Skipper's Smokehouse

Top choice in Tampa


Like it blew in from the Keys, Skipper's is a beloved, unpretentious open-air venue for blues, folk, reggae and gator-swamp rockabilly, beneath beautiful live oaks. It's 9 miles directly north of downtown, on a side street off N Nebraska Ave.


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