Silverada bring 'Living Proof' to Capital City Music Hall in February

The Texas band formerly known as Mike and the Moonpies plays Harrisburg on Friday, Feb. 12, with the new album in tow.

Harrisburg in February can use a little Texas. On the second Friday of the month, it gets a full band's worth: Silverada, the Austin outfit a lot of country fans still call by its old name, is coming to Second Street.

Silverada play Capital City Music Hall on Friday, Feb. 12, 2027, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $31.45 through Ticketmaster. The date was announced Oct. 21, and with a headline draw that usually fills rooms around 550, this is the kind of club show that does well to be bought before the holidays rather than after.

First, the name. If you followed Mike and the Moonpies for their dance-hall honky-tonk, this is the same band. In January 2024, at Mile 0 Fest in Key West, they announced the switch to Silverada, saying the old name — which started as a joke and stuck for 17 years — no longer reflected who they were or the art they were making. Frontman Mike Harmeier acknowledged hearing some pushback from longtime fans. A self-titled album, their first as Silverada and ninth overall, followed in June 2024, and Rolling Stone heard it blending country and indie rock.

What they're touring now is the follow-up. Living Proof came out Aug. 7 on Prairie Rose Records, produced by Harmeier and John Evans and cut at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas — the first time the band had recorded there. It's 10 songs, and the sound keeps moving: keyboards from Parker Twomey, who joined the lineup permanently in 2025, now carry a lot of what the pedal steel once did, pulling the band further toward country-rock.

If you followed Mike and the Moonpies for their dance-hall honky-tonk, this is the same band.

That evolution is the reason to go. A band that spent the better part of two decades as a Texas bar-and-dance-hall act has spent the last two years deliberately widening its range, and the best way to hear whether that works is in a room, not on a playlist. Fans who come for the old two-steppers and fans who found them through the newer records will be standing next to each other, and the set has to satisfy both.

Capital City Music Hall is a good place for that test. Area tourism listings have been calling it Harrisburg's new venue, and its calendar this year has leaned on touring rock and indie acts. A Texas country band on its stage widens the room's range a little, too.

The early start means you can make a night of it downtown either side of the show. Bring boots if you've got them. Someone will want to dance.

Sources: Mike and the Moonpies Are Changing Their Name to 'Silverada' — Rolling Stone (rollingstone.com); Silverada frontman Mike Harmeier discusses band's self-titled album, name change — American Songwriter (americansongwriter.com); Silverada Blend Country and Indie Rock on a Strong Self-Titled LP — Rolling Stone (rollingstone.com); Silverada Living Proof — CultureMap Austin (austin.culturemap.com); Silverada — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Anberlin at Capital City Music Hall — Visit Hershey & Harrisburg (visithersheyharrisburg.org); Silverada tickets — Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.evyy.net)