Black Flag, The Dickies and Angry Samoans: a three-band punk bill hits House of Blues in January

Black Flag returns to the Gaslamp room on Sunday, Jan 10, 2027, with two fellow veterans of California punk on the bill, just ten weeks after closing its 50th-anniversary fall tour in the same venue.

San Diego punks who caught Black Flag closing out its fall tour last weekend get a second shot sooner than expected. Black Flag plays House of Blues on Sun, Jan 10, 2027, at 7pm, with The Dickies and Angry Samoans opening. Tickets run $33.25 to $141.60 and are on sale now through Ticketmaster.

The date was announced Oct 29, and the timing is the story. Black Flag's fall 2026 run, part of the band's 50th-anniversary celebrations, launched Sept 3 at Belly Up Aspen in Colorado and was scheduled to finish Nov 1 at House of Blues in San Diego, according to JamBase's tour announcement. So the band is coming straight back to the same room, this time with company.

That company matters. A three-band bill like this is less a support slot than a lineup, and it is not a new one: concert archives show Black Flag, The Dickies and Angry Samoans sharing a bill in Santa Ana on Jan 30, 2026. If you missed that one, this is the Southern California rerun, on a Sunday night, in a room that holds 1,000.

Black Flag has been marking fifty years with an unusually long road schedule. Blabbermouth described the 2026 dates as a summer and fall U.S. tour built around the anniversary, and the band has said more dates are planned for January and April 2027. The San Diego show is among the first of those new dates to be made public, and early listings point to a West Coast swing in January.

For a band whose name is shorthand for hardcore punk, a 1,000-capacity club is the right size. House of Blues on Fourth Avenue downtown is big enough to draw people from across the county, and small enough that the pit and the stage are still in the same conversation. A Sunday show also tends to draw the lifers: people who arrange the babysitter and take Monday morning slow.

The Dickies and Angry Samoans each bring their own following. Both are long-running California punk bands, and having all three on one bill means the openers are a reason to arrive at doors rather than an excuse to linger at the bar. With a 7pm start, plan for an early night by punk standards and an early arrival if you want to see everything.

On tickets: the price range is wide, so the cheapest general admission is likely to go first. If you are planning on it, buy sooner rather than later, and check the House of Blues page for the venue's bag and entry policies before you head downtown.

Ten weeks between visits is not much time. For San Diego, it is a rare chance to see a band celebrating half a century of loud, fast music twice in one season.

Sources: JamBase: Black Flag Reveals Fall 2026 U.S. Tour Dates (jambase.com); Blabbermouth: Black Flag celebrates 50 years with summer/fall 2026 U.S. tour (blabbermouth.net); Concert Archives: Angry Samoans concert photos (concertarchives.org); Catch Movement: Black Flag 2027 tour (catchmovement.com); Ticketmaster: Black Flag, San Diego, Jan 10, 2027 (ticketmaster.evyy.net)