LAYZ returns to Houston for the first time since 2024

The bass producer brings the new OUTNUMBERED tour to Ductwork on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2027, with Beastboi, VKTM and Kliptic on the bill.

Houston's bass crowd last saw LAYZ on Oct. 5, 2024, at Stereo Live. The next time will be in a different room, with a new record and a stacked undercard.

LAYZ plays Ductwork Houston on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2027, with Beastboi, VKTM and Kliptic in support. Doors and music are set for 9 p.m., and tickets are $14.95 to $24.95 through See Tickets. The date was announced Oct. 22.

That announcement came with a lot attached. EDM Identity reported on Oct. 22 that LAYZ had revealed both a new release, the OUTNUMBERED EP, and a tour for 2027 to go with it. Presale started that morning and general sale the next day, so tickets have been out for a couple of weeks now.

For a sense of what a LAYZ headline set looks like, look back at the AFTERSHOCK run of 2024, the headline tour built around the AFTERSHOCK EP. Those nights were heavy, fast and designed for a crowd that comes to move. The OUTNUMBERED tour picks up where that left off, with a new EP to build the set around.

The undercard deserves an early arrival. With three support acts on a 9 p.m. bill, the openers will be on well before LAYZ, and in bass music the undercard is often where you find who's next. Paying under $25 for four acts on a Saturday night is about as good a deal as Houston dance music gets.

Paying under $25 for four acts on a Saturday night is about as good a deal as Houston dance music gets.

The room is part of the story. Ductwork is the new name for the original Warehouse Live building on St. Emanuel Street, rebuilt as a venue focused on electronic music. Houston DJ Riddler wrote about why he's rooting for it as the city's newest EDM room, and the venue is tied to Disco Presents, the promoter behind SILO's move into Houston. For more than a decade, people in this city knew that building as the place for touring rock and hip-hop. Now its calendar is full of bass and house acts through the fall and into 2027, including Crankdat later this month.

That makes this booking a good fit. A LAYZ show belongs in a room built for low end, and the venue has put dance music at the center of its identity rather than slotting it between rock shows. For EaDo, the corridor along St. Emanuel is about to get a lot louder on weekend nights.

Plan on a late one. A 9 p.m. start with four acts runs well past midnight, so sort out your ride home ahead of time. Bring earplugs; you'll thank yourself on Sunday.

It's been more than two years. LAYZ comes back with a new EP, a new room and a lineup worth getting there early for. Houston's bass heads have had this date circled since October.

Sources: LAYZ announces OUTNUMBERED EP and tour — EDM Identity (edmidentity.com); 5 irresistible reasons to catch LAYZ's AFTERSHOCK tour — Stagehoppers (stagehoppers.com); Why I'm rooting for Houston's newest EDM venue — DJ Riddler (djriddler.com); LAYZ tickets — See Tickets (prod-nts-api.seeticketsusa.us)