Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm take it acoustic at the Ritz in Scranton on Nov. 8

Flyleaf's 20th-anniversary reunion with Lacey Sturm comes to Wyoming Avenue as a stripped-down, all-ages Sunday night, with Young Other opening.

Picture "I'm So Sick" played on acoustic guitars. That song was built to rattle arena rafters, and on Sunday, Nov. 8, it gets a very different treatment in downtown Scranton.

Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm play a special acoustic show at The Ritz Theater, 222 Wyoming Avenue, on Sunday, Nov. 8. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The venue lists the night as running until 11 p.m. and open to all ages. Young Other is the special guest. The Ritz's event page promises fan favorites, naming "All Around Me," "Fully Alive" and "I'm So Sick." The date went up last week, on Oct. 20, so this is a short runway: about two and a half weeks from announcement to show.

That makes it one of the more unusual stops in what has been a big year for the band. In February, Flyleaf announced a 20th-anniversary U.S. tour with original singer Lacey Sturm back at the microphone. Live Nation's announcement laid out a 14-city summer run that opened July 8 at the Tabernacle in Atlanta and closed July 31 at House of Blues in Anaheim. The closest that run got to Northeastern Pennsylvania was Philadelphia and a July 13 night at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, N.J. Fans up here had to drive to catch it.

This time the band is coming to them, and in a form the summer tour didn't offer. An acoustic set changes what a Flyleaf show is about. The heavy dynamics drop back, and what's left is the songwriting and Sturm's voice. That voice made "All Around Me" a radio staple, and it's the reason this reunion drew the attention it did. A Sunday night, all ages, in a room built for listening suits that kind of set.

Sturm also knows this room. She brought her solo Kenotic Metanoia Tour to The Ritz on March 1, 2025, with Young Other opening that night too, according to the venue's own listing. So the Nov. 8 bill reunites more than the band. The same opener returns to the same stage, this time with Flyleaf behind Sturm instead of her solo band.

The Ritz itself is a natural home for this. It sits on Wyoming Avenue in the middle of downtown, and its calendar this fall runs from tribute nights to touring rock acts like CKY. An acoustic Flyleaf set fits that mix. It's a nostalgia draw for anyone who wore out the band's records in high school, and a low-key, all-ages night for anyone discovering the band now.

A practical note: with the show booked on short notice and the summer tour having skipped this corner of the state, expect this one to move. Get tickets through the venue's links, plan to arrive around the 6:30 doors if you want a good spot, and remember it's a school night for the younger fans the all-ages policy lets in.

An acoustic set changes what a Flyleaf show is about. What's left is the songwriting and Sturm's voice.

Twenty years on, Flyleaf is turning the volume down and letting the songs carry the room. In Scranton, on a November Sunday, that might be the best way to hear them.

Event details: Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm – Acoustic Show at The Ritz Theater.

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