Little Ozzy comes home to the Beacon the night before Thanksgiving

The Richmond-area Ozzy Osbourne tribute act, fronted by AGT alum Lin Doak, returns to Hopewell's Beacon Theatre on Wednesday, Nov 25.

The night before Thanksgiving is a hometown night. Everybody's back, nobody has to work in the morning, and somebody always wants to go out. This year in Hopewell, the plan writes itself: Little Ozzy at the Beacon Theatre, Wednesday, Nov 25.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are available through the Beacon Theatre's website. The date was announced Oct 30. It's the act's first show in the Richmond market since May 7, 2021 — on the same Beacon stage.

If you grew up around here, you may already know the story. Little Ozzy is a Richmond-based tribute to the "Prince of Darkness," Ozzy Osbourne, as WTVR put it, and the man behind the voice is Lin Doak. Before he became Little Ozzy, Doak fronted Teaser in Richmond clubs, and he's a Colonial Heights High School graduate, according to 12 On Your Side.

In 2012 he took the act to *America's Got Talent*. At the auditions in St. Louis, he sang "Mama, I'm Coming Home," as Loudwire and Ultimate Classic Rock reported. He didn't advance, but Sharon Osbourne praised him warmly, noting he was singing the song Ozzy wrote for her. A few years later, WTVR covered him heading to primetime on the History Channel. And in 2025, the station reported that Ozzy himself, visiting Virginia, wanted to meet Little Ozzy — and did.

From Teaser in Richmond clubs to Sharon Osbourne's praise to meeting Ozzy himself.

That's a lot of road for a local act, and it makes a hometown Beacon show feel like more than a tribute night. The band tours the country, and Hopewell is where they come back to.

The room is part of the story too. The Beacon Theatre at 401 North Main Street closed in 1981 and sat dark for decades before the City of Hopewell brought it back, according to Wikipedia's history of the theater); WTVR covered the reopening in January 2014. It holds about 1,000, which makes it big enough for a proper rock show and small enough to see the bat-and-cross theatrics up close.

What to expect: the Ozzy catalog, from the Black Sabbath years through the solo hits, delivered by a singer who's spent well over a decade living inside it. Bring the friends who are home for the holiday. Wear black.

Check the JamBase listing for updates. Then go eat too much on Thursday.

Sources: We jumped on the Crazy Train with Little Ozzy (WTVR) (wtvr.com); 'America's Got Talent' star has ties to Richmond (12 On Your Side) (12onyourside.com); Little Ozzy sings 'Mama, I'm Coming Home' on America's Got Talent (Loudwire) (loudwire.com); Sharon Osbourne meets Little Ozzy on America's Got Talent (Ultimate Classic Rock) (ultimateclassicrock.com); Local rocker Little Ozzy ready for primetime on the History Channel (WTVR) (wtvr.com); Ozzy Osbourne meets Little Ozzy (WTVR) (wtvr.com); Beacon Theatre (Hopewell, Virginia) (Wikipedia) (en.wikipedia.org); Beacon Theatre reopens (WTVR) (wtvr.com); Little Ozzy at Beacon Theatre (JamBase) (jambase.com); The Beacon Theatre (thebeacontheatreva.com)