Space Ballroom Weekly Round-up: 6 shows announced, including King Tufface Ballroom

Space Ballroom Weekly Round-up: 6 shows announced, including King Tuff

Space Ballroom announced Kids That Fly, Dethwish, The Casualties, Lily Fitts with Andrew Lucier, King Tuff, and Napalm Death this week. Tickets are on sale now at spaceballroom.com.

Kids That Fly
Space Ballroom • 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT 06514
March 26, 2026
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Kids That Fly

Kids That Fly formed in the fall of 2018, while attending the University of Connecticut. It wasn’t long before they fell into a steady rhythm of playing shows in and around Connecticut, while simultaneously commuting in and out of New York City to record and perform in both Manhattan and Brooklyn. Having all grown up in Connecticut, the crew has had a lot of influence from other Connecticut musicians such as Rivers Cuomo of Weezer. Each member has played music in the indie/alt rock spheres, even dabbled in jazz, but their broad collective musical taste includes The Black Keys, The 1975, The Killers, and Catfish and the Bottlemen — keeping them tied to a more alternative rock sound.

Praised by outlets like Atwood Magazine for their “captivating indie rock anthems” and Music Connection Magazine for their “polished, powerfully fun pop-rock,” the band has also been lauded by The Aquarian for their “fervent spirit, rock energy, and romanticism-laced narratives.”

Dethwish
Space Ballroom • 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT 06514
March 28, 2026
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The Casualties
Space Ballroom • 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT 06514
May 3, 2026
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Lily Fitts with Andrew Lucier
Space Ballroom • 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT 06514
May 15, 2026
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Lily Fitts

Born and raised on Boston’s North Shore, 25-year-old Lily Fitts is emerging as one of the most compelling new voices — an artist defined not by genre, but by the clarity and conviction of her storytelling. What began as intimate covers on TikTok has evolved into a career anchored in lyrical precision and emotional depth, transforming personal experience into songs that resonate well beyond their origins. Her work has drawn early support from artists such as Noah Kahan, The Lumineers, and Zach Bryan, alongside a rapidly growing audience that propelled her debut album, Getting By, to nearly 15 million streams since its release last June.

Getting By introduced Lily as a fully formed storyteller: a coming-of-age record marked by unfiltered honesty, narrative discipline, and a sharp emotional point of view. Drawing subtle influence from songwriters like Dolly Parton while operating with a distinctly contemporary sensibility, Fitts writes with cinematic detail and restraint, allowing each song to unfold with intention. She is not chasing a lane — she is establishing one.

On stage, Lily pairs commanding vocal delivery with a lyric-first performance style that translates with immediacy and impact. Rodeo Magazine calls her live show “beautiful, powerful, and refreshing,” while Concert Chronicles notes a voice that “stretches and simmers.” Following standout appearances at Fairwell Festival, Levitate Festival, and BST Hyde Park alongside Noah Kahan, Gracie Abrams, FINNEAS, and Gigi Perez, she brought Getting By to the road on her first-ever sold-out headline tour.

With momentum accelerating, Lily recently completed a European and UK tour alongside Max McNown, further expanding her international fanbase and stagecraft. She will enter the studio at the beginning of 2026 to record her sophomore album, marking the next step in the steady rise of an artist quickly becoming one of the most compelling young writers of her generation.

Andrew Lucier

Raised on the outskirts of St. Louis, Missouri, Andrew Lucier’s music blends the sounds of his midwestern roots with honest, down-to-earth storytelling.

Andrew began playing his songs in small, local venues while at college in Lexington, Kentucky, before ultimately moving to Nashville to finish school further challenge himself as an artist. Andrew has since connected with a rapidly growing audience online, where his blend of heartfelt, raw and relatable storytelling has struck a chord with people all over the world.

With his debut album on the way, he’s stepping into a new chapter—one rooted in the people and places that raised him, and the questions that come as we grow.

King Tuff
Space Ballroom • 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT 06514
May 21, 2026
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King Tuff

I got my Tascam 388 fixed, the same tape machine I had used to record my first album, King Tuff Was Dead. It had been sitting in my parent’s house in Vermont for the past 14 years, but I had finally dragged it out to LA. The first song I recorded on it was “Twisted On A Train”, and I was shocked by how instantly I sounded, and felt, like myself again. In fact, I wrote and recorded the whole dang song in the span of a few hours, which was basically the opposite of how I had been working in the computer. Spending hours moving waveforms around like a zombie, comping vocals, second guessing, trying to make things sound not lifeless, trying to make anything sound good at all, took months. But here on the tape it was so much more alive. More like painting or collaging. More like making actual music. Every move I made stuck like super glue. It was effortless. It was pure joy.

I stopped caring if there were mistakes.

There’s not enough mistakes.

I played my old, blue, Gibson SG, Jazijoo, and she spewed mangled electrified gold.

For once, I sang and I didn’t hate my voice.

I played the drums badly and bounced them in mono to one track and it sounded like glorious shit.

I wish it sounded even worse.

Rock & Roll is the music of rodents and bugs. It should sound like it crept from a decrepit trashcan or a crypt or a toilet. It is not chill or vibey, autotuned or on the grid. It is not perfect, which is why it’s perfect. And I don’t care if it’s dead or alive, cool or uncool: when I hear it, and when I play it, as a chubby and balding 43 year old punk weirdo, I FEEL ENERGIZED.

Napalm Death
Space Ballroom • 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT 06514
May 23, 2026
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Napalm Death

Napalm Death are credited as pioneers of the grindcore genre by incorporating elements of crust punk and death metal, using a noise-filled sound that uses heavily distorted, down-tuned guitars, grinding overdrive bass, high speed tempo, blast beats, and vocals which consist of incomprehensible growls, or high-pitched shrieks, extremely short songs, fast tempos, and sociopolitical lyrics. Even after exerting an indelible influence on the entire world of heavy music for nearly 40 years, there is still no band on Earth that sounds like Napalm Death. Not just the pioneers, but an enduring benchmark for invention and fearlessness in heavy and experimental music of all kinds, the Birmingham legends are still hurtling forward at full pelt.

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Space Ballroom Weekly Round-up: 6 shows announced, including King Tufface Ballroom