The Growlers return to Albuquerque for the first time since 2017

Their last visit was a 2017 night at Sister. The reunited Beach Goth band now plays Revel on Monday, March 29, 2027.

In late summer 2017, The Growlers played Sister, the Central Avenue bar, and Albuquerque has not seen them since. A lot has happened in between: the band stopped, its frontman made a run of solo records, and this year the band came back.

The Growlers play Revel on Monday, March 29, 2027, at 8 p.m. The date was announced Oct. 20 and appears on the band's own tour page. Presale started Oct. 22 and the general on-sale Oct. 23. Tickets are through eTix. It's their first Albuquerque show since Aug. 31, 2017, at Sister, and the move from a bar to a roughly 3,000-capacity hall shows how much the band's crowd grew while it was away.

Here's what happened in between. The Growlers stopped full touring after 2019. Frontman Brooks Nielsen kept working: he released five solo albums, including *One Match Left* (2022) and *A Ride I'm Waiting For* (2024), and played hundreds of shows. He closed the solo chapter with two sold-out nights at the Hollywood Palladium on Oct. 30 and 31, 2025.

Then the band came back. The 2026 return opened in Australia in January, followed by a 27-date North American tour. At Brooklyn Steel on April 15, the band played its first New York show after a six-year touring break. Longtime drummer Richard Gowen is back, and the comeback has brought new singles, "Feel My Funk" and "Crisis," plus an archival release, the *Beach Goth Tape*. The year ended with a hometown show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in early October.

The move from a bar to a roughly 3,000-capacity hall shows how much the band's crowd grew while it was away.

The spring 2027 run that brings them here goes through the Southwest: Live Nation lists a House of Blues Anaheim date on March 27, with Phoenix and Dallas around the Albuquerque stop. So a Monday night in Albuquerque is a real stop on the tour, not an off-night fill-in.

Revel didn't exist the last time the band was here. The complex took over a former Sports Authority store on Alexander Boulevard NE, opened its bar and food hall in March 2020, closed almost immediately because of the pandemic, and added the concert hall as a second phase. It holds about 3,000.

For the Growlers' longtime fans in Albuquerque, this is the date to circle. You'll hear old songs, new singles, and a band that took a long break and came back.

Tickets are on eTix now. Monday, March 29, 8 p.m.

Sources: The Growlers: tour dates (thegrowlers.com); eTix: The Growlers at Revel, Albuquerque (etix.com); Live Nation: The Growlers events (livenation.com); NYS Music: The Growlers' long-awaited return hits Brooklyn Steel (nysmusic.com); Miami Marketta: The Growlers (Australia 2026) (miamimarketta.com); Nederlander Concerts: The Growlers (nederlanderconcerts.com); Omaha Magazine: The Growlers (omahamagazine.com); Visit Albuquerque: Revel Entertainment (visitalbuquerque.org); KOB: New Albuquerque entertainment center holds job fair (kob.com); Connect CRE: Shuttered Sports Authority to become new entertainment venue (connectcre.com); Sister (Albuquerque) - Bandsintown (bandsintown.com)