Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Open mic
The Independent: Open mic. No cover listed. The bar is the room — the sheet, the host, or the house, not a touring bill.
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The Independent
Seminole Heights · 5016 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL
Veronica Danko, who had opened a craft-beer bar called The Independent in St. Petersburg in 2005, bought a 1937 filling station in Seminole Heights and opened the Tampa location in 2009, adding a kitchen. She modeled it on European beer halls, with a wide beer list, boutique wine, and cafe food. Live music grew into the room anyway, including a First Saturday jazz jam started in 2010, though Danko has said she never intended a club on the scale of a dedicated concert hall.
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