On Tuesday, state data showed that Tampa Bay added 1,213 coronavirus cases and 49 deaths, while Hillsborough and Pinellas counties have positivity rates at 6% and 7%, respectively. And while 2 million Florida residents have been vaccinated, doctors worry the Super Bowl will only accelerate the spread of COVID-19 (including the new, highly-contagious U.K. Strain).
That’s enough to keep you at home, but the local live music scene is finding ways to try and stay on its feet. We’ve marked the gigs at venues that have joined a Tampa-based and city-recognized “Safe & Sound” initiative that pledges to strictly enforce limited capacity, mask wearing and social distancing—and tried our best to explain COVID-19 protocols at venues that not able to join Tampa’s “Safe & Sound” program.
Click through the link for more info.
✔️= Designated “Safe & Sound” venue
Friday, Feb. 12
- Classic Albums Live: The Eagles Greatest Hits (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
- Lauris Vidal w/Mike Mass/Same Day Delivery Orchestra/Louis Jr./J.T. Brown (New World Brewery, Tampa) ✔️
- Sick Hot w/Pandapaws (Hooch and Hive, Tampa) ✔️
- Winterland: Thomas Wynn and Patrick Hagerma w/Dead Set Florida/Row Jomah/more (Friday-Saturday) (Maddox Ranch, Lakeland)
- Opera Tampa’s Valentine’s Engagement (Friday- Sunday) (Riverwalk stage at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) ✔️
Saturday, Feb. 13
- Cuban Metal Fest: Modern Mimes w/Silenmara/Blood Of Angels/Dead Ritual/Shotgun Medusa/Black Clash/Lil $ithlord/The Street Cats/Euclid Buffalo/Travesty (Brass Mug, Tampa)
- Have Gun, Will Travel (Shamc mobile state visiting Giggle Waters and Whistlestop Grill, Safety Harbor)
- Hello: Cope w/Golden Era (Crowbar, Tampa) ✔️
- Locash/NATU Band/Aubrey Wollet (The Grove, Wesley Chapel)
- Pastor Troy (Pegasus Niteclub, Tampa)
Sunday, Feb. 14
- Klassika (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
Wednesday, Feb. 17
- Paul Thorn (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
See a list of Tampa Bay’s “Safe & Sound” live music venues here.
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This article appears in Feb 11-17, 2021.
