There seem to be a plethora of Grateful Dead cover bands throwing miracles around left and right these days. If you have to choose, Unlimited Devotion is the way to go—especially because it’s playing a free show at Jannus Live.
This year has been a long strange trip, but those of you who don’t want to be sittin' and cryin' at home should at least take the space Jannus is trying to give concert goers in the courtyard. That means social distance by not crowding near the stage.
It also means not being like Steel Panther fans who gathered near the stage, unmasked at the venue last Friday, despite the joke band’s trying to pretend that they cared that masks were going to be required at the show. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay reached out to reps for Jannus to ask about the Steel Panther shows, plus plans for future shows at the venue. We’ll update this post if the rep responds.
The unticketed Unlimited Devotion show is first-come, first-served with gates opening at 7 p.m., so if you want to secure a spot you might want to line up early keeping six-feet-away from the other Deadheads—unless you want to risk going to the hospital and possible ending up un-gratefully dead yourself. We know being apart isn’t a hippy characteristic, but do it for grandma.
Unlimited Devotion, Saturday, Dec. 26, 7 p.m. Free. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg. jannuslive.com
See a list of Tampa Bay’s “Safe & Sound” live music venues here.
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This article appears in Dec 17-23, 2020.