Buffalo Traffic Jam bring the Pictures of You Tour to The Astro in February

The Montana-born folk duo behind "Fool's Gold" plays La Vista on Tuesday, Feb. 16, with Jack Van Cleaf opening.

Mid-February in the Omaha metro is the stretch when nobody has anywhere to be on a Tuesday. Buffalo Traffic Jam just gave folk fans a reason to brave City Centre Drive anyway.

The duo announced on Oct. 19 that their Pictures of You Tour stops at The Astro Theater in La Vista on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2027, with Jack Van Cleaf opening. The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets run $80.55 to $183.60 through Ticketmaster.

If the name is new to you, the music probably isn't. Buffalo Traffic Jam is Frankie Cassidy and Nathan Ross, who released their debut album, *Pictures of You*, on July 31 through Arista Records. The record runs 14 tracks, and it arrived with a hit already in hand: "Fool's Gold" has been certified gold by the RIAA, has passed 150 million streams and climbed to No. 3 on the AAA radio chart. Their 2025 EP *Take Me Home* had already pushed the sound past the bare acoustic material they started with.

The pair met as students at Montana State University in Bozeman, bonding over storytelling and acoustic music, and their first release was a self-titled EP in 2024. The press around the album describes a record about life on the road, loss and growing up, which is the sort of thing that plays well in a room full of people who drove in from Papillion and Bellevue on a school night.

"Fool's Gold" has passed 150 million streams and climbed to No. 3 on AAA radio.

Demand is the story with this tour. Reports say the 2027 Pictures of You run sold out in about two hours after tickets went on sale, with headline stops that include a two-night debut at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and dates at Minneapolis' First Avenue and Philadelphia's Fillmore. The La Vista date sits on the band's Midwest swing, the night before they play Des Moines' Val Air Ballroom. We haven't seen the Astro date listed as sold out, but given how the rest of the run went, don't sit on it.

The room is a good fit for where the band is right now. The Astro opened as part of La Vista's City Centre development, pairing an indoor theater with an outdoor amphitheater; a February show means the indoor side, which keeps a folk set close and warm rather than lost under the sky. It is the right size for a band that has outgrown clubs but still sings songs meant to be heard quietly.

Jack Van Cleaf gets the early slot, so plan to be inside before 8.

Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster. Check the Astro's own page for parking and bag rules before you go, and bring a coat you don't mind carrying. It will be February.

Sources: BroadwayWorld: PICTURES OF YOU, Buffalo Traffic Jam's Debut Album, Out Now (broadwayworld.com); Sacks & Co. press releases: Buffalo Traffic Jam (sacksco.com); The Music Universe: Buffalo Traffic Jam sells out 2027 tour in two hours (themusicuniverse.com); Eventim artist bio: Buffalo Traffic Jam (eventim.de); Wikipedia: The Astro (La Vista, Nebraska) (en.wikipedia.org); Ticketmaster: Buffalo Traffic Jam at The Astro Theater (ticketmaster.com)