Stray Cats roll into the Beau Rivage Theatre on Friday, Nov. 13

A year after Brian Setzer's health scrapped their fall tour, the rockabilly trio is back on the road, and Biloxi gets a Friday night in the middle of the run.

Last fall, the Stray Cats didn't make it out. Their 2025 fall tour was cancelled after Brian Setzer reported health issues. This fall they're back, and the Coast is on the map.

Stray Cats play the Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi on Friday, Nov. 13, with an 8 p.m. start. Tickets are through Ticketmaster. The theatre holds 1,500, and as far as our records go, it's the band's first Mississippi Gulf Coast date.

The lineup is the one that matters: Setzer on guitar and vocals, Lee Rocker on upright bass and Slim Jim Phantom on drums. Three players, no keyboards, no horns, and a sound that has needed nothing else since the band's earliest records.

The fall run was announced in a July 13 press release as an extension of a summer tour, and Setzer used it to say he was healthy and strong again. The trio warmed up for it on national TV, playing The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Aug. 18. Fall dates went on sale July 17.

The route explains why Biloxi landed on it. The tour opens in Grand Prairie, Texas, on Nov. 9, then works across the Gulf South: San Antonio on Nov. 10, Houston on Nov. 12, then the Coast on Friday the 13th before heading north to Memphis on Nov. 15, Louisville on Nov. 17 and Nashville on Nov. 18. It wraps Dec. 6 at Foxwoods in Connecticut, according to Pollstar.

Three players, no keyboards, no horns.

For a lot of people on the Coast, this is the easy version of seeing them. No drive to New Orleans, no drive to Memphis. Just Beach Boulevard, a theatre seat and a band that knows exactly what it is.

That matters for a trio like this. Rockabilly lives on the slap of the upright bass and the snap of the snare, and a seated theatre lets you hear both instead of guessing at them from the back of a field. Rocker's bass and Phantom's stand-up kit are as much the show as Setzer's guitar, and in a 1,500-seat room you'll actually be able to see them work.

A few things to know before going. The Beau Rivage Theatre is inside the resort at 875 Beach Blvd. Tickets are sold through Ticketmaster; if you're picking up at will call, the counter opens on the day of the show, at noon for weekday shows and 10 a.m. on weekends, per Ticketmaster's venue page. Friday the 13th falls on a weekday, so plan on noon. The show starts at 8, so build in time for parking and the walk to your seat.

It has been a long wait since the cancelled tour. Friday night, the wait ends on Beach Boulevard. Wear the creepers.

Sources: THE STRAY CATS Tickets Nov 13, 2026 Biloxi, MS — Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.com); Beau Rivage Theatre — Ticketmaster venue page (ticketmaster.com); THE STRAY CATS Add Fall Dates To Their Ongoing 2026 Tour (press release) (screamermagazine.com); The Stray Cats Extend 2026 Tour With Fall Dates — Pollstar (news.pollstar.com); The Stray Cats return to late night television with The Tonight Show, Aug 18 (screamermagazine.com); Stray Cats 2026 fall tour dates — Ultimate Classic Rock (ultimateclassicrock.com)