Karly Hartzman ends her December solo run at Lily's Snack Bar

The Wednesday frontwoman closes an eight-date Southeast tour in Boone on Friday, Dec. 11, in a room that holds 100 people.

One hundred tickets. That's the whole room at Lily's Snack Bar, and on Friday, Dec. 11, it's where Karly Hartzman plays the last night of her December solo tour. If you've been meaning to see the voice behind Wednesday up close, this is about as close as it gets.

Karly Hartzman plays Lily's Snack Bar, 455 Blowing Rock Road in Boone, on Friday, Dec. 11. The show starts at 7 p.m., bedrumor opens, and tickets are $25 through DICE. The date was announced Oct. 14. With a 100-person room, it's not one to put off.

Hartzman fronts Wednesday, the Asheville band whose most recent album, *Bleeds*, came out Sept. 19, 2025. This December run strips that down: eight solo shows across the Southeast, starting Dec. 1 in Lexington, Ky., and ending here in Boone. When JamBase reported the dates in mid-October, Hartzman was billing them as her "last US tour for a minute," and said she plans to try out new songs along the way.

Eight solo shows across the Southeast, and the last one is in Boone.

The timing comes from the band's calendar. The Needle Drop reported that Wednesday's touring commitments are finished for now, and bandmate MJ Lenderman is heading out on a long North American and European run of his own. That leaves Hartzman a window to go out by herself. For a listener, a solo set means hearing the songs without the band's guitar noise, and maybe hearing some for the first time.

The room helps. Lily's has hosted touring indie acts including Twen and Drook. The place has also hosted drag brunches and other community nights since 2022, which tells you what kind of room it is: small, local and up for anything. A hundred people is big enough for a Friday night that feels like a show, and small enough that the back row is a few steps from the mic.

That's the draw here. A solo night at Lily's is a chance to see one of the region's best songwriters with almost nothing between her and the room, on the last stop of a tour she says is her last in the States for a while.

bedrumor opens. Get there for 7.

Boone in mid-December means cold nights, the end of the semester, and most of the students heading home. The people still in town on Dec. 11 get a good one. Buy the ticket now and figure out the coat later.

Sources: JamBase: Wednesday's Karly Hartzman Announces December 2026 Solo Tour (jambase.com); The Needle Drop: Wednesday's Karly Hartzman to tour solo in December (theneedledrop.com); The Appalachian: arts & culture coverage (Lily's drag events) (theappalachianonline.com); JamBase: Twen at Lily's Snack Bar (jambase.com); JamBase: Drook at Lily's Snack Bar (jambase.com); DICE tickets (link.dice.fm); JamBase listing (jambase.com); Wednesday (band) - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)