Fresh off their UK and Ireland Repent Repeat tour, Bridge City Sinners are bringing the celebration back stateside. The Portland folk-punk outfit kicks off its Trick or Treat West Coast run October 23 with the first of two nights at Tacoma’s Airport Tavern, followed by stops across Oregon and California through Halloween.
The band will then join Streetlight Manifesto for three Texas shows in November before closing out 2026 and ringing in 2027 with the New Year’s Evil Tour. That four-show run begins December 30 in Boise and includes a New Year’s Eve hometown celebration at Portland’s Roseland Theater, followed by dates in Bellingham and Vancouver. Riley Downing of The Deslondes and Roselit Bone join the New Year’s Evil run.
Fans can get a taste of the band’s live show through the recently released video for “Spears and Blades.” Filmed in one continuous shot from the stage by Ryys during a performance in Cologne, Germany, the video puts viewers right in the middle of the action.
Watch “Spears and Blades” here.
With banjo, fiddle, guitar, upright bass and ukulele, Bridge City Sinners pull old-time jazz, Appalachian folk and punk into a world of eerie ballads and rowdy singalongs. Their sound has carried them from Portland sidewalks to international stages, with appearances at Punk Rock Bowling, Muddy Roots and Oregon’s Bluegrass String Summit.
The upcoming dates give the band plenty of reasons to celebrate. Speaking ahead of the fall shows, guitarist, co-writer and vocalist King Strang said: “We get to celebrate our favorite holiday for two full weeks this year and we’re going all out. A lot of people really loved Streetlight Manifesto in high school and I still can’t believe we get to play some shows with them.”
Bridge City Sinners grew out of Portland’s street music community, where Libby Lux and upright bassist Scott Michaud played together on the sidewalks before the band took shape in 2016. Early performances were loose gatherings of friends, drawing on years spent traveling and playing music on streets, in living rooms and wherever people would stop to listen.
That communal spirit remains central to the band. Bridge City Sinners release their albums through Flail Records, the independent label founded and run by Michaud. Built around DIY and DIT—“do it together”—principles, Flail gives artists a place to collaborate, support one another and release music on their own terms.
The band’s 2024 album, In the Age of Doubt, reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Bluegrass Albums chart, No. 20 on Emerging Artists, No. 23 on Heatseekers and No. 40 on Top Current Album Sales. New music is planned for 2027.
2026–2027 TOUR DATES
Trick or Treat — West Coast
Oct 23 – Tacoma, WA – Airport Tavern
Oct 24 – Tacoma, WA – Airport Tavern
Oct 25 – Ashland, OR – Historic Ashland Armory
Oct 27 – Petaluma, CA – Mystic Theatre
Oct 28 – Felton, CA – Felton Music Hall
Oct 29 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
Oct 31 – Ventura, CA – Ventura Music Hall
With Streetlight Manifesto
Nov 13 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues Dallas
Nov 14 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live Midtown
Nov 15 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theatre
New Year’s Evil Tour
With Riley Downing of The Deslondes and Roselit Bone
Dec 30 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
Dec 31 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
Jan 1 – Bellingham, WA – Wild Buffalo House of Music
Jan 2 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl
Tickets and more information: bridgecitysinners.com/shows
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