Ominous Seapods book a January night at Colony in Woodstock

The upstate jamband that keeps coming back plays the 350-capacity Rock City Road room on Sunday, Jan. 17, and tickets are $15–$20.

There's a certain kind of upstate New York music fan who lights up at the words "Seapods reunion." This one has a date and a room now. Ominous Seapods will play Colony in Woodstock on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2027, starting at 7 p.m.

The show was announced Oct. 27. Tickets are $15–$20 through Eventbrite. Colony holds about 350, and a band with this kind of loyal regional following can fill a room that size fast. If you want in, don't wait until the snow is on the ground.

The Seapods were a fixture of the jamband circuit in upstate New York and the North Country, and they've kept a habit of coming back together long after splitting up. Jambands.com covered a reunion as far back as 2007. In early 2018 the band reunited with its original lineup of Max Verna, Dana Monteith, Tom Pirozzi, Brian Mangini and Ted Marotta for its first shows since 2011, according to NYS Music. In 2022 they played six sets over two nights at The Hollow in Albany, per Mirth Films. And in October 2024 they sold out Monopole in Plattsburgh, marking 35 years since they first played that North Country bar, Mirth Films reported. In the summer of 2025 they played the patio at The Waterhole in Saratoga, per NYS Music.

That track record says a lot about who will be in the room in January: people who have been following this band for decades, plus a younger crowd who know the name from older fans. The band hasn't said who will be on stage this time, so check its announcements as the date gets closer.

Colony is a good fit. The building on Rock City Road opened in 1929 and has long been part of Woodstock's music life. After a two-year renovation it reopened simply as Colony, no longer the Colony Café, and has since hosted a steady run of touring musicians, comedians and local favorites, according to Chronogram and Hudson Valley One. It's a big old room with a balcony feel and a bar. Small enough to see faces, big enough for a band to stretch out. On the Seapods' home turf it should feel like a family reunion with better sound.

Their track record says a lot about who will be in the room: people who have followed this band for decades.

A Sunday in mid-January is a quiet night on most Hudson Valley calendars, which is part of the appeal: nothing to compete with, and Monday morning is the only cost. Woodstock in January is cold and pretty, and a long set in a warm room is a good reason to drive up 212.

The Seapods have never really gone away; they just come back on their own schedule. On Jan. 17 that schedule brings them to Woodstock.

Sources: Jambands.com — An Ominous Seapods reunion (2007) (jambands.com); NYS Music — Ominous Seapods reunite for first shows since 2011 (nysmusic.com); Mirth Films — The Seapods reunite for 6 sets over two nights at The Hollow (mirth-films.com); Mirth Films — Ominous Seapods return to Monopole for a special sold-out night (mirth-films.com); NYS Music — The Waterhole welcomes Ominous Seapods (nysmusic.com); Chronogram — Seasoning a Landmark (chronogram.com); Hudson Valley One — Colony reborn in Woodstock (hudsonvalleyone.com); Eventbrite — Ominous Seapods at Colony (eventbrite.com); JamBase — Ominous Seapods at Colony (jambase.com)