Enjambre sets a spring Sunday at Howard Theatre

The Mexican retro-rock band, a year past its album 'Daños Luz,' plays D.C. on Sunday, May 2, 2027; tickets are $49.75.

Some bands you circle on the calendar months out because you know the room will be full of people singing every word in a second language that, for one night, is everyone's first. Enjambre is one of those bands, and D.C. now has its date. The group plays Howard Theatre on Sunday, May 2, 2027, a show announced Oct. 30.

The show is listed for 8 p.m., with tickets at $49.75 through OpenDate. Howard Theatre holds 1,242, a size that keeps a sold-out crowd close enough to the stage to feel like one room.

Enjambre is a Mexican rock band with a sound rooted in retro rock, the kind of melodic, slightly theatrical guitar music that wears its decades of influences proudly. Drop The Spotlight described them as a Mexican retro-rock band showing off a new sound on their latest record, and that record is the reason this tour cycle matters.

That album is Daños Luz, released March 12, 2026. The band has framed it as a record that took a very long time to make, one that draws on music spanning two decades of their own albums, as Entertainment Rocks reported in its look at the band's musical evolution. In other words, it is both a new chapter and a summing-up, which is a good place for a band to be when it heads back on the road.

A record that sums up twenty years is a good excuse to play a setlist that does the same.

The 2026 run behind the album already brought them through U.S. clubs, including a Feb. 24 stop in Dallas that the Dallas Observer covered, and dates at The Masquerade in Atlanta and Elsewhere in Brooklyn. The Howard date is the first D.C. booking we have seen on the far side of that cycle, which suggests the band is not done touring this record yet.

What to expect: a band this far into its career has the luxury of deep cuts and the obligation of the hits, and a record that looks back across 20 years invites a set that does the same. Expect the new songs to sit alongside the older ones the crowd came for. If you have only heard Daños Luz, this is the show that connects it to everything before.

The date is worth noting too. A Sunday night in early May is a good slot for a show like this: the weather has turned, the week has not started yet, and a band that leans romantic and dramatic plays well to a crowd that is not in a rush to be anywhere.

Practical advice: six months is a long runway, but Latin rock shows with a loyal following in this city have a habit of selling out well before the night. Buy early, make plans with whoever introduced you to the band, and get ready to sing along, accent and all.

Sources: JamBase: Enjambre at Howard Theatre (jambase.com); OpenDate tickets (app.opendate.io); Drop The Spotlight: Mexican retro rock band Enjambre showcase new sound on Daños Luz (dropthespotlight.com); Entertainment Rocks: Enjambre take us on a sonic journey across their musical evolution on new album Daños Luz (entertainmentrocks.com); Dallas Observer: Enjambre (dallasobserver.com); Apple Music: Enjambre (music.apple.com)