The Sheepdogs go small at the Turf Club in February

After a 2024 night at the Fine Line, the Canadian rock band returns to the Twin Cities on Wednesday, Feb. 17, with an eighth album and a new chapter behind the kit.

The last time The Sheepdogs came through, it was a September Sunday at the Fine Line in Minneapolis. The next time is a Wednesday in the dead of February, across the river at the Turf Club on University Avenue, a room with a capacity around 350. That is a smaller stage for a band with a bigger story to tell than it had in 2024.

The Sheepdogs play the Turf Club in Saint Paul on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2027. Doors are at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8. Tickets run $23 to $110 through AXS. It was announced Oct. 20 and is the band's first Twin Cities show since Sept. 15, 2024, at the Fine Line.

What changed is the record. Keep Out of the Storm, the band's eighth studio album, came out Feb. 27, 2026, on its own Right On Records, according to Americana UK and Spill Magazine. It is also the first Sheepdogs album without founding drummer Sam Corbett; several guest drummers sit in across the record. For a band whose whole sound rests on a loose, grooving rhythm section, that is not a small change, and Americana UK framed the album as the start of a new chapter.

The rollout brought the title track and its video in January, covered by Beyond the Watch, and then "I Do" in February, which Blues Rock Review and Rockposer both picked up. The band spent the spring touring the new songs at home, with a Canadian headline run that opened March 13 in Chatham, Ontario, per Spill Magazine.

This month they head overseas. The Out All Night tour of the UK and Europe opens Nov. 11 at St. Luke's in Glasgow and runs into December, with stops including Manchester's Band on the Wall on Nov. 14 and a London date at the Electric Ballroom on Dec. 12, according to Rockposer and Spill. By the time they reach Saint Paul, the new lineup will have a long fall of nightly shows behind it.

That is the case for going on a weeknight in February. The Turf Club is a room where a band like this has nowhere to hide: the stage is close, the sound is direct, and harmonies and twin guitar parts either lock or they don't. The ticket range runs from $23 up to $110, so check what each tier includes before you buy.

That is a smaller stage for a band with a bigger story to tell than it had in 2024.

Midwinter in Saint Paul is not exactly prime touring season, which is part of what makes a night like this feel earned. Bundle up, get to Midway early, and let a band in the middle of its next chapter warm the place up.

Sources: Americana UK: The Sheepdogs start the next chapter with a new album in February (americana-uk.com); Spill Magazine: Sheepdogs announce new LP Keep Out of the Storm via Right On Records (spillmagazine.com); Beyond the Watch: The Sheepdogs release new single Keep Out of the Storm (beyondthewatch.com); Blues Rock Review: The Sheepdogs reveal I Do (bluesrockreview.com); Rockposer: The Sheepdogs Say I Do (rockposer.com); Spill Magazine: Out All Night Canadian headline tour kicks off March 13 (spillmagazine.com); Rockposer: The Sheepdogs announce UK & EU Out All Night Tour (rockposer.com); JamBase listing (jambase.com)