Waterparks bring JINX to the Roxy at Mahall's

Fresh off their sixth album, the pop-punk trio play Lakewood's restored dance hall on Sunday, Nov. 8.

The floor at the Roxy is made of old bowling lanes. On Sunday, Nov. 8, about 800 Waterparks fans are going to find out how well they hold up.

Waterparks play The Roxy at Mahall's in Lakewood on Sunday, Nov. 8, with the show starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are on DICE. The room holds 800, which is a tight fit for a band with this kind of following and exactly why the night should feel big.

The trio of Awsten Knight, Otto Wood and Geoff Wigington arrive with a new record under their arms. JINX, the band's sixth album, landed this summer, with guest turns from Mark Hoppus and Danny Elfman among others. In August the band dropped the video for "TELL ME WHY" and announced the North American tour that brings them here. It's been a busy year: back in March they were across the Atlantic on the UK and European leg of The Prowler Tour.

The fall run has been working east through the middle of the country, with Salt Lake City, Denver, Lawrence and Minneapolis behind them and two nights in Milwaukee this week. Lakewood comes next, on a Sunday, which tends to mean a crowd that planned for it rather than wandered in.

The venue is worth knowing about if you haven't been. The Roxy opened in September 2023 inside Mahall's, the nearly century-old bowling alley, bar and music spot on Madison Avenue. To build it, the owners gave up the ten lanes on the main level and revived the dance hall that operated in that same space in the 1920s and '30s. Cleveland Magazine's first look noted the details: the floors are the original lanes, buffed out and preserved; the light fixtures came from the old lanes; and the bar and walls are built from the alley's kickback wood. Dayseeker opened the room, and it's since become one of the area's go-to stops for touring rock, punk and indie acts in the 800-cap range.

The bowling hasn't gone anywhere, either. News 5 Cleveland reported that the ten-lane alley still operates below the venue, next to the basement bar Pins and Needles, so the night can start or end with a frame or two.

What to know: a 7 p.m. Sunday start means you'll be home at a reasonable hour for Monday. Buy ahead; an 800-cap room on a tour behind a new album doesn't leave much room for walk-ups. If you want to be up front, plan to get there close to doors.

A band that's spent the year playing big rooms on two continents, in a dance hall built out of a bowling alley's bones. Lakewood doesn't get many Sundays like that.

Sources: Waterparks drop TELL ME WHY video and announce new tour (The Concert Chronicles) (theconcertchronicles.com); Waterparks March 2026 UK/European Prowler Tour (Kerrang!) (kerrang.com); Waterparks (Dork) (readdork.com); Waterparks news (Distorted Sound) (distortedsoundmag.com); The Roxy music venue opens in Lakewood: first look (Cleveland Magazine) (clevelandmagazine.com); Mahall's halves its bowling lanes to open new event venue (Cleveland Magazine) (clevelandmagazine.com); Dance hall and concert venue The Roxy at Mahall's officially open (News 5 Cleveland) (news5cleveland.com); The Roxy at Mahall's (DICE venue page) (dice.fm); Waterparks tickets (DICE) (link.dice.fm); Waterparks at The Roxy at Mahall's (JamBase) (jambase.com)