The hammer of the gods is headed back to West County.
Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening is scheduled to play The Factory in Chesterfield on Monday, November 16, giving St. Louis-area fans another chance to hear the Zeppelin catalog delivered by the son of the man who helped invent its pulse.
Bonham last brought the show to The Factory on May 17, 2025, during the 50th-anniversary run for Physical Graffiti. That night mixed album deep cuts with the expected anthems and left the room on its feet. This November date puts the band back in a room that already proved it can handle the weight of those songs.
The project is not a costume-shop tribute. Jason Bonham sat behind the kit at the 1988 Atlantic Records 40th anniversary reunion and again at the 2007 O2 Arena concert with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones. He recorded and toured with Page on Outrider. The Evening is the long-running live expression of that lineage: the family drumming language, plus a band built to carry the rest of the architecture.
The current lineup typically features guitarist Jimmy “Mr. Jimmy” Sakurai, vocalist James Dylan, bassist Dorian Heartsong, and keyboardist Alex Howland. Sakurai has become the show’s other calling card, especially on the bowed, exploratory passages that turn “Dazed and Confused” into a set-piece rather than a carbon copy. Dylan’s job is thankless and essential: stay close to Plant’s range and phrasing without turning the night into karaoke. Reviews of recent dates consistently single out the ensemble tightness more than any one impersonation.
Recent 2026 setlists have leaned into a mix of radio landmarks and album-cut muscle rather than a single-album recreation. Crowds have been hearing “Good Times Bad Times,” “Over the Hills and Far Away,” “The Wanton Song,” “Heartbreaker,” “Houses of the Holy,” “Achilles Last Stand,” “Ramble On,” “The Ocean,” “Misty Mountain Hop,” and “Kashmir,” with “Whole Lotta Love” and “Rock and Roll” as frequent closers. “Stairway to Heaven” still appears when the night calls for it. Expect roughly two hours. Expect the drums to be loud enough to feel in the floor.
The Factory, at 17105 N. Outer 40 Road in Chesterfield, is a purpose-built 3,000-capacity room with a wide stage and a mix of floor and seated options. It is one of the better mid-size rooms in the St. Louis metro for a catalog this dynamic: enough space for “Kashmir” to bloom, tight enough that the kit still hits like a live instrument instead of a PA demonstration.
Ticket details, door times, and age restrictions should be confirmed through The Factory and the band’s official channels, as listings for this November date were still settling as of mid-September. If the May 2025 show is any guide, the night will not be a museum piece. It will be a working rock band playing songs that still demand volume, stamina, and a drummer who grew up inside them.
For St. Louis fans who missed last year’s Physical Graffiti stop—or who simply want another night of “The Ocean” in a room that can take it—November 16 is the date on the calendar.
