Lake Street Dive will open their 2027 album tour at Vibrant Music Hall

A week after "What About Flamingos?" comes out, the band kicks off its new tour in Waukee on Feb. 26, with SNACKTIME as support.

Every tour starts somewhere, and for Lake Street Dive's next one, that somewhere is Waukee. The band has booked Vibrant Music Hall for Friday, Feb. 26, 2027, at 7 p.m., with SNACKTIME in support. It's the first night of a new North American run, announced Oct. 23, and tickets are available through Vibrant Music Hall.

Opening night means the Des Moines area gets the first live look at a brand-new record. Lake Street Dive's ninth studio album, *What About Flamingos?*, is out Feb. 19, 2027, exactly one week before the Waukee show, according to JamBase and mxdwn. It's the band's first release on its own independent label, Dive Not Drive Records. That's a meaningful step for a group that has spent years on other people's labels.

The way they made it matters too. The quintet recorded *What About Flamingos?* live together in the studio, with sessions split between producer Philip Weinrobe in West Hurley, New York, and Jonathan Wilson in Topanga Canyon, California. Recording live suits a band whose reputation has always been built on the stage: tight harmonies, a rhythm section that swings, and songs that leave room to stretch out. The title track is already out, with a video, if you want a preview before February.

A new record, a new label, and opening night in Waukee.

The tour itself runs 15 dates. After Iowa, it moves through Nebraska and Missouri, then heads south to Memphis, Birmingham and Nashville, and wraps Sunday, March 21, at the Prairie Home Alliance Theater in Peoria, Illinois. SNACKTIME is on 14 of those 15 shows, so Waukee gets the full package. If you haven't caught them yet, show up for the opener.

Vibrant Music Hall holds 3,300, and it's built for exactly this kind of booking: a band too big for a downtown club but best heard somewhere you can still see faces from the floor. Lake Street Dive's audience runs from people who found them through a cover video years ago to folks who came in with their more recent records. In a room this size, it's a crowd that sings along and dances, but still goes quiet for the ballads.

Opening nights carry their own kind of electricity. The set list is fresh, the new songs haven't been road-tested, and the band is still finding where everything fits. You might hear a song played live for the very first time. For Central Iowa fans, that's a better deal than catching the tour at its 15th stop.

The practical move: tickets are on sale now through the venue, and a Friday-night release-week show in a 3,300-capacity room on a 15-date run won't last forever. Lock it in, give *Flamingos* a week of listening, and show up ready to sing along.

Sources: Lake Street Dive Lines Up Winter 2027 Album Release Tour (JamBase) (jambase.com); Lake Street Dive Announce New Album 'What About Flamingos?' For February 2027 Release (mxdwn) (music.mxdwn.com); Lake Street Dive 2027 tour dates (TicketNews) (ticketnews.com); Vibrant Music Hall (thevibrantmusichall.com)