Liquid Stranger returns to Cargo Concert Hall on March 17, his first Reno date since 2022

Five years after his last stop at Cargo, the Wakaan founder brings Twopercent, Sully and Chozen back to the same room for a midweek bass night.

The last time Liquid Stranger played Reno, it was a February night in 2022 at Cargo Concert Hall, and the bass heads who were there have had a long wait for the next one. It's finally on the books: Liquid Stranger returns to Cargo Concert Hall on Wednesday, March 17, 2027, at 8 p.m., with Twopercent, Sully and Chozen on the bill. The date was announced Nov. 3, and tickets are on sale now through The Ticketing Company.

That's more than five years between Reno visits, and it's a meaningful gap for a market that doesn't get every big bass tour. Plenty of routings jump straight from the Bay Area to Salt Lake or Denver and leave northern Nevada and the Tahoe crowd to make the drive. A headline return, in the same 1,100-capacity room inside Whitney Peak Hotel where he last played, is a signal that the draw here is real.

If you're newer to the scene, Liquid Stranger is the alias of Martin Stääf, a Swedish-born producer who has long been based in Colorado, per his biography. His music sits across dubstep, bass music, downtempo and dub, and he's at least as important to the genre as a builder as he is as a performer. In 2015 he launched Wakaan, a label devoted to experimental bass from artists around the world, and it later grew into a festival of its own. He's also started a downtempo imprint, SSKWAN.

That community-building streak is a big part of why his shows feel the way they do. In an interview with EDM.com, he talked about what building the Wakaan festival taught him about community, creativity and taking chances, and the crowds that follow him tend to treat the night less like a club show and more like a gathering of the tribe. His most recent big run, the 2025 Revolution Tour, was pitched by Stage Hoppers as an invitation to "a revolution in bass music."

Five years is a long time between visits for a crowd this loyal.

The support is worth showing up early for. Sully, Twopercent and Chozen fill out a bill that means the low end starts well before the headliner takes the stage, so don't plan on strolling in late from the casino floor.

What's changed since 2022? Mostly scale. The Wakaan world has kept expanding, and Liquid Stranger has stayed one of the more consistent touring draws in bass music. What hasn't changed is the room: Cargo is still the right size for this kind of show, big enough for a serious sound system and production, small enough that the bass hits you in the chest from anywhere on the floor.

A Wednesday in mid-March isn't the most obvious night to go out, but for a return this overdue, it's worth taking Thursday morning slow. Get tickets while they're there, and bring earplugs.

Sources: Liquid Stranger / Wakaan (Wikipedia) (wikipedia.com); What Building Wakaan Festival Has Taught Liquid Stranger About Community, Creativity and Taking Chances (EDM.com) (edm.com); Liquid Stranger invites fans to a revolution in bass music with 2025 tour (Stage Hoppers) (stagehoppers.com); Liquid Stranger Reno 2027 tickets (The Ticketing Company) (theticketing.co)