The Dollyrots headline WMNF's 45th birthday party happening this weekend in St. Pete

Scott Elliott plays dance tunes to kickoff the festivities.

By Ray Roa on Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 12:25 pm

Photo c/o Earshot Media PR

The Dollyrots, who play Floridian Social in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 14, 2024.

Just three months after they blew the doors off the Cuban Club cantina for WMNF’s Tropical Heatwave, The Dollyrots are back in the Bay area to celebrate with the local 45-year-old community radio station.

Their omnipresence in the area shouldn’t surprise anyone either. Bassist Kelly Ogden and guitarist Luis Cabezas first met when they were eighth graders in Land O’Lakes and played in bands while studying at New College.

And while poppy punk-rock is the band’s bread and butter, Ogden and Cabezas, together with drummer Simon Hancock, do one hell of a Billy Bragg cover, too.

Scott Elliott, host of the station’s Thursday Traffic Jam show, spins dance tunes at Floridian Social to kick off the night.

Tickets to the WMNF birthday bash happening Saturday, Sept. 14 at Floridian Social in St. Petersburg are still available and start at $30. Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.

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Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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