Little Stranger bring Broken Hearted Boys Club back to Bogart's in February

The Charleston duo returns to Bogart's on Friday, Feb. 19, 2027, with Shwayze and Damn Skippy, its first Cincinnati show since October 2024.

The last time Little Stranger played Bogart's, it was a Tuesday in late October 2024. The next time is a Friday in February, with a three-act bill, a new album to show off and a good excuse to get out of the house in the dead of an Ohio winter.

Little Stranger plays Bogart's in Cincinnati on Friday, Feb. 19, 2027, at 7 p.m., with Shwayze and Damn Skippy. Tickets run $37.20 to $151.65 through Ticketmaster. The show was announced Oct. 13.

It is the duo's first Cincinnati date since Oct. 22, 2024, at the same room, which holds about 1,500. Going back to the same stage after a little more than two years, and trading a Tuesday for a Friday, gives the band a real shot at a bigger, louder night than last time.

Little Stranger is Kevin and John Shields, a duo out of Charleston, South Carolina, that formed in 2015. JamBase files them under reggae; elsewhere they are described as alternative hip hop. The honest answer is somewhere in between, and that blend is the whole point of a Little Stranger night.

What has changed since that 2024 show is the catalog. In 2026 the band put out singles including "My Own Parade" and "Mexico" ahead of a busy summer of festivals and touring, and it teamed with Andy Frasco & the U.N. and Damn Skippy on the single "God at a Festival." Then came a full-length, Broken Hearted Boys Club, listed with a July 17, 2026 release. The Broken Hearted Boys tour that followed paired the duo with Tropidelic, Jarv and Damn Skippy. That record will be about seven months old by the time the band gets to Cincinnati, which is about the right age for a crowd to know the words.

The February run brings a new partner. Shwayze is sharing the bill on at least part of the 2027 dates; a Feb. 4 show at the Fremont Theatre in San Luis Obispo, California, carries the same Little Stranger, Shwayze and Damn Skippy lineup, and Live Nation lists the three together. Damn Skippy is a familiar face on these bills, having toured with Little Stranger on the Cool Kids tour and again on the Broken Hearted Boys run, and appearing on "God at a Festival." Three acts with easygoing, summer-leaning sounds on a February night in Ohio is a deliberate bit of counterprogramming.

A few notes for the night. With a 7 p.m. start and three acts, the first set will come early, so aim to be inside before it begins. The price range is wide, from a little over $37 to more than $150, so check the Ticketmaster page for what each tier includes before you buy. And with the show announced in October, there is plenty of time to grab tickets, but a Friday at a 1,500-capacity room is the kind of night that tends to go quickly once winter sets in.

Cincinnati in mid-February can feel like the longest month of the year. A Friday night at Bogart's with a band that sounds like a beach trip is about as good a remedy as the calendar offers.

Sources: Little Stranger (band) (Wikipedia) (en.wikipedia.org); Little Stranger Return with "My Own Parade" Ahead of Massive Summer Tour Run (The Pier) (thepier.org); Little Stranger Drop New Single "Mexico" Ahead of Festival Run and Summer Tour (The Pier) (thepier.org); NEW RELEASE: Little Stranger, Andy Frasco & the U.N., and Damn Skippy – 'God at a Festival' (The Pier) (thepier.org); Little Stranger Set To Embark On The "Cool Kids" Tour (The Pier) (thepier.org); Little Stranger events (Live Nation) (livenation.com); Little Stranger at Fremont Theatre (Discotech) (app.discotech.me); Little Stranger at Bogart's (JamBase) (jambase.com)