Salt Lake City this week: Whethan, Thundercat and more

Three straight nights at the Rockwell end with Thundercat's Distracted AF tour, and Kilby Court keeps the small-room side of the week busy. Nov. 9–15, night by night.

For three nights this week, The Complex is the center of Salt Lake's music week. The multi-venue building behind The Gateway runs GWAR, Whethan and Thundercat back to back from Friday through Sunday in the Rockwell, its biggest indoor room at 2,500 capacity, with a fourth show next door in The Grand. Meanwhile 200-capacity Kilby Court books three of the week's smallest and earliest nights. Twenty-six shows are listed for Nov. 9–15; these are the ones to plan around.

Thu, Nov 12 — Six Foot Blonde at Kilby Court, 7pm. A Thursday at Kilby to start the week's run.

Fri, Nov 13 — GWAR with Midnight and Mac Sabbath at Rockwell At the Complex, 7pm. The loudest, messiest night of the week, and a bill that knows exactly what it is. Wear something you don't mind ruining.

Fri, Nov 13 — Lucy Bedroque at The Grand at The Complex, 8pm. Same building, different room: the 850-capacity Grand gets the hip-hop/electronic option while GWAR is going next door.

Fri, Nov 13 — AVELLO at Sky SLC, 9:15pm. The late Friday dance-floor pick, in a 1,000-capacity club.

Sat, Nov 14 — Pretty Sick at Kilby Court, 6pm. An early indie show in the courtyard-sized room that leaves the rest of your Saturday open.

Sat, Nov 14 — Whethan at Rockwell At the Complex, 8pm. Night two of the Rockwell's run, with indie, electronic and pop all in the same set.

Sun, Nov 15 — Thundercat with fera at Rockwell At the Complex, 8pm. The pick of the week. This is the Distracted AF Tour, behind *Distracted*, which came out April 3 on Brainfeeder. It's Thundercat's fifth album and his first since 2020's *It Is What It Is*, and early setlists on the run have leaned heavily on the new record alongside older material. fera opens on the West Coast swing, and Salt Lake is one of the first stops with that lineup.

Sun, Nov 15 — Surely Tempo at Kilby Court, 6pm. If the Rockwell's sold out, or you want the smaller room, Kilby's Sunday show starts early enough to be home by a reasonable hour.

If you only do one, make it Sunday. A Thundercat show the week after a GWAR show, in the same room, is a very Salt Lake kind of week.

Sources: Thundercat Outlines Fall 2026 Distracted AF Tour Dates (JamBase) (jambase.com); Thundercat Announces "Distracted AF Tour" for Fall 2026 (Consequence) (concerts.consequence.net); Thundercat Announces Fall 2026 North American 'Distracted AF' Tour Dates (mxdwn) (music.mxdwn.com); The Complex venues (thecomplexslc.com); The Complex (AEG Presents Global Partnerships) (aeggp.com); Six Foot Blonde at Kilby Court (JamBase) (jambase.com); GWAR at Rockwell At the Complex (JamBase) (jambase.com); Lucy Bedroque at The Grand at The Complex (JamBase) (jambase.com); AVELLO at Sky SLC (JamBase) (jambase.com); Pretty Sick at Kilby Court (JamBase) (jambase.com); Whethan at Rockwell At the Complex (JamBase) (jambase.com); Thundercat at Rockwell At the Complex (JamBase) (jambase.com); Surely Tempo at Kilby Court (JamBase) (jambase.com)