Jade Cicada's return to Columbus is also a goodbye

His first Columbus date since 2024 lands at Otherworld on Dec. 5 — and he has called it one of his last two solo shows before an indefinite hiatus.

A homecoming of sorts has become a send-off. Jade Cicada plays Otherworld in Columbus on Saturday, December 5, with his set listed at 9:15pm. It's his first Columbus show since July 17, 2024, when he played Legend Valley, and tickets are through Otherworld's ticketing page.

When the date was announced on October 29, it looked like a straightforward return. It isn't. Jade Cicada, the bass producer whose real name is Skyler Alecson, has announced an indefinite hiatus from performing solo, sharing the news on Instagram ahead of what he called his last two solo shows before stepping away. The first of those was a co-headline with Mickman at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The second is this one, in Columbus.

That changes the stakes for anyone on the fence. Whatever comes next for the project, this is the last chance on the current schedule to see a Jade Cicada solo set, and it's happening here rather than at a festival or a coastal club.

Alecson's reasons, as reported, are ones a lot of touring artists will recognize. He pointed to the cumulative toll that years of constant touring had taken on his creativity. He isn't walking away from music. He named Wonky Llama, his collaboration with the producer Schmoop, as a source of renewed excitement, and fellow artists including Levity and Of The Trees showed up in the comments to wish him well. There's been no word on when, or whether, the solo project returns to the stage.

This is the last chance on the current schedule to see a Jade Cicada solo set, and it's happening here.

The venue makes the night an event on its own. Otherworld is Columbus's immersive art space, and its 2,000-capacity listing for this show puts the set inside a place built for the kind of sensory overload that bass music fans go looking for. A late start, a big crowd, and a farewell attached to it: expect people to travel for this one.

Since 2024, Jade Cicada's Columbus fans have had to drive to catch him, and the last local memory many of them have is the Legend Valley date out in Thornville country. Bringing the farewell into the city shrinks that trip to a short ride across town.

What to know before you go: the set time is listed at 9:15pm, so this is a late Saturday. Otherworld's own ticket page is the place to buy, and given the circumstances, it's worth buying sooner rather than later. Dress warm for the line in December, and plan your ride home in advance.

Then go and be there for the last one. Hiatus announcements tend to make every show feel bigger than it is, but this time the producer said it himself: this is where it pauses.

Sources: Jade Cicada announces indefinite hiatus from solo performing (EDM.com) (edm.com); Jade Cicada at Otherworld (Otherworld tickets) (otherworld.ticketspice.com); JamBase listing (jambase.com)