Fortunate Youth bring the November reggae run to Ormond Beach on Thursday

The reggae band plays The Pavilion at Destination Daytona on Thursday, Nov. 12, with Jarv and Kash'd Out, one of the last stops of its fall tour.

Thursday night on U.S. 1 usually belongs to the bike crowd and the dinner traffic heading out of Ormond Beach. This week it belongs to reggae. Fortunate Youth roll into Destination Daytona's pavilion with two support acts that have been on the road with them all month, and it is one of the last nights of the band's fall run.

Fortunate Youth play The Pavilion at Destination Daytona in Ormond Beach on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m., with Jarv and Kash'd Out on the bill. Tickets are on sale through Eventbrite.

The Ormond Beach date sits near the end of the band's November run, which started in Columbus on Nov. 4 and has worked its way south: Pittsburgh on Nov. 5, Lancaster–Harrisburg on Nov. 6, Roanoke and the New River Valley on Nov. 7, then a jump to the Florida Panhandle on Nov. 11. After the Volusia County stop, the tour has one more Florida night, on the Space and Treasure Coast on Nov. 13. By the time the band reaches Ormond Beach, it will have more than a week on the road behind it, and that kind of run tends to show up on stage.

For a band that usually headlines rooms of about 600, a Thursday at the pavilion is a comfortable fit: big enough to feel like an event, small enough that nobody is watching from a parking lot. Fortunate Youth's 2021 album, Good Times (Roll On), has a title that is a decent preview of the mood. This is a night for swaying in place with a drink in hand, not standing still with arms folded.

The support is part of the draw. Kash'd Out and Jarv have been paired with Fortunate Youth for the whole November run, so this is a package that has been playing together show after show by the time it lands here. Getting there at 7 means catching both, and on a three-band bill like this, the openers are a real part of what the ticket buys you.

The room has a history worth knowing. Destination Daytona, the retail and entertainment complex on U.S. 1, built its 35,000-square-foot entertainment pavilion with the idea of hosting live concerts and events year-round. In early 2016 the pavilion was rebranded as Jesters Live as the complex made a push into nightlife, and the space has gone by more than one name since, depending on who is selling the tickets. Whatever it says on yours, it is the same pavilion at Destination Daytona.

A few things to know before you go. The show starts at 7 p.m. on a weeknight, so plan around a work-night drive home if you are coming from Daytona Beach, Port Orange or Palm Coast. Check the Eventbrite listing for current ticket availability before you head out, and give yourself a few minutes to find your way around the complex.

Fall in Volusia County is short on big nights that are not tied to a bike rally. This one is a chance to stand under the pavilion roof, let the bass carry, and send Fortunate Youth toward the end of its tour on a high note.

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