Credit: THEMigosAtl/Facebook

Credit: THEMigosAtl/Facebook

As you’ve gathered from the rest of this issue, the fact that the Buccaneers are playing in their home stadium for Super Bowl LV is batshit insane in so many ways both good and horrific. One of the craziest facts of life that any Super Bowl host city has to deal with is the influx of big game-related concerts with headliners you’d never ever see in the same town during the same one-weekend timeframe.

Tampa Bay is not immune to this anomaly, so this is CL’s attempt to huddle up all of the concerts we knew about at press time into one central place. Remember, music fans, the coronavirus is still infecting and killing people locally. Tampa has a dance floor ordinance, too, and while local officials have pretty much said they’ll choose “encouragement” over enforcement when it comes to mandates, that doesn’t mean you get to be an asshole and endanger everyone else disciplined enough to stay at home.

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.

Tip your bartender like the high roller you’re pretending to be this weekend, OK?

Did we miss your event? Leave us a comment on Facebook or Twitter. Click through each event to learn more.

✔️= Designated Safe & Sound venue

Thursday, Feb. 4

Friday, Feb. 5

Saturday, Feb. 6

Sunday, Feb. 7

Wednesday, Feb. 10

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This article appears in Feb 4-10, 2021.

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