Ben Quad take their biggest hometown stage yet: Tower Theatre, Dec. 5

A year after releasing Wisher at Beer City Music Hall, Oklahoma City's Ben Quad headline the 1,000-capacity Tower Theatre on Dec. 5, with February, Riley! and Garden Ants.

On Nov. 29, 2025, Ben Quad celebrated their album Wisher with a release show at Beer City Music Hall. About a year later they move to a much bigger room. Ben Quad headline the Tower Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 5, with February, Riley! and Garden Ants in support. The show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $22.50–$56.50 through Prekindle, the Tower's ticketing partner.

The show was announced Oct. 21. Prekindle's listing puts doors at 6 p.m. A four-band bill with an early start means the openers play to a real crowd, so arrive early.

For anyone who hasn't caught them, Ben Quad are an Oklahoma post-emo band. They have been building toward a night like this. In April they headlined a set at Norman Music Fest 2026, and they have toured nationally, including a run on the Pure Noise Records tour the band wrote about on its own site.

A hometown band headlining the Tower is the kind of milestone a scene notices.

The room matters here. The Tower Theatre, at 425 NW 23rd St. in the Uptown 23rd District, was a movie house for nearly four decades before it went dark in 1989. It sat closed for almost twenty years before a full historic restoration brought it back as one of the city's main concert rooms. It holds 1,000. Filling it on a Saturday in December is a test, and a statement if they pass it.

The undercard is worth turning up for too. February, Riley! and Garden Ants fill out the bill, and an early start leaves plenty of time for all four.

What to know: Ben Quad, February, Riley! and Garden Ants play the Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd St., on Saturday, Dec. 5. Doors are at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $22.50–$56.50 through Prekindle.

The Wisher release was a club show. A year on, the band is headlining the Tower, and Dec. 5 will show how far the crowd has come with them.

Sources: Tower Theatre — Prekindle events (prekindle.com); Ben Quad tickets (Prekindle) (prekindle.com); Tower Theatre — Venue Info (towertheatreokc.com); Tower Theatre (towertheatreokc.com); Ben Quad — Wisher album release, Beer City Music Hall (Prekindle) (prekindle.com); We're on the Pure Noise Records Tour (Ben Quad) (benquad.com); Guide to the can't-miss acts at Norman Music Fest 2026 (Free Press OKC) (freepressokc.com); JamBase listing (jambase.com); Beer City Music Hall (TravelOK) (travelok.com)