Luca Fogale brings his quiet songs to Higher Ground's Ballroom on Feb. 23

The British Columbia songwriter, touring behind 2026's Challenger, has a Tuesday-night date in South Burlington with tickets at $15 to $20.

Late February in Chittenden County is when everyone starts to get cabin fever, and a Tuesday night show with a $15 ticket is about the best cure going. Luca Fogale just booked one.

Luca Fogale plays Higher Ground's Ballroom on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2027, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 to $20 through See Tickets. The date was announced Oct. 27. The Ballroom holds 650, so this is a full-sized room for a songwriter whose music tends to work best when people are actually listening.

Fogale is a Canadian singer-songwriter from British Columbia, as Focus Wales lists him, working the territory where indie, folk and pop overlap: piano and guitar, a soft voice, songs about the stuff that keeps you up at night. His most recent record is *Challenger*, which came out in January 2026, according to his Wikipedia entry and a visitBerlin listing for The Challenger Tour 2026, which took him through Europe earlier this year. A Toronto release show at Hugh's Room and dates in Madrid and Manchester show how far that record has carried him.

He has a manager-and-agent team behind that growth, too. The booking agency Midnight announced it had added Fogale to its roster, which tends to be the step that turns scattered dates into a real touring circuit. A Ballroom date in Burlington in the dead of winter looks like part of that circuit.

A $15 ticket on a Tuesday in February is about the best cure for cabin fever going.

Higher Ground is the right room for it. The Ballroom is the bigger of the club's two stages, big enough to feel like an event, small enough that a quiet song can still hush the bar. Burlington's also an easy run for fans coming down from Montreal, and a Canadian songwriter routing through Vermont makes geographic sense.

If you haven't heard him, start with *Challenger* and listen with headphones. Fogale's records reward close attention more than background play, and the live show is likely to work the same way.

What to know before you go: it's a weeknight, it's February, and it starts at 7:30. Leave a few extra minutes for Williston Road traffic and the parking lot, and dress for the walk in.

Tickets are cheap and the room is generous. Grab a pair, drag a friend who needs a night out, and spend a Tuesday in February being reminded that winter does, eventually, end.

Sources: Luca Fogale (Wikipedia) (en.wikipedia.org); The Challenger Tour 2026 (visitBerlin) (visitberlin.de); Luca Fogale, BC Canada (Focus Wales) (focuswales.com); Midnight welcomes Luca Fogale to the roster (midnightagency.com); Luca Fogale at Higher Ground Ballroom (See Tickets) (prod-nts-api.seeticketsusa.us); JamBase show listing (jambase.com)