Lake Street Dive brings What About Flamingos? to The Factory on Feb. 28

Nine days after their ninth album comes out, Lake Street Dive play Chesterfield, with Snacktime opening, on their first St. Louis-area date since 2024.

The last time Lake Street Dive played St. Louis, it was a July night in 2024 at Saint Louis Music Park. The next one comes in late February, just days after a new album, and puts a band in its first week of touring a new record into a 3,000-capacity room in Chesterfield.

Lake Street Dive play The Factory in Chesterfield on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2027, with SNACKTIME opening. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on Ticketmaster. The date was announced Oct. 23 and is the band's first St. Louis-area show since July 16, 2024.

The timing matters. What About Flamingos?, the band's ninth studio album, is due Friday, Feb. 19, 2027, on its own independent label, Dive Not Drive Records. The band has already shared the title track, and JamBase reports that Huntertones guest on the album track "Gertrude." The tour starts one week after release, so St. Louis will hear the new songs while they are still brand new.

JamBase describes the run as a 15-date North American album-release tour from Feb. 26 to March 21. The Factory is the third stop. The night before, the band plays Steelhouse Omaha on Feb. 27, and from Chesterfield the run moves on to dates including The Truth in Nashville on March 5 and History in Toronto on March 17. It ends with Detroit on March 19, Louisville on March 20 and Peoria, Ill., on March 21.

Catching a band in the first week of a new record is a different show from catching them a year in.

Snacktime, a Philadelphia funk band, opens every date except one: the March 6 show in Greenville, S.C., is billed as "An Evening With Lake Street Dive." So Chesterfield gets the full two-act bill, and arriving before the band goes on is worth it.

The room is different this time as well. The 2024 visit was at the outdoor Music Park in midsummer. This one is indoors at The Factory in February, a 3,000-capacity hall on a Sunday night, with a 7:30 p.m. start that gets everyone home in time for Monday.

Presales started in late October, so for anyone planning on this, the time to buy is now. A new record, a brand-new tour and a Sunday night out in Chesterfield: that is a good way to end February.

Sources: Lake Street Dive Lines Up Winter 2027 Album Release Tour - JamBase (jambase.com); Lake Street Dive Shares 'What About Flamingos?' Title Track & Details New Album - JamBase (jambase.com); Lake Street Dive Announce New Album 'What About Flamingos?' For February 2027 Release - mxdwn (music.mxdwn.com); Lake Street Dive announce 2027 What About Flamingos tour dates, presales - SeatGeek (seatgeek.com); Lake Street Dive What About Flamingos 2027 Tour - Live Nation (livenation.com); Lake Street Dive at The Factory - Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.evyy.net)