The end of an era on the corner of Tampa’s N Nebraska and E Shadowlawn Avenues arrives this weekend when Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe shuts down after 15 years of Southern-fried hospitality and comfort food.
No funeral for the Seminole Heights staple would be complete without live music, and while the ceremonies start on Thursday with a songwriter showcase topped by gravel-voiced Jeff Brawer—and a Friday show from punk band Former Contenders—the big Sunday brunch showdown will be the final act.
Countrybilly duo Skinny McGee & the Handshakes hits the stage along with rock outfit Boho Sideshow (featuring perhaps the Bay area’s only bassist-drummer), the Suwanee Ave. Marching Band, guitar-playing Blake High student Henry Locke, and Nervous Turkey. Locke’s dad, Ernie—who together with Ella’s owner Melissa Deming started the restaurant a-decade-and-a-half ago—is the driving force behind the swampified blues-rock band, and his wild, harmonica-laden, stage show is bound to reach new heights to mark the occasion.
There's no cover for Sinner's Last Supper at Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe in Tampa on Sunday, Sept. 1.
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No funeral for the Seminole Heights staple would be complete without live music, and while the ceremonies start on Thursday with a songwriter showcase topped by gravel-voiced Jeff Brawer—and a Friday show from punk band Former Contenders—the big Sunday brunch showdown will be the final act.
Countrybilly duo Skinny McGee & the Handshakes hits the stage along with rock outfit Boho Sideshow (featuring perhaps the Bay area’s only bassist-drummer), the Suwanee Ave. Marching Band, guitar-playing Blake High student Henry Locke, and Nervous Turkey. Locke’s dad, Ernie—who together with Ella’s owner Melissa Deming started the restaurant a-decade-and-a-half ago—is the driving force behind the swampified blues-rock band, and his wild, harmonica-laden, stage show is bound to reach new heights to mark the occasion.
There's no cover for Sinner's Last Supper at Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe in Tampa on Sunday, Sept. 1.
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