Pink Droyd brings its Pink Floyd show to Manchester Music Hall on Jan. 23

The long-running Fort Wayne tribute and its lasers-and-circular-screen production play Lexington's 1,100-capacity room in an all-ages Saturday show.

Somewhere in the middle of a Pink Floyd show, the lights drop, the round screen above the stage comes alive and a whole room goes quiet at once. Lexington gets that moment on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2027, when Pink Droyd plays Manchester Music Hall. The venue lists the show as all ages, with doors at 7 p.m. and music at 8, and tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster. The date was announced Oct. 20.

First, the name, because it trips people up: Pink Droyd is a tribute, not the band. It is a Pink Floyd show out of the Fort Wayne, Indiana, area.

What separates a good Floyd tribute from a cover band is the production, and that is the pitch here. Promoters describe a robotic, intelligent light show, a digital video package that includes the traditional circular screen, and lasers. The sets draw from across the catalog, from building *The Wall* to a run through *The Dark Side of the Moon*, and the band has staged anniversary shows built around single records. Fort Wayne's Embassy Theatre hosted Pink Droyd for a 50th-anniversary celebration of *The Dark Side of the Moon*.

Pink Droyd is a tribute, not the band. The point is how close it gets.

Reviews have not always been glowing. A NUVO review once filed Pink Droyd on the "budget" side of the Floyd-tribute world, with fewer lasers and backup singers than the biggest touring productions. That review is undated and may not reflect what the band carries now, and its more recent promotional material leans hard on the full light, video and laser rig. Judge for yourself in January.

Manchester Music Hall is a good room for this kind of night. At about 1,100, it is big enough for a real light rig and a crowd that came to sing along to the big ones together, and small enough that the screen and the lasers fill your whole field of vision instead of hanging somewhere in the distance. The venue is also offering a VIP Suite option for this date, which is worth a look if you are making a night of it with a group. General tickets go through Ticketmaster, so skip the resale sites and buy there.

The show is at 899 Manchester St. Because it is all ages, this is one of those rare winter Saturdays where the parent who wore out *The Wall* in high school can bring the kid who found it on a streaming playlist last year. It might be the best argument for going.

Tribute shows live or die on the room believing in them for a whole night. Pink Droyd has been asking rooms to believe for years. On Jan. 23, it is Lexington's turn to decide.

Sources: Manchester Music Hall (official site) (manchestermusichall.com); Pink Droyd Tickets Jan 23, 2027 Lexington, KY - Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.com); Pink Droyd events - Live Nation (livenation.com); Pink Droyd Celebrates 50 years of The Dark Side of The Moon on the Embassy Stage - Embassy Theatre (fwembassytheatre.org); Local Tribute Pink Droyd Returns to Foellinger Theatre July 18 - City of Fort Wayne (cityoffortwayne.in.gov); Experience the Legendary Sounds of Pink Floyd with Pink Droyd at the Niswonger - Hometown Stations (hometownstations.com); Review round 2: Brit Floyd vs. Pink Droyd - NUVO (nuvo.net)