Tantric in a 144-capacity room: John Barleycorn's books a Wednesday worth leaving the house for

Hugo Ferreira's band plays Wichita on Wednesday, Dec. 16, for $20, at the tail end of a year spent celebrating its gold-certified debut.

There are bands you saw on a big stage in the early 2000s, and there are nights when one of them turns up in a room that holds 144 people. Tantric at John Barleycorn's on Wednesday, Dec. 16 is one of those nights, and at $20 it's hard to argue with.

The details: Tantric plays John Barleycorn's in Wichita on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2026, with the show starting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 through Eventbrite. The room holds 144. The date was announced on Oct. 30, so it's fresh on the calendar, and with a capacity that small it won't take much of a crowd to fill it.

Tantric is led by Hugo Ferreira, who is best known as the band's lead singer, according to his Wikipedia entry. He's also the only founding member still in the band. The current lineup, per Hypebot's artist page, has Ferreira on lead vocals, Jaron Gulino on bass and vocals, Sebastian LaBar on lead guitar and vocals, and Troy Patrick Farrell on drums.

This has been an anniversary year. The band's self-titled debut, *Tantric*), came out in 2001 and went gold, and Tantric has spent 2026 marking its 25th anniversary with a year-long tour, according to Hypebot. A July review from Radio Radio X of a show at Putnam Place described the band performing the debut album in its entirety every night of that anniversary run. Whether the Wichita set leans on that record hasn't been announced, but a December date lands at the very end of the year the band has spent revisiting it.

A band that once played big stages, in a room where the back row is about twenty feet away.

The catalog goes well beyond that first album. The band's more recent records include *Mercury Retrograde*, from 2018, per Wikipedia), and *The Sum of All Things*, from 2021, per Wikipedia. Longtime fans will have their favorites from across the years; newer ones can start with the debut and work forward.

The real story, though, is scale. Hard rock from this era was built for amphitheaters and rock radio. Hearing it in a room this size changes it: louder in your chest, closer to the stage, more like seeing a local band you happen to know every word of. A 6:30 p.m. start on a Wednesday also makes this an easy midweek night out, even in the busy weeks before the holidays.

If you're on the fence, decide soon. With 144 spots, a band with this kind of name recognition doesn't need a big push to sell out a room. Tickets are on Eventbrite, and the JamBase listing will carry any updates.

Twenty-five years after that first record, Tantric is still on the road and still finding rooms to play. Wichita gets one of the smallest of them. Go make it loud.

Sources: Hugo Ferreira – Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Tantric – Hypebot concerts (concerts.hypebot.com); Tantric (album) – Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Tantric @ Putnam Place, 7/8/2026 – Radio Radio X (radioradiox.com); Mercury Retrograde (Tantric album) – Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); The Sum of All Things – Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Tantric tickets – Eventbrite (eventbrite.com); Tantric at John Barleycorn's – JamBase (jambase.com)