St. Paul and The Broken Bones book a spring night at The Windjammer

The Birmingham soul band plays the Isle of Palms beach bar on Friday, April 9, 2027, with The Point. opening.

There are bigger rooms in the Lowcountry, but few that put a horn-driven soul band this close to the ocean. Come April, St. Paul and The Broken Bones will be playing within earshot of the surf.

St. Paul and The Broken Bones play The Windjammer on Isle of Palms on Friday, April 9, 2027, at 7 p.m., with The Point. opening. Tickets are available through The Windjammer's own site. The show was announced Oct. 28, and with the room holding about 550, it's a date worth jumping on early.

For anyone who hasn't caught them yet, St. Paul and The Broken Bones are a soul band out of Birmingham, Alabama, formed in 2012, per their All About Jazz profile. Their sound sits where rock, indie and R&B meet, and their reputation has always rested on the live show.

They arrive with a fresh catalog. Their self-titled sixth studio album came out in October 2025 on the band's own label, Oasis Pizza Records, distributed by Thirty Tigers, as mxdwn reported when the band shared "Sitting in the Corner." mxdwn's review followed later that month. In September 2026 they followed it with Proxy, a four-song EP, also on Oasis Pizza (BroadwayWorld).

This fall has been busy, too: the band has been out on European and UK dates. An April beach show is a very different setting from a European winter club, and that's part of the appeal.

A horn-driven soul band, a beach bar, and a Friday night in April.

The Windjammer has its own history on the island. The beachfront spot was founded in 1972, and the Charleston City Paper marked its 40th anniversary back in 2012, which puts it past 50 years now. Over that time it has been a regular home for touring bands making the trip out to the islands.

The size matters here. At about 550 capacity, The Windjammer gives you a front-row-adjacent view of a band built for bigger stages. A full room on a warm night, with a band that leans on groove and a big voice up front, is about as good a spring Friday as the Charleston area offers.

The practical bits: the show is on a Friday with a 7 p.m. start, so plan your drive or rideshare out to Isle of Palms with some cushion. Tickets are on sale now through the venue, and since the room is small and the band has a loyal Southeast following, waiting until spring is a gamble.

Before April, the self-titled record is the best primer, and *Proxy* is a quick follow-up if you want the newest material. Get the ticket now, and by the time the weather turns, you'll have a beach night on the calendar.

Sources: St. Paul & The Broken Bones — All About Jazz (musicians.allaboutjazz.com); St. Paul & The Broken Bones drops new song Sitting in the Corner and announces new self-titled album — mxdwn (music.mxdwn.com); Album Review: St. Paul & The Broken Bones — mxdwn (music.mxdwn.com); St. Paul & The Broken Bones Release Proxy EP — BroadwayWorld (broadwayworld.com); The Windjammer celebrates 40 years — Charleston City Paper (charlestoncitypaper.com); Charleston's Windjammer — Locating CHS (locatingchs.com); The Windjammer (the-windjammer.com); JamBase listing (jambase.com)