Styx sell out Black Bear's Otter Creek Event Center for Nov. 7

The Chicago rock veterans play Carlton a week from Saturday, and the venue has already marked the night sold out.

If you were hoping to decide on Styx at the last minute, Carlton already decided for you. The band's Saturday, Nov. 7 show at the Otter Creek Event Center at Black Bear Casino Resort is listed by the venue as sold out. Doors are at 6 p.m., the show starts at 7, and face-value tickets ran $60 to $150.

That leaves two kinds of readers: the ones holding tickets, and the ones watching resale prices climb. For the second group, the venue's own page is the place to check for any released seats, and anything bought elsewhere is at your own risk.

Styx arrive in the middle of one of their busier years. The band's 18th studio album, *Circling From Above*, came out in July 2025, and 2026 opened with a January residency at the Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas where they played 1978's *Pieces of Eight* in full alongside the hits. Summer brought the Windy Cities Tour, a co-headlining run with Chicago, and the band's fall leg began in early October and runs into early December. They've already added more dates for 2027, including a return to Vegas that would make it seven years running.

Carlton already decided for you: the venue has the night marked sold out.

For the Northland, the Nov. 7 date is the regional stop on that fall leg. From Carlton, Styx head to Billings on Dec. 4 and the Black Hills on Dec. 6, then take a break before January shows in the Inland Empire, Sacramento and Reno–Tahoe. If you're not in the room on the 7th, the next chance is a long drive west.

The room itself is the resort's event hall, which holds about 1,600. That's a big casino stage by regional standards but still a fraction of the arenas and sheds this band has played over the decades, and the kind of space where a catalog built on big harmonies and bigger choruses tends to land hard. The resort is at 1785 Highway 210 in Carlton, just off I-35 south of Duluth.

What to know: the show is sold out, so bring your ticket and plan for a full house; doors at 6 give you an hour to park, find seats and get a drink before the band goes on at 7. Casino venues often carry their own age rules, so check the resort's site before bringing anyone under 18, since younger guests must be with an adult and are kept off the gaming floor.

A sold-out room on a November Saturday, a band in its sixth decade with a new record still in the set. Somebody in Carlton is going to hear their favorite song from 1978 and feel about sixteen again.

Sources: Black Bear Casino Resort — Otter Creek Event Center (blackbearcasinoresort.com); Black Bear Casino Resort (blackbearcasinoresort.com); Blabbermouth — Styx to perform Pieces of Eight during January 2026 residency (blabbermouth.net); Ultimate Classic Rock — Styx adds 2027 tour dates (ultimateclassicrock.com); Ultimate Classic Rock — Styx 2026 Pieces of Eight (ultimateclassicrock.com); I-35 Exit 235 Carlton, MN - iExit (iexitapp.com)