Medium Build & Petey USA

We are thrilled to welcome Medium Build to our stage, along with Petey USA. These are two incredible artists to catch in such a beautiful and intimate venue! With heartfelt storytelling, raw lyrics, and high-energy anthems, these two bring a dynamic mix of emotion and electricity to the stage. This is going to be a special one- including a VIP opportunity (details below) - don't miss it!

What to expect at the show:

>> Doors will open at 7. The show will start at 8.

>> Tickets are $35 in advance, and $40 at the door if not sold out. There's also a limited number of tickets available for a super cool VIP experience w/ Medium Build & Petey USA (details below). As always, we’re proud to present an all-ages show with a limited number of discounted tickets available for students.

>> Our bar will be open, with some great beverage options. This is not BYOB.

>> Parking may be available in the small lot across the street. Beyond that, there’s parking available around Buchanan Park and F&M College in the blocks surrounding West Art.

>>Format: This will be a standing show with very limited seating available. Our space is ADA accessible, and we will do our best to accommodate any specific needs. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

>> Please note that all ticket sales are final. Thank you for supporting great music!

VIP experience: Medium Build & Petey USA unplugged!

This is a unique opportunity for an upclose & personal pre-show experience with these two, and you can purchase tickets ! It will include:

-an acoustic performance (2-3 songs)

-Q&A session

-Group photo

-Commemorative merch gift

-Merch shopping prior to doors opening to public

-Early entry into the Venue

-Purchase VIP tickets separately !

Medium Build bio:

As a musician with a nomadic lifestyle, Nick Carpenter often enters spaces as a stranger and leaves with lifelong friends. The creator of Medium Build possesses a connective charisma that shows in his songs and performances—which can seem like equal parts concerts, testimony, and stand-up comedy. That gift and yearning for connection has been amplified during a transformative season for Nick. In 2023, Medium Build signed with slowplay / Island Records, toured with Lewis Capaldi, and reached the Billboard charts for the first time collaborating with X Ambassadors. Life was pulling him away from his home, dog, and sense of belonging in Anchorage to Nashville. Nick spent his drives looking, listening, and reflecting. This inner and outer journey led to Country, the thematic album draws from Carpenter’s roots as much as it considers his future—while exploring genre. His music is as vast and unique as his backstory, but “if you slow all of my songs down, they’re just three-cord bummer Country tunes,” he admits. Evident in the video single “Cutting Thru The Country,” this collection packs for a trip that explores wide open spaces, musical frontiers, and oneself.

Medium Build began as the name Nick Carpenter attached to four-track recordings a decade ago. The storyteller applied aspects of a middle-class church-going Georgia childhood and a Tennessee education to truths learned along the way—ultimately delivering the queer extrovert to find a community in Alaska. There is duality and dichotomy in Medium Build’s life and music—but it is drenched in authenticity. The music has endured, resonated, and connected with a growing base. “Now I’m realizing that my career can last longer than five seconds and I can kind of just breathe and show one thing at a time,” Nick shares. His dynamic catalog mirrors the people who have shown up in his corner: Elton John, Boygenius, John Mayer, and Noah Kahan, to name a few. 2019’s somber and synth-tinged “Be Your Boy” and 2022’s therapeutic “Never Learned To Dance” are fan favorites amid the kaleidoscope of sounds and moods. Country seems much more focused, even if birthed by uncertainty.

Now in his thirties, Nick says he only recently learned about his father’s poor rural South Carolina upbringing. As a result, Country music was something Nick’s dad covered up—along with the poverty and corresponding shame of his past. “I had no sense of identity as far as place,” the artist admits. Lately, the father and son began talking about the past and sharing Country tunes—exchanging culture and heritage. As an understanding of his DNA developed, perhaps the twang and American in Medium Build’s songs stood out. However, his Country is something unsurprisingly personal. “It feels self-soothing,” Nick says of the opener, “Beach Chair,” which is a love letter to self in a time of need. “Crying Over U” is deeply specific but conjures emotions in us all—when confronted by closure and what remains in the rearview.

Written on the road, Country was fittingly recorded on Nashville’s Music Row. Carpenter and creative partner Jake LiBassi, aka Laiko, embraced experimentation. “We made the album we wanted to make,” he says joyfully and confidently. “It’s so easy to get back in touch with yourself if you can throw off the heavy cloak of duty and just do something that feels good.” At a time when people take the same photo a dozen times in search of a curated aesthetic, Medium Build captures the snapshot. The lyrics and the spirit of Country embrace both wandering and wondering. “I want this to feel lived-in,” Nick says. “It’s sort of me finding a defined place.”

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