Adelitas Way bring 'Home School Valedictorian' at 15 to Bigs Bar on Nov. 13

A 300-capacity Friday on West 12th Street with Kingdom Collapse and Aranda, as the band marks the anniversary of the record that gave them "Sick."

Fifteen years ago, "Sick" was all over rock radio. A week from Friday, you can hear it in a room that holds 300 people. Adelitas Way play Bigs Bar on Friday, Nov. 13, with Kingdom Collapse and Aranda in support, and the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are on Eventbrite.

The night is billed as the 15th anniversary of *Home School Valedictorian*, and that's the hook. The record was the band's second album, produced by Dave Bassett and released June 7, 2011, per its Wikipedia entry. Its lead single, "Sick," came out that March and became Adelitas Way's first No. 1 at active rock radio — the song a lot of people in this room will know even if they couldn't name the album. The band hasn't been coasting on it, either: their discography lists a 2026 album, *Speak My Mind*.

Sioux Falls lands near the back half of a fall swing through the middle of the country. Before reaching South Dakota, the tour hits Austin (Nov. 4), the Rio Grande Valley (Nov. 5), Houston (Nov. 6), Tulsa (Nov. 8), Springfield (Nov. 10) and Lawrence (Nov. 11).

A radio-rock band in a 300-cap room is the whole point

The support is worth showing up early for. Aranda have toured with Halestorm, 3 Doors Down and Adelitas Way before, per Wikipedia), so this is a reunion of sorts on the road. Kingdom Collapse round out the three-band bill. With a 7 o'clock start, the opener will be on while a lot of people are still finding parking.

Why Bigs? Because this is the scale where an anniversary show actually feels like one. Bigs Bar on West 12th Street holds about 300, which puts you within a few feet of a band that has spent years on bigger stages. Anniversary tours in rooms this size tend to turn into nostalgia nights in the best way: the songs everyone knows, played loud, close enough to see the band react when the room sings the chorus back at them. For Sioux Falls, which doesn't always get national rock acts on a Friday, it's an easy yes.

What to know: it's a three-band bill starting at 7, so dinner beforehand is a better plan than dinner during. Buy through the Eventbrite link rather than waiting for the door; a 300-person room doesn't leave much margin on a Friday. And if you only know "Sick," that's fine — you'll leave knowing more.

Fifteen years is long enough for a record to turn into a memory. A Friday night at Bigs is a good way to turn it back into a show.

Sources: Adelitas Way — Bigs Bar, Nov 13 — Eventbrite (eventbrite.com); Bigs Bar events — Eventbrite (eventbrite.com); Adelitas Way — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Aranda (band) — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Adelitas Way at Bigs Bar — JamBase (jambase.com)