The Frights book a Wednesday at Temblor Brewing Company

The San Diego band plays Bakersfield on Wednesday, Dec. 9, a midweek night in a 500-capacity room for a catalog built on surf-tinged punk and late-night heartbreak.

A Wednesday in December doesn't usually come with a reason to stay out late in Bakersfield. The Frights just handed the city one. The San Diego band is booked at Temblor Brewing Company on Wednesday, Dec. 9, and the date, announced Oct. 22, is the kind of midweek show that ends up being the one people talk about through the holidays.

The details: The Frights play Temblor Brewing Company on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2026, with the show starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $31.83 through TicketWeb, and the room holds 500.

Who they are: The Frights are a San Diego band whose catalog runs back more than a decade. Their debut, *You Are Going to Hate This*, came out in 2013, as Alternative Press noted when it streamed. The band then signed to Epitaph Records, which announced the deal alongside the song "Valentine's Sux," per Epitaph, and NBC San Diego covered the local band's jump to the label.

Their first Epitaph album, *Hypochondriac*, arrived Aug. 24, 2018, produced by Zac Carper, according to Epitaph and Wikipedia). It was followed by *Everything Seems Like Yesterday* on Jan. 24, 2020, and *Gallows Humour*, a fifth album announced in March 2023 for a June release, per the band's Wikipedia entry. Epitaph's news pages for singles like "Over It" and "No Place Like (Not Being) Home" are a good place to start if you want a crash course before the show.

A San Diego band with more than a decade of songs, on a Wednesday night in Bakersfield.

What makes the band work live is the same thing that makes the records stick: songs that are catchy and a little sad at the same time, the kind a crowd can shout along to even when the lyrics are about feeling lousy. That's a good fit for a 500-capacity room on a weeknight. It's big enough to feel like a real show and small enough that nobody is far from the stage.

A practical note: an 8 p.m. start on a Wednesday means you'll want to plan around the workday on both ends. Grab tickets on TicketWeb and check the JamBase listing for any updates as the date gets closer.

Bakersfield doesn't need an excuse to show up for a band from up and down the coast, but a December Wednesday with The Frights is a pretty good one. Go loud, go early, and get home before Thursday catches up with you.

Sources: The Frights – Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Hypochondriac (The Frights album) – Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); The Frights Announce New Album 'Hypochondriac' Out August 24th – Epitaph (epitaph.com); Epitaph Signs The Frights and Release New Song "Valentine's Sux" – Epitaph (epitaph.com); The Frights join Epitaph Records – NBC San Diego (nbcsandiego.com); The Frights stream new album 'You Are Going To Hate This' – Alternative Press (altpress.com); The Frights Share "Over It" + New Album Out Friday – Epitaph (epitaph.com); The Frights Share New Single "No Place Like (Not Being) Home" – Epitaph (epitaph.com); The Frights tickets – TicketWeb (ticketmaster.evyy.net); The Frights at Temblor Brewing Company – JamBase (jambase.com)