Julia Jacklin brings The Gem to Music Hall of Williamsburg

Touring her first 4AD album, Jacklin plays Brooklyn, her most-visited market, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, with Palehound.

Julia Jacklin's records have always sounded like they were made for rooms where you can hear somebody shift in their seat, and Brooklyn has been giving her those rooms for years. Julia Jacklin plays Music Hall of Williamsburg on Wednesday, Nov. 18, with Palehound opening. The show starts at 8 p.m.; tickets are through AXS.

This is the Brooklyn stop on the North American tour behind *The Gem*, her fourth album and her first for 4AD, released Sept. 25. Under the Radar reported the label signing alongside the tour announcement, and mxdwn laid out the 23-date North American run, which opened Oct. 20 at the Observatory North Park in San Diego. The album was recorded in Melbourne, and its lead single was "Get Away From Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon)," according to The Needle Drop.

By the time she reaches Williamsburg, the tour will be about a month old. She has already worked her way through Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Denver, Dallas and Austin, which means *The Gem* songs will have had weeks of nightly reps by the time she gets here. A new record tends to come into focus partway through a tour like this, and a mid-November date catches it there.

No market has seen more Julia Jacklin shows in our records than Brooklyn.

That stat is the reason this one is worth circling. In On at 8's show records, Jacklin has played Brooklyn more than any other market. She keeps choosing to come here, and the crowd keeps answering. A Wednesday on a new album cycle is when a loyal audience shows what it is made of, and this city has a track record.

The room matters for an artist like her. Music Hall of Williamsburg holds 650, which keeps things close. Jacklin's songs often live in small details, a line delivered quietly, a pause before the chorus, and 650 people is a size where that still carries to the back. It is the kind of room where a record like *The Gem* gets heard properly.

Palehound opens. On a 650-cap bill, the support set is not background music; the room is small enough that an opener gets a real hearing. Get there for the full bill.

Practical notes: it is a school night, and an 8 p.m. start means the headliner set will still let you make a reasonable train home. Tickets are through AXS. If you have been meaning to spend time with *The Gem* since it came out in September, the next ten days are your window.

After the North American run, Jacklin heads overseas. The UK and European leg begins Feb. 13 in Birmingham, England, with Spanish and Portuguese dates in March, per The Needle Drop. Once that starts, a New York date is a long way off.

So consider this the window. A new album, a new label, a tour that has had a month to find its footing, and the city that, by our count, has seen her more than any other.

Brooklyn has been showing up for Julia Jacklin for years. On Nov. 18, it gets to do it again with a new record on the stand.

Sources: Julia Jacklin signs to 4AD and announces 2026 and 2027 tour dates (Under the Radar) (undertheradarmag.com); Julia Jacklin Announces Fall 2026 North American Tour Dates (mxdwn) (music.mxdwn.com); Julia Jacklin announces expansive fall/winter tour amid 4AD signing (The Needle Drop) (theneedledrop.com); Julia Jacklin at Music Hall Of Williamsburg (JamBase) (jambase.com)