Concerts in Mobile in 2021? ‘It can be done safely’ Updated Jan 28, 2021; Posted Jan 28, 2021 Fans gather outside the Saenger Theatre as they wait to see Trombone Shorty perform in Mobile, Ala., in 2015. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com) Facebook Share Another postponement. Another cancellation. Another suspension. These recent developments at three of Mobile’s biggest music venues weren’t exactly positive, but they do give some insight into the seething behind-the-scenes activity that will, eventually, bring back large-scale entertainment events. Maybe it’s early to call it a consensus, but an expectation seems to be emerging: The good old days of going out to catch a nationally known act with an energetic full house of 1,000 to 10,000 fellow fans probably won’t return before summer. It likely will be fall before the phrase “back to normal” can be deployed without irony, and possibly spring 2022 before top-tier arena concerts are back on the menu.