Spafford bring the Cat Shop era to Bowling Green's Cla-Zel Theater

The improv-heavy jamband plays the Cla-Zel on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2027, the closest place to Toledo to catch this year's songs stretched out live.

A Wednesday in February is a quiet night for most Bowling Green bars. It won't be at the Cla-Zel on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2027, when Spafford play the downtown theater. Toledo-area jam fans have reason to make the drive down.

The date was announced Oct. 28. Doors open at 6 p.m., and tickets are on sale through eTix. Find the listing on JamBase. Spafford's usual headline rooms hold about 450 people, so a theater the size of the Cla-Zel suits them well.

The timing is good, too. Spafford released *Cat Shop* on June 19, 2026, which Gratefulweb announced in the spring. A JamBase headline called it the band's first studio album in four years. The record came out as a double LP with exclusive demos and on CD, Gratefulweb reported on release. The record includes the singles "High Beams" and "Sweet" along with nine more tracks.

This is a band that has always made more sense live than on a record, and its releases show that. Earlier this year Spafford put out *Flight of Fall*, a live album taken from the fall 2025 tour. Their live run has a long tail: they've debuted a Radiohead cover in Buffalo and played two late nights of Phish after-parties at The Cutting Room in New York, which Gratefulweb described as the band going deep. A February date in Bowling Green means the *Cat Shop* songs will have had a full fall and winter on the road to stretch out.

A February date means the Cat Shop songs will have had a full fall and winter on the road to stretch out.

The band is on the road until late in the year. JamBase reported December dates starting in the Midwest and heading to Colorado, ending Dec. 12 at the Caribou Room in Nederland, and Jambands covered a Southeast leg. Bowling Green is one of the first stops announced for the new year.

Shows at the Cla-Zel feel like a town event. It's a downtown theater where you can see the stage from everywhere and the crowd is never so far back that it stops paying attention. That suits a band that changes its sets every night and treats its long jams as the main event.

Bring a friend who's only heard the studio record. It's a weeknight, and you'll be driving home late, but Spafford shows tend to be ones people remember.

Sources: JamBase listing: Spafford at Cla-Zel Theater (jambase.com); Spafford Announces New Studio Album “Cat Shop” — Out June 19, 2026 (gratefulweb.com); JamBase – Spafford news (jambase.com); Spafford Releases New Album Cat Shop (gratefulweb.com); Spafford Releases New Single “High Beams” Ahead of Cat Shop (gratefulweb.com); Spafford Releases New Live Album “Flight of Fall” (gratefulweb.com); Spafford Debuts Radiohead Cover In Buffalo (jambase.com); Spafford Goes Deep During Two-Night Phish After-Party Run at The Cutting Room (gratefulweb.com); Spafford Adds December 2026 Tour Dates (jambase.com); Jambands – Spafford set Southeast dates (jambands.com)