Mason Jennings has been no stranger to the Bay area, playing everywhere from long-shuttered Seminole clubs (Boomerz Boiler Room, anyone?) to pristine listening rooms like the also-shuttered Attic in Ybor City, and even the, um, also-shuttered State Theatre.
Don’t worry, however; many of the venues the 50-year-old songwriter has played locally are still open, and this is his first time at St. Pete’s best venue for sound, Bayboro Brewing Co.
On the road in support of his 20th studio album Magnifier—co-produced with Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard and self-described as his “most intimate and bare-bones record to date, featuring piano, acoustic guitar, and voice”—Jennings will be every bit as introspective as he’s been throughout the course of a storied career that launched with a self-titled debut in 1997.
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This article appears in Jan. 01 – 07, 2026.