It's finally time to see The Violent Femmes play Tampa Bay again

Dance, motherfucker, dance.

By Josh Bradley on Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 7:07 pm

Photo via officialviolentfemmes/Facebook

Violent Femmes, which plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on September 28, 2024.

We still can’t thank The Pretenders enough for discovering the folk-punk outfit on the streets of New York City in the early-‘80s. In honor of the 40th anniversary of its sophomore album Hallowed Ground (which had Christian lyrics that were supposed to be defiant towards The Violent Femmes’ original sound, but ended up turning some fans away), Gordon Gano and friends will be playing the record all the way through.

Following an intermission, they’ll come back and play their eponymous debut album—which celebrated its own 40th anniversary last year—and then some. It’ll be the Femmes’ first time in the area since a 2014 gig at the much-missed Big Guava Music Festival, where it shared a bill with Grouplove, ZZ Ward, and Chance The Rapper.

Tickets to see Violent Femmes play St. Pete's Jannus Live on Saturday, Sept. 28 are sold out.

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Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows in Tampa Bay. Check the music section in print and online every week for the latest in local live music.

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