Jakobs Castle books The Catalyst Atrium for March 2

Jakob Nowell's own band, separate from his role fronting Sublime, plays the 350-capacity Santa Cruz room on a Tuesday in March.

Jakob Nowell has spent the last few years in a strange and very public spot: the son of Sublime's Bradley Nowell, now singing his father's songs on the biggest stages in the genre. On March 2 he brings the other band, his own, to a room that holds 350 people.

Jakobs Castle play The Catalyst Atrium on Tuesday, March 2, 2027, at 7 p.m. The date was announced Oct. 28, and tickets are through The Catalyst. The Atrium holds about 350.

Jakobs Castle is Nowell's reggae-leaning project, and it predates his turn at the front of Sublime. The band signed with Epitaph Records in June 2023 and released "Time Traveler" as its first single on the label that July, according to a tour announcement published by Grateful Web. Rancid's Tim Armstrong co-wrote the song, which landed in the top 50 on alternative radio charts and picked up airplay on SiriusXM's AltNation. The band then went out on a 36-city run supporting Long Beach Dub Allstars, Steel Pulse and Common Kings.

The Sublime side of his life has only grown since. Nowell fronted Sublime at Coachella, as Wikipedia and an AOL feature on him both note, and Digital Music News reported in late 2023 that he had joined the band. Through it all, Jakobs Castle has kept touring: Happens reported a 2025 headline run, and the band has shared bills with acts like G. Love & Special Sauce.

That is what makes the Atrium date worth noting. Whatever crowd size Sublime is drawing, Jakobs Castle is playing a 350-capacity room on a Tuesday. For Santa Cruz fans, it is a chance to hear Nowell's own songs, up close, on their own terms.

The night after Santa Cruz, the band is booked at Strummer's in Fresno, so March 2 sits at the front of a short Central California swing.

Tickets are on sale now through the Catalyst link above. A Tuesday with a 7 p.m. start is an easy night out, and in a room this size, getting there at doors is how you end up on the rail.

Sources: The Catalyst (tickets) (catalystclub.com); Jakobs Castle Announces National Tour | Breakout Single 'Time Traveler' Out Now — Grateful Web (gratefulweb.com); Jakob Nowell — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); It took Bradley Nowell's son years to embrace Sublime. Now he'll lead the band at Coachella — AOL (aol.com); Sublime members now include Bradley Nowell's son — Digital Music News (digitalmusicnews.com); Jakobs Castle headline tour begins May 28 — Happens (happens.vip)