Frank Turner's farewell run stops at the Black Sheep

On his Last Evenings tour, his final for the foreseeable future, Frank Turner plays a 397-capacity room on East Platte on Friday, March 19, 2027, with Skinny Lister and Beans On Toast.

When an artist announces a farewell tour, the rooms usually get bigger. Frank Turner's stop in Colorado Springs is going the other way. On Friday, March 19, 2027, Turner plays the Black Sheep, a 397-capacity club on East Platte Avenue, with Skinny Lister and Beans On Toast opening. Music starts at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are through TicketWeb. The date was announced Oct. 27.

The stakes are in the tour's name. Turner's 2027 North American dates are part of the Last Evenings world tour, billed by Live Nation as Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls. According to TicketNews and The Music Universe, the run follows his decision in September to step away after nearly three decades on the road, and it will be his last for the foreseeable future. The tour ends with the tenth and final Lost Evenings festival at OVO Arena Wembley, after which he plans to take a break from touring.

So this is, as far as anyone knows, the last chance for a while to see him here, and it's happening in a room where you'll be close enough to see him sweat.

A farewell tour, a 397-capacity room, and the last chance for a while.

The North American leg runs in two stretches between March and May. Colorado Springs sits in the first: listings put Turner in Anaheim on March 5, Berkeley on March 6 and Portland, Oregon, on March 8, then at Phoenix's Van Buren on March 24 and the House of Blues in Las Vegas on March 27. Skinny Lister and Beans On Toast are on the bill throughout, which makes the whole night a package rather than a headliner with a warm-up.

The openers fit the room as much as the headliner does. Put them in front of 397 people and the line between stage and audience gets thin in the best way.

The Black Sheep has earned that kind of night. It sits at 2106 E. Platte Ave. and has been described as one of the few remaining authentic DIY music venues in Colorado Springs, booking local and nationally known punk, metal, rock and hip-hop acts, per Colorado Expression and The Gazette. When live music returned there in 2021, KRDO covered it as news, which says something about the room's place in the city.

The practical part: a farewell tour in a club this size is not a show to think about until next week. It's a Friday with a 7:30 start, so plan to be there for all three acts. And save your voice; the room will be loud from the first song.

Frank Turner has spent nearly three decades on the road. On March 19, Colorado Springs gets one of the last nights of it, up close.

Sources: JamBase: Frank Turner at Black Sheep (jambase.com); TicketWeb tickets (ticketmaster.evyy.net); Live Nation: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls – Last Evenings World Tour (livenation.com); TicketNews: Frank Turner 2027 North American Last Evenings tour (ticketnews.com); The Music Universe: Frank Turner farewell run (themusicuniverse.com); Fox5 Vegas: Frank Turner brings Last Evenings tour to House of Blues Las Vegas (fox5vegas.com); Colorado Expression: Three Colorado Music Venues That Support Local Musicians (coloradoexpression.com); The Gazette: New music venue next to The Black Sheep (gazette.com); KRDO: Live music returns to The Black Sheep in Colorado Springs (krdo.com)