{"id":108129,"date":"2026-01-06T21:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/108129\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:48:10","slug":"whippersnap-festival-is-still-a-month-away-but-this-weekends-st-pete-superjam-features-three-scene-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/108129\/","title":{"rendered":"Whippersnap festival is still a month away, but this weekend&#8217;s St. Pete superjam features three scene giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"598\" data-attachment-id=\"349830\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/dlo3musicfacebook\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dlo3musicFacebook.png?fit=1280%2C981&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,981\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dlo3musicFacebook\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Delvon Lamarr&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dlo3musicFacebook.png?fit=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dlo3musicFacebook.png?fit=780%2C598&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dlo3musicFacebook.png\" alt=\"A person with a beard and long hair under a black beanie performs enthusiastically at an organ. They are wearing a white short-sleeved jersey with red stripes on the shoulders and are captured in profile, leaning toward a microphone under dramatic blue stage lighting.\" class=\"wp-image-349830\"  \/>Delvon Lamarr Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=462090265294776&amp;set=a.217438193093319\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dlo3music \/ Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still a month before <a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/florida-sand-music-ranch-15606878\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooksville\u2019s Florida Sand Music Ranch<\/a> hosts one of Central Florida\u2019s biggest music festivals, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whippersnapfest.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Whippersnap<\/a> vibes arrives in St. Petersburg for this warm up of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise to see Joe Marcinek at the heart of the action either. The guitarist\u2019s band is on the lineup in February, but for this gig he\u2019s joined by String Cheese Incident drummer-percussionist Jason Hann along with <a href=\"https:\/\/delvonlamarrorgantrio.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Delvon Lamarr<\/a>, the virtuosic organist and multi-instrumentalist who\u2019s channeled the spirit of The Meters and Booker T. into his very own blend of jazz and soul.<\/p>\n<p>Mini M and Heavy Pets drummer Jamie Newitt\u2019s tiny.blips project opens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/jason-hann-delvon-lamarr-joe-marcinek-minim-tinyblips-21066974\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets for the Road to Whippersnap pre-party happening at Bayboro Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Jan. 10 are still available for $25-$30.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767736090_110_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/jan-01-07-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jan. 01 \u2013 07, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delvon Lamarr Credit: dlo3music \/ Facebook There\u2019s still a month before Brooksville\u2019s Florida Sand Music Ranch hosts one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[945,55365,55366,55367,7565,202,204,203,199,201,200,1865],"class_list":["post-108129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-bayboro-brewing-co","tag-delvon-lamarr","tag-jason-hann","tag-joe-marcinek","tag-live-music-in-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-concerts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}