Crowbar
Crowbar (Crowbar Ybor) is an independent live music and special events venue in Tampa's Historic Ybor City district, operating 7 nights a week. It serves Tampa Bay music fans and touring independent artists with a main stage, The Crow's Nest Beer Garden, and recurring event programming.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2016
- HeadquartersTampa, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
What Crowbar does
Crowbar (legal entity Crowbar Ybor) is an independent live music and special events venue operating 7 nights per week from 1812 N 17th St in the Historic Ybor City District of Tampa, Florida. Founded and rebooted as a web property in 2016 under Owner/General Manager Tom DeGeorge, the venue serves Tampa Bay-area live music enthusiasts and touring independent artists across multiple genres including electronic, synthwave, pop, dance, rock, hip hop, and world music. The operational core is a single physical venue with a main stage and an outdoor sub-venue, The Crow's Nest Beer Garden, which hosts the signature recurring Church Sessions series. Additional recurring properties include Liter Night (Tuesdays), Liquid Jesus (Thursdays), Ol' Dirty Sundays, and Bike Night, giving the venue a multi-programming weekly cadence.
The venue's production stack is conventional professional audio and lighting hardware: a Soundcraft Si Expression 3 (32/16 channel) digital mixing console for front-of-house, an EV DeltaMax DML 1152 three-way full-range main PA with six tops and four EV Xsub bass bins powered by Crest amplifiers, and a Chamsys MagicQ PC Wing lighting controller driving RGBAW+UV PAR washes, LED curtain wash, and blinders. This infrastructure enables the venue to support touring artists' technical riders, evidenced by its booking of nationally credentialed acts such as Grammy-nominated La Santa Cecilia. There is no proprietary software, no mobile application, no public API, and no disclosed AI or machine-learning components.
Revenue is generated through three transactional streams at the venue: advance and door ticket sales for live music and special events, on-site food and beverage sales (including alcohol at The Crow's Nest Beer Garden), and venue-branded merchandise via a separate e-commerce storefront at store.crowbarybor.com. Pricing is variable by event and artist, with no standardized public tiers. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer: physical walk-in traffic at the venue, online ticket purchases through crowbarybor.com, and community engagement via Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, an email newsletter, a website event calendar, and an RSS feed. The venue is affiliated with National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), DTour, and FMAM, and has received non-dilutive funding from Live Music Society.
Crowbar firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Crowbar
- Legal name
- Crowbar Ybor
- Website
- https://crowbarybor.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2016
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Crowbar (Crowbar Ybor) is an independent live music and special events venue in Tampa's Historic Ybor City district, operating 7 nights a week. It serves Tampa Bay music fans and touring independent artists with a main stage, The Crow's Nest Beer Garden, and recurring event programming.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Crowbar industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Live Music Venue
- NAICS
- Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)
- SIC
- Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Live Music Clubs & Venues (MPAGAIAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Live Music Venues & Concert Bars (THAFAEAD), Live Music Bars & Venues (CRANACAH)
Keywords
Where Crowbar is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Tampa
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Crowbar business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Ticket Sales: Advance and door ticket sales for live music events and special events
- Food & Beverage: On-site food and beverage sales including alcohol at The Crow's Nest Beer Garden
- Merchandise: Venue merchandise sales including branded apparel and accessories
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Variable event-based pricing |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels6 records
Crowbar product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Crowbar Ybor operates a live music and special events venue in Historic Ybor City, Tampa, FL, open seven nights a week. The venue hosts live musical performances across multiple genres, runs The Crow's Nest Beer Garden with weekly recurring event series such as Church Sessions, and generates revenue through ticket sales, on-site food and beverage service, and venue-branded merchandise.
Product overview
Crowbar is a live music and special events independent music venue located in the Historic Ybor City District of Tampa, Florida. The venue offers a main stage performance space with full technical production capabilities including professional sound and lighting systems, The Crow's Nest Beer Garden featuring weekly and monthly events including Church Sessions, and artist submission opportunities. The venue operates 7 nights per week.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- The Crow's Nest Beer Garden: Home to weekly and monthly events including the Church Sessions, located at the Crowbar venue.
Companies that use Crowbar
Customer profileSegments2 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Crowbar technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
Crowbar partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- Volière Spirits and CrowBarNote: This source describes a separate entity - 'Volière Spirits and CrowBar' which is a new distillery and cocktail lounge opening at the former Hamm's Brewery site in Saint Paul, Minnesota, founded by ReGina Clapp and Liza Sterletske. This is a distinct business entity from Crowbar Ybor in Tampa, FL and should not be conflated with the Tampa music venue.
Scale indicators1 record
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Crowbar competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Will's Pub: Long-running independent live music bar and venue in Orlando, FL. Comparable as a small independent venue combining bar operations with multi-genre live music programming in a Florida market.
- The Ritz Ybor: Historic independent music venue located in the same Ybor City entertainment district in Tampa. Directly competes for the same touring and local artists, the same Tampa Bay audience, and overlapping genre programming, making it the closest head-to-head comparable.
- The Social: Small independent live music venue in Orlando, FL. Comparable scale and operating model — bar-driven indie venue hosting touring indie, electronic, and alternative acts in a Florida metro.
- The Masquerade (Atlanta): Independent multi-room music venue in Atlanta hosting touring and local acts across genres. Comparable as an indie venue competing for mid-tier touring acts and relying on bar/F&B revenue alongside ticket sales.
- State Theatre (St. Petersburg): Independent music venue in downtown St. Petersburg hosting touring acts. Comparable mid-size independent venue with similar programming mix and Florida regional touring circuit positioning.
- Jannus Live: Outdoor courtyard live music venue in St. Petersburg, FL. Closely comparable Florida independent venue with similar mix of touring and local acts, bar service, and ticket-plus-F&B revenue model.
- The Orpheum (Tampa): Independent live music venue in Tampa's Channelside district hosting regional and national touring acts. Comparable in scale, independent ownership profile, multi-genre programming, and reliance on Tampa Bay's live music demand.
Broad incumbents
- 9:30 Club: Benchmark independent music venue in Washington, D.C. operated by I.M.P. Comparable as a high-profile indie venue with professional production, multi-genre programming, and strong F&B economics — but at meaningfully larger scale and brand recognition.
- House of Blues: National chain of live music venues owned by Live Nation, combining ticketed concerts with full bar/restaurant operations. Comparable on the F&B-plus-live-music model but operates as a corporate incumbent across multiple cities.
Emerging players
- Brooklyn Bowl: Multi-city live music + bowling + restaurant concept. Comparable in fusing live music with broader hospitality (F&B, ancillary experiences) to diversify revenue per attendee, though at significantly larger scale and with broader entertainment offerings.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Crowbar social profiles
Digital presenceCrowbar financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Crowbar leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
Crowbar funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds1 record
Investors1 record
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Crowbar M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Crowbar
What does Crowbar do?
Crowbar Ybor operates a live music and special events venue in Historic Ybor City, Tampa, FL, open seven nights a week. The venue hosts live musical performances across multiple genres, runs The Crow's Nest Beer Garden with weekly recurring event series such as Church Sessions, and generates revenue through ticket sales, on-site food and beverage service, and venue-branded merchandise.
Is Crowbar a public or private company?
Crowbar is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Crowbar founded?
Crowbar was founded in 2016. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Crowbar based?
Crowbar is headquartered in Tampa, United States, in the North America region.
How does Crowbar make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Ticket Sales are the primary driver. The others are food & Beverage and merchandise.
Who are Crowbar's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Will's Pub, The Ritz Ybor, The Social, The Masquerade (Atlanta), State Theatre (St. Petersburg), Jannus Live and The Orpheum (Tampa). Broad incumbents are 9:30 Club and House of Blues. Brooklyn Bowl is listed as an emerging player.
Does Crowbar have an API?
No public API is recorded for Crowbar.
What industry is Crowbar in?
Crowbar's product category is Live Music Venue. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAGAIAB, Live Music Clubs & Venues, with a secondary code of THAFAEAD, Live Music Venues & Concert Bars. Its NAICS code is 722410 and its SIC code is 7900.