Durand Jones & The Indications bring the Cruisin' To The Park tour to Laxson on March 11

Chico Performances has the soul band at Laxson Auditorium on a Thursday next March, with seats from $37.

Picture Laxson in March: the house lights drop, a horn line comes up, and twelve hundred people who came in wearing jackets realize they're going to be dancing in their seats. That's the night Chico Performances has lined up for Thursday, March 11, 2027, when Durand Jones & The Indications bring their Cruisin' To The Park 2027 Tour to Laxson Auditorium.

Chico Performances' season page lists tickets from $37 to $57; the show is listed at 7 p.m. The date was announced Oct. 22. Tickets run through Chico State's box office — start at csuchico.edu or the Chico Performances events listing.

The tour name is the band's own — Live Nation's artist page carries "Durand Jones & The Indications – Cruisin' To The Park 2027 Tour" — and the Chico date puts the band in Northern California on a spring run.

If you don't know them yet, start with the records. The band's catalog runs from their self-titled debut through *American Love Call* and *Private Space*, plus the covers-and-influences set *Indications Inspirations Vol. 1*, all on sale at the band's store. Their 2025 return came with the single "Flower Moon" (Spill Magazine). The sound sits where indie and classic R&B meet: sweet-soul harmonies, falsetto, and a rhythm section that's in no rush. It's music that works on headphones and comes fully alive in a room.

Sweet soul in a seated hall is a different kind of night

Which is why Laxson is a smart match. The 1,200-seat auditorium is a good size for the band. For a band whose best songs are slow-burning ballads and mid-tempo grooves, a seated hall with real acoustics is a gift: you hear the harmonies, you hear the bass, and you still get the moment, late in the set, when the aisles fill up anyway.

A few things to know. Keep an eye on the Chico Performances site for any update on an opener as the date gets closer.

March is a long way off, but this is the kind of show that's easy to forget about until it's gone. Buy it now, and let future you thank you on a cool spring night at Laxson.

Sources: Current Season — Chico Performances (chicoperformances.com); Events — Chico Performances (chicoperformances.com); CSU Chico tickets (csuchico.edu); Durand Jones & The Indications events — Live Nation (livenation.com); Music — Durand Jones & The Indications (durandjonesandtheindications.com); Music — Durand Jones & The Indications store (store.durandjonesandtheindications.com); Durand Jones & The Indications return with “Flower Moon” — Spill Magazine (spillmagazine.com); Durand Jones & The Indications at Laxson Auditorium — JamBase (jambase.com)