The Silos, Live at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse

Name: The Silos, Live at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse
Start: 2026-05-01T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Old Franklin Schoolhouse

Schedule

Fri, 01 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Old Franklin Schoolhouse | Metuchen, NJ

The Silos 40th Anniversary Tour, Live at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse. $22 advance (+1.50 cc fee, $25 day of/door if available). Friday, May 1, 2026 at 7:30pm, doors at 7:00pm. Event is seated and BYO. All tickets are will call (even though this payment module automatically says "shipping") and you will receive a confirmation email after purchase from [email protected].

Parking along Middlesex Avenue and across the street at Borough Hall. The historic Old Franklin Schoolhouse, built ca. 1807, is owned and carefully maintained by the Borough Improvement League (BIL). Founded in 1901, the BIL is a non-profit, 501(c)3 tax exempt charity devoted to community service, supporting the arts, preserving the Schoolhouse, & more.

2025 MARKS 40 YEARS OF THE SILOS
The Silos began as a musical force in 1985 with the release of their first album “About Her Steps” along with a series of gigs in their hometown neighborhood, the East Village of New York City. They were part of New York’s post-punk ‘80s scene and played Indie Rock, Alt-Rock, Alt-Country, and Americana before any critics coined those terms. Heralded at their outset by Rolling Stone as "America's Best New Band," the resilient Silos mix punk, roots, rock, and sage art-damaged truth telling. Salas-Humara’s narratives take on the weight of attentive, convincing poetry and wry wordplay. The Silos have created a sound that's hard to pin down - “The band's austere style inflects the astringent twang of The Velvet Underground with the drone of R.E.M. and adds countryish echoes that recall Gram Parsons," offered The New York Times. Their latest effort and 12th studio album “Family” was released in 2022 and work has begun on a new album to celebrate their 40th Anniversary beginning in 2025. There will also be series of live albums released that span the 40 years of the band on the road.