Monday, March 23, 2026
Bill Harris
— Pittsburgh-born experimental drummer/improviser, now Chicago-based. Founded Amalgam (improvisational music platform).
Derek Johnson
— folk/americana singer-songwriter
Noa Jordan
— Pittsburgh indie rock
Other Hearts Beat
— solo project of Matt Neal (drummer of Still and Captain the Sky)
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Robbie Fulks
— Chicago alt-country singer-songwriter, 15 albums over 30 years, 2 Grammy nominations
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage
— NYC anti-folk singer-songwriter & comic artist, Rough Trade Records. Current band includes Brent Cole (Moldy Peaches).
Dog Party
— Sacramento pop-punk sister duo (Gwendolyn & Lucy Giles), playing together since ages 9 and 6, debut record 2009.
Experimental Guitar Night 66
Mario Quintero
— Guitarist from Spotlights (NYC post-metal/shoegaze)
Adrian Adiotomo
— Delta blues, dobro guitarist
Sachem Orenda
— Pittsburgh solo electronic/avant-garde guitarist
Corey Layman & Jason Baldinger
— Pittsburgh musicians, Karl Hendricks Trio alumni
D.S. Miller
— Pittsburgh experimental
Rebecca Porter
— Harrisonburg, VA country/Americana singer-songwriter. Color Me Country Class of 2024, NPR Mountain Stage debut.
Coltt Winter Lepley
— Virginia singer-songwriter.
Emily Woodhull
— Shenandoah Valley-based singer-songwriter.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Caiola
— Philadelphia songwriter/producer Jordan Caiola. Founded Mo Lowda & The Humble (2010) and NightSeason.
Mid America
— Western folk rock duo from Wimberley, TX (Mia Carruthers and Curtis Roush).
Friday, March 27, 2026
Mayreh
— Pittsburgh rust belt indie rock
Mellowscape
— Pittsburgh indie punk with funk and alternative influences
Miracle Finds
— Pittsburgh indie/psych
Microwaves
— Pittsburgh noise rock trio, 20+ years. Compared to Arab On Radar, Ex-Models.
Spotlights
— NYC post-metal/shoegaze duo (Sarah & Mario Quintero)
Love Ethic
— Pittsburgh post-hardcore, collaborated with Dale Crover (Melvins)
Joe Stamm Band
— Midwest "Black Dirt Country Rock" band, since 2013.
Dave Shepherd
— Southwest PA country/bluegrass songwriter
Monthly Surf Night
The Yeggs
— Pittsburgh surf trio, original instrumentals and classic surf covers. Monthly residency at Mr. Smalls Cafe.
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Rise of the Anglerfish Tour (Two Nights)
Lotus
— Instrumental electronic jam band, formed 1998. Philly/Denver-based, 17 albums.
White Beast
— Richmond VA politically-charged heavy punk
Uzkost
— Blackened doom, similar to Plebeian Grandstand
Urns
— Pittsburgh heavy/doom
Rated Eye
— Blues-influenced heavy rock
"Static On The Radio" Album Release
Chet Vincent & The Music Industry
— Pittsburgh indie rock veteran (15 years). Misra Records. Previously in The Big Bend, Birdwatcher, Molly Alphabet. WYEP featured.
The Back Alley
— Chicago indie rock quintet (2022). High-powered riffs, catchy vocals.
Connor Parente
— Pittsburgh singer-songwriter with old-school folk/rock sound (Dylan, Springsteen vibes).
Caroline Davis
— rap
Two of Anything
— electronic
Chet Vincent
— PGH, PA-based rock/folk
the Music Industry
— Baldwin, Na-based punk/rock
Clinton Clegg
— Pittsburgh, Pe-based rock/soul
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Rise of the Anglerfish Tour (Night 2)
Lotus
— Instrumental electronic jam band, formed 1998. Philly/Denver-based, 17 albums.
Black Eyes
— DC post-punk on Dischord Records
Gotobeds
— Pittsburgh post-punk on Sub Pop Records
Pile
— Boston indie rock since 2007, angular guitars. On Sooper Records.
Hannah Wicklund
— Hilton Head Island, SC blues rock guitarist/singer. Started The Steppin Stones at age 9. Janis Joplin-meets-modern-rock sound.
Monday, March 30, 2026
Legume
— Detroit (touring)
Blott
— UK electronic/synthpop solo project
Jewels and More
Warhol Sound Series
Patrick Watson
— Montreal cinematic indie pop/art rock, Polaris Prize winner 2007
La Force
— Ariel Engle's solo project (Broken Social Scene member)
Boys Go To Jupiter
— Brooklyn indie-pop/folk/punk three-piece. Joyful, hook-driven songs with heart and humor.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Emperor
— Norwegian black metal legends (1991). Pioneers of symphonic black metal. "In The Nightside Eclipse" is a genre-defining masterpiece.
Blood Incantation
— Denver cosmic death metal (Century Media)
Wednesday, April 01, 2026
Log Flume
— Philly power pop
Benny P
— Philadelphia jangle-pop/power-pop, led by singer-songwriter Ben Polito
Aloner
— Pittsburgh lo-fi atmospheric indie
Murphy Lawless
— Dark folk/outlaw country, "The Punk Rock Cowboy"
Crisp Lake
— Pittsburgh punk/folk punk/shoegaze
Mr. Rogers' Child
— North Carolina folk-punk
Thursday, April 02, 2026
Coyote Island
— Maine-based roots rock project of Mike O'Hehir (producer/multi-instrumentalist)
Megan From Work
— New England indie rock/power pop, 4-piece
Tilt Controls
— Pittsburgh indie/bitcrushed rock
Waamos
— weareallmadeofstardust - project of Madi Serket, experimental guitar
Aloner
— Pittsburgh
Geese Teeth
— Pittsburgh quirky indie/alt-rock
Sherry CD-ROM
— Pittsburgh experimental baroque synthpop/electronic band and art project
Wild Magic
— Pittsburgh
Coyote Island
— Maine-based folk/reggae/psychedelic indie project of Mike O'Hehir.
Friday, April 03, 2026
Low Gap
— Country/Americana duo
Tucker Knisell
— Appalachian country singer-songwriter from Preston County, WV
Joey Adams
— Wheeling-based country/folk/Americana, self-taught, raw honest storytelling
November Blue
— Pittsburgh country-rock six-piece with three guitars + pedal steel, five-part harmonies
Ryan Caraveo
— Seattle hip-hop/pop with melodic vocals, vulnerability-focused lyrics
Tardive Dyskinesia
— Fresno hardcore/punk
TeknoKrat
— Detroit hardcore punk, members of EKG/Exorcist/Unabomb
Immaculate Conception
— Post-punk feat. Madison Marshall (Cloud Rat vocalist)
Nature Nvoke
— Cleveland Afrofuturist post-punk/darkwave
Dukkha
— Pittsburgh raw crust punk, d-beat/anarcho
Open Carry
Mr. Roboto Project
Ultra Deluxe
— NY experimental post-hardcore/"cyber screamo" with strings, horns, eurorack synths. Lonely Ghost Records.
Tonsil Hockey
— Brooklyn indie-punk trio
Kicked in the Head By A Horse
— Pittsburgh chaotic hardcore quartet
Guillermo Guillotine
— Pittsburgh screamo
Spirit
Jaguar
— metal-based metal/prog
Saturday, April 04, 2026
Cory Branan
— Memphis country-punk, "too punk for country, too country for punk." Collaborations with Jason Isbell/Laura Jane Grace.
The Hoffman Road Band
— Pittsburgh alt-country/americana/folk
440 Ormsby
EgoScum
— Pittsburgh heavy/loud
Passing Bell
— Pittsburgh blackened sludge metal, members of Funerals and The Long Hunt
Crisis in America
— Pittsburgh
Mr. Roboto Project
Star Student
— Emo
Kaiba
— Pittsburgh screamo quartet, formed Athens OH 2019
Forever For A Day
— Pittsburgh screamo
The Fliplighters
— Ironton, Ohio emo/screamo
Mr. Roboto Project
SissySissySissy
— Pittsburgh "southside screamo"
Dead Against
— Pittsburgh hardcore
Guillermo Guillotine
— Pittsburgh hardcore/screamo/emoviolence
Wrung
— Pittsburgh metallic hardcore
The Warhol Museum (Theater)
Nois Quartet
— Chicago saxophone quartet, new music/improvisation. Warhol Sound Series
Sunday, April 05, 2026
Olivia Ellen Lloyd
— Brooklyn-based, West Virginia-bred country, "country music with feelings"
Abbie McAllister
— Folk/grunge songwriter
Slag Mountain
— Pittsburgh bluegrass with steel-town/Rust Belt influence
Telephone
Bent Folk Country Noise Egg Hunt
— San Francisco experimental "astral folk", "moon-bent" songs, country-inflected avant-strum and velvet drone
Mr. Roboto Project
Pit Lord
— Iowa death metal with BBQ/grilling themed lyrics
Dead Against
— Pittsburgh hardcore
Leech Forward
— Pittsburgh death metal/hardcore
Monday, April 06, 2026
Preserving Underground
Massive Hardcore Show
Poison the Well
— Florida post-hardcore/metalcore pioneers, first album in 17 years
Converge
— Salem, MA hardcore/metalcore legends since 1990. "Jane Doe" defined the genre.
Spy
— Bay Area hardcore punk on Closed Casket Activities
Balmora
— Northeast metalcore on DAZE Records
Dad's Backyard
William Blackart
— Arkansas "poor man's gothic" folk, gravelly vocals, swamp-soaked Americana
Adam Faucett
— Arkansas folk
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Madison Cunningham
— LA Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter with chamber-pop elements
Thunderbird
Varials
— Philadelphia metalcore with nu-metal groove
UnityTX
— Dallas hip-hop/metal quartet, hardcore rap-metal with 808s
HEAVY//HITTER
— Florida deathcore/beatdown hardcore
Boltcutter
— Metalcore
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
Bleed From Within
— Scottish metalcore from Glasgow, Nuclear Blast
Sylosis
— UK thrash metal
Wild Party
— San Antonio indie pop quartet, "face-melting pop" with chunky guitars
Mr. Roboto Project
Subhumans
— UK anarcho-punk legends (1980s), fronted by Dick Lucas (Citizen Fish)
Thursday, April 09, 2026
Dogs In A Pile
— Asbury Park quintet blending funk/jazz/rock with seamless genre switching
Cancer House
— Chicago slowcore quartet
Nick Breinich
— Pittsburgh ambient/experimental, hardware techno veteran
Zone Farmer
— Chicago experimental, Wiggle Room affiliate
Funeral Parade of Roses
— Queer electronic, paranoia-tinged acid psychedelia and cosmic dub
Bantha Tea Bar
Tropos
— Brooklyn collective, "outer-space chamber music" blending new music/jazz/psych
How Things Are
— Pittsburgh improvised music trio
Taylor Grieshober
— Pittsburgh writer (spoken word)
Mr. Roboto Project
Confession Kids
— Folk/punk from Gainesville, FL
Frog Legs
— Pittsburgh folk punk
Iris Adam
— Pittsburgh folkskramz/emo
Friday, April 10, 2026
Club Cafe
NVSV
— Pittsburgh producer/rapper, dark minimal beats
TRINOMIAL
— PG County MD alt-jazz trio
Cam Chambers
— New Kensington/Pittsburgh vocalist-producer-drummer, genre-melding hip-hop
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Fotocrime
— Louisville darkwave/post-punk by Ryan Patterson (Coliseum), cold wave/Neue Deutsche Welle influenced
Spirit
ADULT.
— Detroit electro/industrial duo
Container
— Noise techno, Ren Schofield (Providence/London)
Donzii
— Miami/LA post-punk/no-wave/funk duo
Expensive Shit
— Solo electronic by Paul Quattrone (Oh Sees drummer)
Roboto Project
Antiochian
Capillary
— NJ emo (Sunny Day Real Estate/Mineral influenced)
Dispute
— Ipswich UK heavy hardcore
Take A Deep Breath
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Fotocrime
— Louisville darkwave/post-punk by Ryan Patterson (Coliseum)
Rated Eye
— Pittsburgh avant-hard rock (Wax Donut Records)
Some Faith
— Darkwave/synthpop duo
Mr. Roboto Project
Autoignition
— Russian EBM/dark-electro, techno-industrial with dystopian themes
Capillary
— NJ emo (Sunny Day Real Estate/Mineral influenced)
Dimwit
— Pittsburgh cover band
Threaded
— Pittsburgh alternative/hardcore
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Club Cafe
(SOLD OUT)
In Color
— Nashville indie coastal pop/Southern rock
Eden Joel
— Nashville indie pop, touring musician (21 y/o producer/multi-instrumentalist)
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
The Antlers
— Brooklyn indie rock led by Peter Silberman, lush orchestration, emotionally intense
Rock Room
Sheer Terror
— NYC hardcore legends
Submachine
— Pittsburgh hardcore legends since 1991
School Drugs
— 80s hardcore punk tradition
Complete Fucker
— Pittsburgh hardcore punk
Mr. Smalls
The Antlers
— Brooklyn indie rock led by Peter Silberman
Hippo House
PGH EMO BASEMENT BASH
— Local emo showcase
Mr. Roboto Project
Yell At God
— Philly punk/folk
DIBS
Crisp Lake
— Pittsburgh punk/folk punk/shoegaze
Rayne Blakeman
— Youngstown OH DIY songwriter (Bug Bug Publishing)
Sunday, April 12, 2026
The Government Center
Shotwell
— San Francisco
Sub Rosa
— NYC
06 Female
— Pittsburgh
The Government Center
Dave Shepherd
— Southwest PA country/bluegrass
Mike Lee
Nathan Xander
— NYC folk/Americana (Union City PA roots, Deep Elm Records)
Mr. Roboto Project
Bird Friend
— Portsmouth
Harrison Lemke
— Pittsburgh garage-folk, lo-fi tape recordings
Elliott Pullen & The Pearl Snaps
Monday, April 13, 2026
Owl Hollow
Blowgun
— Punk/rock
Rats of Reason
Absent
— Baltimore/Philly emo/post-hardcore
Bottlerocket Social Hall
Gladie
— Philadelphia indie rock (Augusta Koch of Cayetana, on Get Better/Lame-O)
Mr. Roboto Project
theyhungusfrompowerlines
— Columbus, OH emo/screamo
braininavat
— Akron/Cleveland screamo/emo hardcore
Iris Adam
— Pittsburgh folkskramz/emo
wheretheforsythiablooms
— Pittsburgh skramz
Guillermo Guillotine
— Pittsburgh screamo
Carnegie Lecture Hall (Warhol Sound Series)
Haley Heynderickx
— Folk singer-songwriter
Max García Conover
— Maine folk singer-songwriter, intricate fingerstyle
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Spirit
Dogpark
— Richmond VA indie rock (Big Loud Rock/Severance Records)
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Club Cafe
Jordan Paul Clark
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Igor and the Red Elvises
— Russian-American surf/rockabilly/polka
Spirit
Black Pistol Fire
— Austin blues-rock duo
Brillobox
Verity Den
— North Carolina psych/shoegaze trio
Nathan Taylor
Blinder
— Pittsburgh noise rock/shoegaze
Root Coiled
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Club Cafe
HUNY XO
— Selena tribute/celebration
Mr. Roboto Project
Tiger Would!
— Midwest emo
(Secret Set)
— Touring band TBA
Kwarter Zip
— Pittsburgh emo
Guillermo Guillotine
— Pittsburgh screamo
Foreverforaday
— Pittsburgh screamo
Friday, April 17, 2026
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Cole Chaney
— Kentucky Appalachian country/bluegrass
The Local Honeys
— Kentucky bluegrass duo, traditional Appalachian music
Spirit
Kiran Ahluwalia
— Canadian-Indian vocalist, world music
Side Quest
Ego Likeness
— Baltimore darkwave/industrial
Frenchy and The Punk
— NYC dark alt post-punk duo (Scott Helland of Deep Wound)
Hemlock for Socrates
— Pittsburgh electro-cabaret/industrial blues duo
Maple Leaf
Guillermo Pizarro
— West Virginia experimental/noise, Flag Day Recordings
Weapons Envelope
— DC harsh noise/power electronics solo project
Angel Examination Room
Boydozer
— Pittsburgh experimental/noise/ambient
222 Ormsby
Bloody Run
— Pittsburgh anti-war thrash/grindcore
Plaguewielder
— Ohio blackened sludge/post-black metal
Calamity Vessel
— Pittsburgh melodic black metal
Pyromancy
— Pittsburgh atmospheric black metal
Mr. Roboto Project
ktwheels
— Chicago crunchy indie rock/folk
Rent for Cheryl
— Akron/Cleveland indie-alt 5-piece
Halloway
— Pittsburgh queer indie pop-rock
What Was Said
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Album Release Show
Desolence
— Pittsburgh metalcore/prog metal
Gooskis
Euro Tour Send-Off
Edhochuli
— Pittsburgh angular post-hardcore (A-F Records)
Lahar
— Czech thrash/crossover hardcore
Natural Rat
— Morgantown WV doom pop
Mr. Roboto Project
Gentry Blue
— Nashville progressive art rock
Dogmeat
— Orange County CA hardcore/punk rock
Obscure Spirits
— Chicago alternative rock
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
The Gathering Gloom
— The Cure tribute
Spirit
Clan of Xymox
— Dutch darkwave/post-punk legends (1984)
Thunderbird
Weedeater
— NC sludge/stoner metal
Conan
— UK doom metal
Mr. Roboto Project
Geese Teeth
— Pittsburgh indie/alt-rock
False Teeth
— Cleveland indie rock
Sparkle Teeth
— Fort Wayne IN fuzzy guitar pop/indie rock
Monday, April 20, 2026
Spirit
Brenn!
— Alabama folk pop singer-songwriter
222 Ormsby
Reek Minds
— Portland OR powerviolence (Iron Lung Records)
Yambag
— Cleveland fastcore/hardcore punk
Illiterates
— Pittsburgh hardcore punk
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Perry House Productions
Friend
— Philadelphia goblin punk trio
Scrum Force
— Pittsburgh 'brainrotcore'
I Am The Lizard Queen
— Pittsburgh alt-rock
5th Place
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Spirit
Fit For An Autopsy
— New Jersey deathcore
The Government Center
Uzkost
— Pittsburgh antifascist blackened death metal (ex-Slaves BC)
Imipolex
— Maine avant-garde black/death metal
Mires
— Pittsburgh doom metal with horns/jazz
Wretched Fixation
— Pittsburgh black/death metal
Mr. Roboto Project
Acid Drag
— Pittsburgh
A Cute Angel
— Pittsburgh
Trailing Iris
— Pittsburgh lo-fi indie/shoegaze
Known Moons
— Milwaukee indie rock/dream pop
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Club Cafe
Tom Hamilton Band
— Philadelphia jam/rock (JRAD, Brothers Past)
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Vacation Manor
— Virginia indie rock/alternative pop
Opus One
Dance With the Dead
— LA synthwave/darksynth
Magic Sword
— Boise synthwave
Megan McDuffee
— Synthwave artist/game composer
Preserving Underground
UADA
— Portland atmospheric black metal
Mortiis
— Norwegian dark dungeon synth pioneer (Emperor)
Rome
— Luxembourg neofolk/martial industrial
Wraith Knight
— Washington dungeon synth (Neuropa Records)
Mr. Roboto Project
Curse Words
— Pittsburgh twinkly emo
ShotClock
— Richmond VA pop punk trio
City Mouse
— Michigan/SoCal soulful punk rock
Murder of Js
Toy
— London UK psych-rock/shoegaze
Friday, April 24, 2026
Ex Pilots
Star's Revenge
— NYC bedroom pop duo (Geese/Sunflower Bean members)
Good Sport
— Pittsburgh loud dancey electronic/indie
Ex Pilots
— Pittsburgh lo-fi indie/slacker rock
Roboto Project
Something For Everyone
Mr. Roboto Project
ShraderHollow
Cracklin' Racket
Psych Ward Grips
— Pittsburgh all-trans dance punk
Breathe In Stereo
— Cleveland indie rock trio, '80s synth rock'
Dereos Roads
— Pittsburgh alt-hip-hop, ex-Proseed, Surface Level Records
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Cheerleader Roadkill
— Chicago pop punk
Spirit
Trevor Jackson
— UK electronic/house producer, Output label founder
Corner Cafe
Royal Honey
— Pittsburgh '70s/'80s hard rock
Right on Warriors
— Pittsburgh punk/metal 5-piece
Orange Mammoth
— Pittsburgh indie rock
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Club Cafe
Edging
— Chicago art punk with sax
Lez Paul
— Pittsburgh queer indie-alt
Aberrant Kingdom
— Pittsburgh grunge/doom prog trio
Spirit
White Reaper
— Louisville garage/power pop
Drug Church
— Albany post-hardcore/punk rock
Side Quest
Tynan Time Tour
— EDM/bass music
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Mr. Roboto Project
Joker's Republic
— New Jersey ska-punk trio (Punkerton Records)
Doomstompers
— Queens NY punk-rocksteady (Bad Time Records)
Nowhere Wolves
— Pittsburgh post-punk supergroup (ex-Sommelier, Lylyth)
The Book Club
— Pittsburgh ska
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
The New Pornographers
— Vancouver indie rock supergroup (Neko Case, Dan Bejar, AC Newman)
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Fantastic Cat
— NYC folk-rock supergroup (D'Amato, Dunne, DiLego, Montali of Hollis Brown)
The Government Center
The Problem With Kids Today
— New Haven CT power pop/punk trio
Sooflay
— Indiana lo-fi power pop one-man band
Roboto Project
The Lowliest One
— New York singer-songwriter project
Tilt Controls
— Pittsburgh indie/bitcrushed rock
Shraderhollow
Dread
— Pittsburgh cybergoth antipop (Millie Dread)
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Bottlerocket Social Hall
Tim by The Replacements
TVs Norm
— Needle Drop Live Album Series - Replacements tribute
Mr. Roboto Project
Tartarus
— Pittsburgh black/death metal
Ozmium
— Allentown PA hard rock (Ozmium*76)
Bearhammer
— Louisville metal/doom
Nailed To The Cross
Leech Forward
— Pittsburgh death metal/hardcore
Friday, May 01, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Danny Brown
— Detroit experimental hip-hop
Saturday, May 02, 2026
Mr. Smalls Sanctuary
Sun King Warriors
— Pittsburgh Americana groove rock (Jim Donovan, ex-Rusted Root)
Mr. Smalls Theatre
40th Anniversary Tour
The Afghan Whigs
— Cincinnati alt-rock, Greg Dulli fronted
Mercury Rev
— Buffalo psychedelic rock
Sunday, May 03, 2026
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
MATTE BLVCK
— San Diego darkwave/industrial trio
HAUNT ME
— San Antonio post-punk/darkwave
Spirit
Evanora Unlimited
— Oakland synth punk/electro-industrial
Roboto Project
Cordyceps Corpse
— Ohio one-woman slam/goregrind (Gore House)
Windchimes
— Pittsburgh death metal/deathcore
Moisty Mince
No Chance
Monday, May 04, 2026
The Government Center
May the 4th
— Star Wars themed music event
Tuesday, May 05, 2026
Mr. Roboto Project
Thoughts on Bowling
— Arkansas midwest emo trio
Adjust The Sails
— Maryland acousti-punk solo project
Tiny Voices
— Wisconsin midwest emo/pop punk
Latchkey Kids
— New Brunswick NJ punk (Menzingers adjacent)
Wednesday, May 06, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Waylon Wyatt
— Arkansas country singer-songwriter
Mr. Roboto Project
Local News Legend
— Harrisburg PA folk punk
Mother's Day Rogers
— folk-punk from Lancaster, PA (Sister Wife Sex Strike)
Thursday, May 07, 2026
Club Cafe
Mama's Broke
— Canadian folk duo
Mr. Smalls Theatre
25th Anniversary Solo Acoustic
Pete Yorn
— NJ singer-songwriter, "musicforthemorningafter" anniversary
City of Asylum
James Brandon Lewis
— NYC jazz saxophonist
The Messthetics
— DC instrumental post-punk (Joe Lally and Brendan Canty)
Friday, May 08, 2026
Club Cafe
Joshua Quimby
— Nashville alt-country/folk singer-songwriter
Matt Pless
— Maryland folk punk troubadour, political songwriter
Spirit
Silkworm
— 90s indie rock legends (Missoula/Seattle)
Roxian Theater
Fields of the Nephilim
— UK goth rock legends (1984)
Saturday, May 09, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Corrosion of Conformity
— NC crossover thrash/sludge metal pioneers
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Fluorescents
— Chicago pop-punk/easycore
Spirit
Ultra Sunn
— Belgian coldwave/post-punk
Traitrs
— Toronto darkwave
Hemlock for Socrates
— Pittsburgh electro-cabaret/industrial blues duo
Original Pittsburgh Winery
Joy Clark
— Calliope Presents
Westside Bowl
Oranssi Pazuzu
— Finnish psychedelic black metal
Wayfarer
— Denver atmospheric black metal/Americana
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Club Cafe
J.R. Carroll
— Oklahoma country/Americana (Zach Bryan's touring keyboardist)
Coltt Winter Lepley
— Virginia singer-songwriter
Mindy Miller
— Maryland/Nashville country (The Voice S28 contestant)
Roboto Project
Nana Grizol
— Athens, GA indie folk-punk collective
Hit Like A Girl
— Philly trans/queer-led indie punk
Kait Eldridge + Patrick Jennings
— NYC punk/power pop (Big Eyes frontwoman), solo work
Short Fictions
— Pittsburgh indie rock/emo
Monday, May 11, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Shadow of Intent
— Long Island symphonic deathcore
Mr. Roboto Project
Pigeon Pit
— Portland folk-punk
Rent Strike
— Philly folk-punk
Pacing
— San Jose CA confessional indie/folk (Asian Man Records)
Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra
— Folk-punk collective
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Club Cafe
Hannah Frances
— Vermont avant-folk/progressive
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Troy Doherty
— Pop singer-songwriter, Hermes in EPIC: The Musical
Spirit
Arcy Drive
— Northport NY indie rock, 'Attic-Rock'
Preserving Underground
Home Front
— Canadian hardcore
Bootlicker
— Vancouver hardcore punk
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Dallas Wax
— NYC rock/blues, psychedelic punk
Z-Nemo
— Pittsburgh guitarist, leads Z-Nemo and the Big Slime
The Big Slime
— Pittsburgh collective (Funky Lamp/Mr.Dr/Histrionic members)
The Warhol Museum (Entrance Space)
Cut Worms
— Brooklyn lo-fi folk/country
Tchotchke
— NYC '60s-style sunshine punk trio
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Dallas Wax
— New Yo-based punk/rock
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Shayfer James
— NJ singer-songwriter, theatrical/cabaret rock, gothic-tinged ballads
Original Pittsburgh Winery
Penna Players
— Calliope Presents
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Spirit
Unprocessed
— German progressive metal/djent
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
VNV Nation
— UK/German EBM/futurepop pioneers
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Halloween
— Philadelphia punk
Silver Car Crash
— Pittsburgh post-punk/noise rock
Velvet Overkill
— Pittsburgh dark shoegaze/noise pop
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Halloween
— metal-based metal/rock
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Brillobox
Viogression
— Milwaukee death metal legends (since 1988)
Diabolic Oath
— Portland occult black/death metal
O.I.L
— Pittsburgh downtuned sludge metal
Friday, May 22, 2026
Club Cafe
Paper Wings
— Nashville folk duo
Mr. Smalls Theatre
(RESCHEDULED)
Donna the Buffalo
— Upstate NY roots/Americana jam
Perry House Productions
My Wifes Angel
Wujeria
— Dayton OH alt-rock/trip-hop
Kithbah
— Pittsburgh chaotic hardcore
Heaven on Earth
Sunday, May 24, 2026
Visitor Center
— Indie rock
Spirit
Thank You Scientist
— NJ progressive rock, jazz fusion/metal 7-piece (Evil Ink Records)
Animals As Leaders
— DC instrumental prog metal trio (Tosin Abasi), djent pioneers
Night Verses
— Fullerton CA instrumental prog/post-rock trio
Combat
— Hardcore
Kwarter Zip
— Pittsburgh emo
Aloner
— Indie
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Snowmen
— Band
Cryptopsy
— Montreal technical death metal (since 1988), JUNO-nominated
Necrot
— Oakland death metal trio (members of Acephalix, Vastum)
Fulci
— Italian death metal, concept albums based on Lucio Fulci horror films
Blood Monolith
— DC death metal supergroup (members of Nails, Undeath, Ulthar)
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Mr. Roboto Project
Kerosene Heights
— Emo
Stars Hollow
— Ames, Iowa midwest emo
Palette Knife
— Indie
Friday, May 29, 2026
Hardcore Bloodbath
— Hardcore fest
Restraining Order
— CT/MA '82-style hardcore punk (New Age/Triple B Records)
Unreal City
— Hardcore
Madman
— Hardcore
God Plutonium
— Hardcore
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
PostSeason
Tuesday, June 02, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Built To Spill
— Boise indie rock (Doug Martsch), since 1992
Wednesday, June 03, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Andy Hull
— Manchester Orchestra frontman, Atlanta indie rock (solo tour)
Spirit
Pallbearer
— Little Rock doom metal, progressive/atmospheric
Friday, June 05, 2026
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Vinyl Williams
— LA neo-psychedelia/celestial pop (grandson of John Williams)
HOTT MT
— Synth/electronic
Saturday, June 06, 2026
Unholy Altar
— Metal
Úzkost
— Metal
Pyromancy
— Metal
Monday, June 08, 2026
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek
— Berlin-based Turkish Anatolian folk/psych (Big Crown Records)
Friday, June 12, 2026
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Dylan LeBlanc
— Shreveport/Muscle Shoals Americana singer-songwriter
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
BABYFXCE E
— Rapper
Monday, June 15, 2026
Worm
— Florida death/doom metal (Century Media)
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Geordie Greep
— Ex-Black Midi frontman, solo debut 'The New Sound' (bossa nova/jazz fusion)
Sunny War
— Nashville folk-punk/blues, fingerstyle guitarist
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Spirit
Infinity Song
— NYC sibling soft rock quartet (Roc Nation)
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Pgh Pride In The Pit
Pgh Pride In The Pit
— Pittsburgh Pride hardcore/punk festival
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Mr. Smalls Funhouse
Teenage Bottlerocket
— Wyoming Ramones-core punk (Fat Wreck Chords)
Spirit
Folk Bitch Trio
— Folk
Spirit
Prewn
— Indie rock
Friday, June 26, 2026
Vireo
— Indie
Astrology Now
— Indie
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
of Montreal
— Athens GA indie pop/psychedelia (Kevin Barnes), Elephant 6 collective
Monday, June 29, 2026
Spirit
Souled American
— Chicago alt-country/slowcore pioneers (1986-1996, reunited)
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
youbet
— NYC indie rock duo (Hardly Art)
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
DUSTBOWLCHAMPION
— Indie
Computer Kill
— Electronic/noise
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Mundy
Shiloh the Messenger
Goutze
Codename Splash
Friday, July 24, 2026
MESS
— Mexican punk/Oi! (Pirates Press Records)
The Garment District
— Pittsburgh psych-pop (Jennifer Baron of Ladybug Transistor)
Muzzle Tung
— Salt Lake City/Pittsburgh post-punk/psych
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Cat Power
— Chan Marshall, Atlanta indie folk/blues (Matador)
Friday, August 21, 2026
Same
— Pittsburgh indie rock
Gaadge
— Pittsburgh shoegaze/indie rock
Friday, September 11, 2026
Clear Creek SP
Mossy Bones Duo
Monday, September 21, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Nation of Language
— pop-based punk/indie
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Ben Harper
— rock/folk
The Innocent Criminals
— coast to-based rock/rap