Dexter and The Moonrocks book Timber Rock Amphitheater for April 8

The band behind a No. 1 alternative radio hit opens its spring with a Thursday night in Farmington, just over the line from Morgantown.

There's a certain kind of band that crosses over from college-town bars to big outdoor stages in about a year. Dexter and The Moonrocks are on that track, and next spring the next step is a 3,600-capacity amphitheater an easy drive from Morgantown.

The band plays Timber Rock Amphitheater in Farmington, Pa., on Thursday, April 8, 2027, at 7 p.m. Tickets run $5 to $179 through Tixr, and the show was announced Nov. 2. That wide range means tiers, and in a venue this size the cheap end is the part that goes first. If you're planning to bring a group from WVU, sort it out before finals rather than after spring break.

Here's why a band of this size is booking a room of that size. In 2026 Dexter and The Moonrocks scored a No. 1: "Freakin' Out" reached the top of Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart, as [Planet 93.9](https://www.planet939.com/news/daily-planet/dexter-and-the-moonrocks-blast-to-1-on-billboard-alternative-airplay-with-freakin-out/) reported. It was one of a run of new singles this year, along with "If You Could Talk," which the same station shared, and "12 Steps," a collaboration with country-rock band Treaty Oak Revival that Alt AZ 93.3 premiered.

That mix tells you a lot about the band. An alternative radio No. 1 and a track with a country-rock group sit side by side in the same year, which is why this crowd is hard to sort into one box. Their live audience is growing the same way, out of both worlds at once.

An alternative radio No. 1 and a country-rock collaboration in the same year.

The road has been busy. In 2025 the band was out on its Happy to Be Here tour, per a June 2025 listing on Opendate. This fall's run is billed as the 12 Steps Tour, and it carries dates into mid-December. The band's management company, Shelter Music, has tracked the build-up through its tour announcements. And there may be more music by the time April arrives: Melodic Magazine has reported that a debut full-length album is meant to follow the run of singles.

So what you're buying for April 8 is a band in the middle of a moment, playing a stage built for more people than most clubs on their last run. Shows like this one are often the ones people point to later as the last time they saw a band before it got too big for the region.

For Morgantown, it's also a short trip for a Thursday night: a weeknight show close to home, with a band whose radio single half the crowd will already know.

Buy early, carpool and get there at doors. Thursday, April 8, 7 p.m., Timber Rock Amphitheater.

Sources: Dexter and the Moonrocks blast to #1 on Billboard Alternative Airplay with 'Freakin' Out' — Planet 93.9 (planet939.com); Listen to new Dexter and The Moonrocks song 'If You Could Talk' — Planet 93.9 (planet939.com); Listen to new Dexter and The Moonrocks song '12 Steps' — Alt AZ 93.3 (altaz933.com); Dexter and The Moonrocks — Happy To Be Here Tour, June 12, 2025 — Opendate (app.opendate.io); Dexter and The Moonrocks — The 12 Steps Tour, Dec 14, 2026 — Opendate (app.opendate.io); Dexter And The Moonrocks Announce US Tour — Shelter Music (sheltermusic.com); On Your Radar: Dexter and The Moonrocks — Melodic Magazine (melodicmag.com); Dexter and The Moonrocks at Timber Rock Amphitheater — Tixr (tixr.com)