Dogpark books The Music Farm for April 16

The young, New York–based indie-rock band plays Charleston on Friday, April 16, 2027, with Never Ending Fall. Tickets are $28.60.

A band that started in a college town three years ago has a Friday night at The Music Farm on its calendar. If you haven't heard of Dogpark yet, that's probably about to change.

Dogpark plays The Music Farm on Friday, April 16, 2027, at 8 p.m., with Never Ending Fall opening. Tickets are $28.60 through Ticketmaster. The date was announced Oct. 26.

So who are they? Dogpark formed in 2023 at the University of Richmond in Virginia and is now based in New York City, according to Off the Record Press. That review covered the band's last headline run, the Corporate Pudding tour, and called Dogpark "the band with bite." The tour was winding down in Austin last November.

The band has also played much bigger rooms as an opener. DC Music Review caught Dogpark at The Anthem in Washington while it was opening for KALEO, describing the set as energetic indie rock. College radio has noticed too: Washington's WVAU covered a show it called the band's homecoming. That's a common path for a young guitar band: an arena-sized opening slot to reach new ears, then a headline run in rooms like this one.

That's where The Music Farm fits. It holds 800, a solid headline room for a band at this stage, and big enough that a full house will feel like a real event.

Charleston isn't a one-off on the run. Dogpark also plays Louisville's Headliners Music Hall on Feb. 24, so the Music Farm date comes later in the spring, after the band has had weeks of headline shows to tighten up.

Never Ending Fall opens. Get there by 8 to see them.

On ticket timing, the show is on sale now at $28.60, which is reasonable for a headline set on a Friday. An 800-cap room for a band with this much early momentum is worth buying ahead for rather than gambling on the door.

Three years ago these were students playing campus shows in Richmond. In April they headline The Music Farm. That's a short trip, and a good reason to go see where it leads.

Sources: Dogpark: The Band With Bite Brings The Corporate Pudding Tour to Austin — Off the Record Press (offtherecordpress.com); NYC-based Dogpark unleashes their energetic indie rock at The Anthem while opening for KALEO's tour — DC Music Review (dcmusicreview.com); Back in the District: Dogpark's Homecoming — WVAU (wvau.org); Dogpark tickets, Charleston — Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.evyy.net); JamBase listing (jambase.com)