Bryan Andrews brings the Taking My Flag Back tour to Turntable

The country singer's fall headline run, built around his Independence Day mixtape, reaches Broad Ripple on Sunday, Nov 15.

Up the stairs from College Avenue, in a room decked out with old vinyl, a country singer on his first proper headline run will be ten days into the road by the time he reaches Indianapolis.

Bryan Andrews plays Turntable in Broad Ripple on Sunday, Nov 15, at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale through OpenDate. The room holds 400, and it is the first Indianapolis show for Andrews in our records.

The tour is called Taking My Flag Back, and MusicRow reported in July that it would run 20 dates starting in November. It opens today in Washington, D.C., then moves fast: Boston on Friday, Brooklyn on Saturday, Philadelphia on Sunday, then Cleveland on Nov 11 and Grand Rapids on Nov 12 before the swing into Indianapolis. A portion of proceeds from the tour will benefit a charity still to be announced, according to Berklee's event listing.

The music behind the run is Andrews' 2026 mixtape, Independence Day, an eight-song collection tied to America's 250th anniversary. The tour title and the record point the same direction, and anyone curious about where he is coming from before buying a ticket should start there. Live Nation's artist page has the full run of dates.

Turntable is still one of the newer rooms in town. Forty5 Presents, the Indianapolis company that also operates the Vogue next door, opened it in October 2024 in the old upstairs home of Crackers Comedy Club at 6281 N. College Ave., the Indianapolis Business Journal reported. The build-out added a 24-by-12-foot stage, and the decor leans into its name with record-themed touches; IndyStar's first look described it as giving off grandma's basement vibes, in a good way. The first public show after its private grand opening was a country one, too: Indiana-raised Alex Williams, WTHR reported.

That makes Turntable a natural landing spot for a singer at this point in his career. At 400, it is bigger than a bar gig but small enough that a crowd of people who already know the songs can make it feel full. Forty5 bills it as an 18+ room, per Visit Indy, so check the ticket page before bringing anyone younger.

A Sunday show in Broad Ripple has its advantages. The strip is quieter than on a Friday or Saturday, there is time to eat on College Avenue before an 8 p.m. start, and you can be home at a reasonable hour for the work week.

If you have only heard Andrews through a phone speaker, this is the chance to hear what the songs sound like in a room built for them, a week and a half into a tour that will have had plenty of practice.

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