Wednesday's Karly Hartzman brings her solo tour to BOXCAR in Opelika on Dec 3

The Wednesday frontwoman's eight-date Southeast solo run includes a Thursday night in Opelika, in a room far smaller than the ones her band usually plays.

The map tells you something. Karly Hartzman's December solo tour doesn't go to the coasts. It goes through Lexington, Chattanooga, Hattiesburg and Memphis, and on Thursday, Dec 3, it stops in Opelika. Hartzman plays BOXCAR in Opelika on Thu, Dec 3, with Verity Den opening, and tickets are through BOXCAR's own site.

Hartzman is the singer and songwriter in the North Carolina band Wednesday, and this is her own run without them. She announced it in mid-October as eight Southeast dates. It opens Dec 1 at The Burl in Lexington, Kentucky, goes through Chattanooga on Dec 2, reaches Opelika the next night, then heads to Hattiesburg on Dec 4 and the Raised By Sound Festival in Memphis on Dec 5 before finishing in Boone, North Carolina, on Dec 11. Announcing the run, she called it her "last US tour for a minute," so this is not a date to count on getting again next year.

Hartzman called the December run her "last US tour for a minute."

Expect a pared-down set. The solo shows put the focus on the songs and her voice rather than the band's volume, and they've come with surprises. In October she debuted a new song and covered Neil Young at a rally for Roy Cooper in North Carolina, on a bill Relix reported also included Hiss Golden Messenger, Tift Merritt and Watchhouse. Nobody has promised more new material for this tour, but a solo set from a songwriter between records is often where unreleased songs turn up first.

Part of what makes this a big week for Auburn and Opelika is the setting. When Hartzman headlines, she usually plays rooms of around 400. BOXCAR is a community space in Opelika, not a conventional rock club. That's a different experience from catching Wednesday at a festival or a big-city club, and for anyone in Lee County who has only heard her on records, it's a good way in.

A few practical notes. The show is on a weeknight, so plan around work the next morning. Set times and the price weren't posted with the announcement, so check BOXCAR's site before you go, and buy early: a small room on a tour billed as the last for a while won't need long to sell.

If you're a fan, you've probably got the date marked already. If you're curious, this is a low-risk way to see a songwriter a lot of people are talking about, a few minutes from home.

Sources: JamBase: Wednesday's Karly Hartzman Announces December 2026 Solo Tour (jambase.com); The Needle Drop: Wednesday's Karly Hartzman announces solo tour (theneedledrop.com); Relix: Hiss Golden Messenger, Wednesday's Karly Hartzman, Tift Merritt and Watchhouse Will Come Together For Roy Cooper (relix.com); Stereogum: Karly Hartzman debuts new song and covers Neil Young at Roy Cooper rally (stereogum.com); BOXCAR Opelika (boxcaropelika.org)