The Dave Matthews Tribute Band books a January night at Garcia's

The long-running DMB tribute returns to the 250-capacity room inside Port Chester's Capitol Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2027.

The first full week of 2027 has a singalong on it. The Dave Matthews Tribute Band plays Garcia's at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester on Thursday, January 7, at 8pm. Tickets are $33.85 through Ticketmaster, and the date was announced on October 26.

For readers in Queens and the Bronx, this one is a trip up to Westchester, and the size of the room is the reason to make it. Garcia's holds 250. That's a club-sized setting for music most people have only ever heard in amphitheaters and stadiums, sung back by thousands.

The band has been doing this a long time. On its Garcia's listing, DMTB describes itself as a five-piece and as the only nationally touring tribute to the Dave Matthews Band since 2004. The pitch is a celebration of the DMB catalog: the band says it draws on the classic Dave Matthews Band sound while also playing material from the group's later and current records, so the setlist isn't only the songs everyone knows from the radio years.

This isn't the band's first visit, either. The Capitol has hosted DMTB at Garcia's before, including a December 29, 2025 show, and the venue has run more than one listing for the group over the years. A tribute that keeps getting booked back into the same room is usually a tribute that fills it.

A tribute that keeps getting booked back into the same room is usually a tribute that fills it.

Garcia's is its own small corner of The Capitol Theatre, named for Jerry Garcia and built around the jam-band tradition; the room marked its 10th anniversary with a month of shows. Its calendar leans heavily on tributes and jam-adjacent acts, from Grateful Dead tributes like Dead Meat to nights like this one. A band that plays Dave Matthews songs, with their long instrumental passages and room for improvising, fits that tradition well.

What to know before you go: past Garcia's listings for this band have been 21+ with valid ID, so check the Capitol Theatre's page for this date's age policy before you bring anyone younger. It's an 8pm start on a Thursday, so budget the trip home on a work night.

January is a slow month for a lot of people's concert calendars. A Thursday night of "Ants Marching" and the deep cuts in a 250-person room is a decent cure for that.

Sources: The Dave Matthews Tribute Band at Garcia's (The Capitol Theatre) (thecapitoltheatre.com); Dave Matthews Tribute Band, Dec 29 2025 at Garcia's (The Capitol Theatre) (thecapitoltheatre.com); Dave Matthews Tribute Band at Garcia's (The Capitol Theatre) (thecapitoltheatre.com); Garcia's in the Legendary Capitol Theatre Celebrates 10 Years (Grateful Web) (gratefulweb.com); Dead Meat at Garcia's (JamBase) (jambase.com); DMTB, Port Chester, Jan 7 2027 (Ticketmaster) (ticketmaster.evyy.net); JamBase listing (jambase.com)