Violet & The Undercurrents set a hometown night at Rose Music Hall on Dec. 4

Columbia's own band headlines a three-act Missouri bill with Katy Guillen & The Drive and Beth Bombara, and tickets are $16.20.

Some of the best shows of the year in Columbia do not require anyone to fly in. On the first Friday of December, one of the town's own bands headlines a 300-capacity room a few blocks from where it started.

Violet & The Undercurrents play Rose Music Hall on Friday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m., with Katy Guillen & The Drive and Beth Bombara. Tickets are $16.20 through Ticketmaster. The show was announced Oct. 22.

Violet & The Undercurrents are a Columbia band, and they have been part of the local scene for more than a decade. The group is led by Violet Vonder Haar. She met drummer Phylshawn Johnson in 2010, when Violet hired Phylshawn to play on a solo project; the two fell in love, got married and started the band, according to Vox Magazine. Vox has described their sound as folk-tinged, with elements of indie, pop and jazz worked in.

The catalog goes back to 2013's debut full-length Hour After Hour, released on the Nation of Love label, followed by WAVES in 2014 and, later, The Captain (Vox Magazine). WAVES caught ears beyond mid-Missouri: it landed on 90.1 KKFI host Mark Manning's list of the top albums of 2014 in Kansas City (nwmf.info). The band has played to audiences in more than 10 states and has appeared at Columbia's own Roots N Blues festival (Vox Magazine).

The two fell in love, got married and started the band.

Vonder Haar and Johnson have also been working as a duo this year; the State Historical Society of Missouri listed them together on its Music on Elm series in 2026. The Rose Music Hall date puts the full band back at the center.

The rest of the bill keeps it in the state. Katy Guillen & The Drive and Beth Bombara fill out the night, making this a three-act lineup for the price of a movie ticket and popcorn.

Rose Music Hall holds 300, which is about the right size for a hometown show with real draw. It is big enough to feel like an event and small enough that you will be able to see the stage from wherever you end up. A 7:30 p.m. start on a Friday means three sets without a late finish.

December fills up fast in a college town, between finals and the holiday drift home. This is a good one to grab early: a local band with a long track record, two strong openers, and a room built for exactly this kind of night.

Sources: Violet and the Undercurrents / Katy Guillen — Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.com); Violet & The Undercurrents at Rose Music Hall — JamBase (jambase.com); Locally sourced artists bring the roots to Roots N Blues — Vox Magazine (voxmagazine.com); Turn up these 21 song recommendations compiled by mid-Mo bands — Vox Magazine (voxmagazine.com); Violet and the Undercurrents — nwmf.info (nwmf.info); Music on Elm: Violet Vonder Haar & Phylshawn Johnson — State Historical Society of Missouri (shsmo.org)