Guilt Trip book a Monday-night beating at Bigs Bar on Nov. 30

Manchester's metallic hardcore crew brings its North American headline run to West 12th Street, with Gates to Hell and Mauled on the bill.

Monday nights in late November are usually for leftovers and football. On Nov. 30, Bigs Bar is offering an alternative: a 300-capacity room, a British hardcore band on its second lap of North America, and two heavy American openers who will not be easing anyone in.

Guilt Trip play Bigs Bar Live on Monday, Nov. 30, with an early 6 p.m. start, according to the Eventbrite listing. The bill also lists Gates to Hell and Mauled. The venue is at 3110 W. 12th St. on the northwest side. The show was announced Oct. 19 and tickets are on sale now through Bigs Bar's Eventbrite page; at 300 capacity, don't count on a walk-up.

Guilt Trip are a five-piece from Manchester, England, working the heavy end of hardcore where it bleeds into metal. They've spent 2026 on the road behind their latest LP, *Armour of Angels*. In the spring they toured North America with fellow Brits Malevolence, per Metal Injection. This fall they went home for what Kerrang! covered as their UK and European headline tour.

Now they're coming back. Knotfest describes the new run as the second North American leg of the headline tour, opening Nov. 27 in Des Moines and closing Dec. 16 in Indianapolis, with stops in Lawrence, Omaha, Billings, Spokane and Vancouver along the way. Sioux Falls falls in the first week, right between the Plains dates and the long haul west.

The openers are worth getting there early for. Knotfest notes both are on the tour for select dates, and both are named on the Bigs Bar bill.

A 300-capacity room, a British hardcore band on its second lap of North America, and two openers who will not be easing anyone in.

Why Bigs Bar? Because if you're booking extreme music in Sioux Falls, this is where it goes. The room bills itself as the Sioux Empire's spot for live music, pizza, craft beer, billiards and darts, and it hosts Slamdakota, the annual death metal, slam and thrash festival that Travel South Dakota listed for July 10–11 this year. A touring hardcore headliner on a Monday is exactly the kind of booking that keeps the local heavy scene from having to drive to Minneapolis or Omaha every time.

What to know: doors and music start early, it's a school night, and the room is small. Grab tickets now, plan on catching all three bands, and eat a slice before the pit opens.

Sources: GUILT TRIP at Bigs Bar Live (Eventbrite) (eventbrite.com); Bigs Bar Live on Eventbrite (eventbrite.com); Guilt Trip To Trek North America with Gates to Hell and Mauled (Knotfest) (knotfest.com); Malevolence announces North American tour with Guilt Trip (Metal Injection) (metalinjection.net); Guilt Trip announce UK and Europe tour (Kerrang!) (kerrang.com); Slamdakota (Travel South Dakota) (travelsouthdakota.com)