April 1, 2023. 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