Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime returns to XL Live on Feb. 5

The long-running Sublime tribute books another winter Friday in Harrisburg, and tickets are $33.

Harrisburg has a habit of booking a little summer in the middle of winter, and it has done it again. Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime plays XL Live on Friday, Feb. 5, 2027, with music at 8 p.m. Tickets are $33 through Ticketmaster, and the room holds about 1,100.

The date was announced Oct. 19, which leaves you three months to round up your friends.

For anyone keeping track, Badfish has been to XL Live before. The band's Ticketmaster page lists a Jan. 30, 2026, stop on *The Blizzy Tour*, so next February's show brings them back about a year later. A Hypebot fan review also mentions a show at XL Live in Harrisburg in April 2023. Over the past few years, this has become a room the band keeps coming back to.

The idea behind Badfish is simple. They play Sublime's songs, which are reggae, ska and punk all mixed together, for people who still have every word memorized. Tribute acts live or die on whether the crowd treats the night as the real thing, and the fact that Badfish keeps getting booked into a 1,100-capacity room in central Pennsylvania tells you how that has been going.

Tribute acts live or die on whether the crowd treats the night as the real thing.

The setting helps too. A Sublime set is built for a crowd that sings along, and a room the size of XL Live is big enough to feel like a real show while still keeping everyone close to the stage. In early February, a night of songs that sound like a beach in Southern California is a pretty good deal for $33.

A few notes before you go. Tickets are on sale now through the Ticketmaster link on our listing; buy there rather than through a reseller. With an 8 p.m. start on a Friday, you have time for dinner first and no reason to rush. Check XL Live's bag policy and parking before you head out. And it will be February, so plan on a coat check or leave the coat in the car.

The band will play the songs people came for. All you need to bring is a voice for the choruses.

Sources: Badfish - A Tribute to Sublime tickets and tour dates (Ticketmaster) (ticketmaster.com); Badfish fan reviews and concerts (Hypebot) (concerts.hypebot.com); Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime, XL Live Harrisburg, Feb. 5, 2027 (Ticketmaster) (ticketmaster.com)