The Chugs are a punk rock trio from Evansville, Indiana, known for their high-energy shows and music inspired by Hamm's beer. Their sound blends gritty punk with rock and hints of metal, with fast-paced guitar riffs and catchy melodies that address themes of daily life.

GPD is a heavy punk rock band from Lafayette, Indiana, also known as Geriatric Profanity Disorder.

Silver Wizard is a psychedelic space rock band from Purdue. The band describes its sound with cosmic and psychedelic imagery. 

doors at eight / show at nine / $10 / 21+

BREAK A SWEAT ON THE DANCE FLOOR

WORKOUT 013

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14

warmup: Chefsully

spin instructors: K9 & DJ LILO

cooldown: Nico Miguel

design: Alex Gonzales

doors at eight / show at nine / $10

Come learn about astronomy in a fun, casual setting! Featuring informal talks by professional scientists, fun trivia, prizes, and beer!

Prannies and Phyllis matchup returns

THE PRANNIES - pub rock from Lafayette/Indianapolis

PHYLLIS - indie rock from Indianapolis

Step aside Xmas, we’re still celebrating Halloween over here with

Velocity District

doors at eight / show at nine / $10 / 21+

IN THE BAR

9-10p: Winnie (Hardware Set)

IN THE SHOWROOM

10-11p: Karabella feat. Ariel Strike & Timber

11p-12a: Kiefer Ian

12-1a: Urban Essence

IN THE BAR

1-2a: Winnie (Hardware Set)

Celebrate the empty breath of fall
The 31st 'twill not go silent
So long as evil doth dwell in man

Wednesday, 10/29/25

Atlas Maior is an Austin, Texas-based band that blends progressive jazz with diverse world music traditions from the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and India. The band's sound is characterized by its original compositions that fuse Middle Eastern modal systems (maqamat) with American jazz harmony, creating a cinematic and often improvised musical landscape. The core members are Joshua Thomson on saxophone and flutes, and Josh Peters on oud and lavta.

doors at seven / show at nine / $10 / 21+

This Saturday, 10/25/25

Scaraoke: Halloween Karaoke

Costumes encouraged!

9p-1a

This Friday, 10/24/25

Lyra - combining the raw aggression of hardcore with the ambient emotion of shoegaze (WL)

Global Plague - Global Plague is an Indiana-based heavy metal band known for its dynamic, progressive metalcore and groove metal sound. The band focuses on complex arrangements, dissonant notes, and a heavy, traditional metal foundation, drawing influences from death metal while incorporating modern elements like trap metal. 

Full Nelson - Indiana hardcore from northwest Indiana

doors at eight / show at nine / $10 / 21+

Come join us for an exciting event featuring local artists, creators, vintage and more!

We will be running a fundraiser raffle with $5 ticket entries (proceeds to @sharethemeal for relief in Gaza and Congo)

Wednesday, October 22nd

5-10PM

Next Friday, 10/17/25

Fruit LoOops are a Cincinnati/Chicago-based art-punk band known for their aggressive and playful experimental music, blending no wave, experimental pop, and electronic noise with theatrical performance art.

Carrier Freq closes the night with a descent into cyber/noise grind built to melt circuits and minds alike.

Let’s get weird!

doors at eight / show at nine / $10 / 21+

This Saturday, 10/11/25

More heaviness!

Protrusion

Mudtomb (Chicago)

Master Hunter

Ozium (featuring our sweet Declan)

doors at eight / show at nine / $10 / 21+

SPOT PATIO FRIDAY // OCTOBER 3RD 2025 //

HOSTED BY RITMOS CALIENTES & B SIDES

DOORS: 6P // DANCING: 7P-2A

$5 PRE-SALE: OCTOBERSPF.EVENTBRITE.COM 9sales end @ 11:59p on 10/2)

$10 AT THE DOOR

SUNSCREEN PROBABLY UNNESSARY // STAY HYDRATED!

Shadowshifter Tour Kickoff

Before heading out on the road with This Is Me Breathing, FATHOM (Cincinnati, OH) bring their crushing blend of Blackened Deathcore + Beatdown to The Spot.

Supporting:

Cut By Shards (317 brutal hardcore)

Emulsified (brutal 'n techy, straight from The Spot’s own scene)

Prepare for a night of heaviness before the tour begins.

Your favorite alternative and new wave band is coming back to Spot Tavern!

3 hours packed with hits and deep tracks from all your favorite new wave and alt rock artists including: The Cure, U2, REM, The Smiths, Pixies, Nirvana, Weezer, and more!

doors at 8 / show at 9 / $10 / 21+

Led by drummer/organist Isaiah Keith, MOBIUS is a task force that specializes in funk, rock and soul music.

doors at eight / show at nine / $10 / 21+

Come learn about astronomy in a fun, casual setting! Featuring informal talks by professional scientists, fun trivia, prizes, and beer!

Illusion of Safety (Chicago, IL) - exploring experimental dystopia since 1983

Drekka (Bloomington, IN) - ritual ambient cinematic soundscapes

Thee Maji (Lafayette, IN) - devotional meditations and freakouts

doors at eight / show at nine / $10 / 21+

Act Casual is a Detroit-based funk and fusion band known for their energetic live performances and improvisational style, blending blues, funk, long instrumentals, and pop tunes to create a unique sound within the Midwest music scene.

Act Casual has performed at several music festivals including Summer Camp Music Festival, Hookahville, Weekend at the Cave, and Solshine Reverie while also sharing the stage with national acts including Bootsy Collins, Wishbone Ash, Larry McCray, Laith al-Saadi, Brendan Bayliss and Ryan Stasik of Umphrey's McGee, Spafford, Ben Carrey of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Moon Hooch, Muruga Booker and Gabe Gonzalez of Parliament Funkadelic, The Werks, Mihali of Twiddle, Magic Beans and The Nth Power.

doors at seven / show at eight / $10 / 21+

Jazz night at the Spot is a monthly showcase of some of the incredible musical talent in the Greater Lafayette Area. With a slightly different cast of house band members each month, and surprise appearances by other area musicians, this is not an event to be missed!

No cover!

New duo project featuring Emily Biesel and Bill Harris

Emily Beisel (bass clarinet, electronics) and Bill Harris (drums, electronics), known collectively as Madam Orange, join forces this fall for a special east coast tour of the US, performing as a duo in support of their new record Parallax. Chicago-based improvisers Beisel and Harris utilize electronics, amplification, and feedback to augment their acoustic sounds, creating a sonic space that can at times be aggressive, dense, and massive, as well as subtle, spacious, and sensitive.
The duo has previously toured in the midwest in 2024, as well as the east coast and Canada in 2023. Their new duo record Parallax is set to release on Chicago label Amalgam and will be available as an exclusive pre-sale on this tour. 

doors at seven / show at eight / $10 / 21+

Come dance and enjoy a night full of Latin beats full of energy and great vibes!

DJ Chidoo making his debut

Hosted by DJ Latin Spy

9p-1a

PROG…ROCK…JAZZ…FUNK…FUSION!

Wampus Milk Daddies (Indianapolis, IN)

The Simsons (Kankakee, IL)

doors at eight / show at nine / $10 / 21+

Reinforced bass by: Gnosis Sound

Steady B (2 sets), Karabella, Hajimari, Rin Tin, Rich Lather, Grimey Kids, Antik One

7p - 1:30a

$5 presale HERE

This Thursday, 9/4/25

YR KNIVES is a new group made up of Chicago regulars. Quin Kirchner is an in demand drummer/composer who has played with the entirety of Chicago’s jazz and improvising community as well as various rock bands including Wild Bell. Douglas McCombs plays in the groups Tortoise, Eleventh Dream Day, and a whole slew of others as a leader, collaborator, and sideman, depending. McCombs is on bass in this group. Guitarist Brian Sulpizio’s long running project is Health and Beauty and he’s worked often as a sideman, notably with Ryley Walker. In addition Sulpizio works as a recording, mixing and mastering engineer. Andrew Trim is a first call guitarist and leader/member of the groups Hanami and Retroreflector. None of the above does much to describe the music of YR KNIVES. Descriptions are hard. Diverse and dynamic, maybe best described as eclectic and adventurous guitar music.

Catholics is quirky hodgepodge of musicians each varying in their respective musical backgrounds. Directionally, the music tends to be slightly more loose than the principles behind the process. The bands inclusionary approach often includes various satellite members both on the road and in the studio.

doors at seven / show at eight / $10 / 21+

Alexa’s Slumber Party

Join us in your pajamas for a dreamy show & dance floor

Debuting new talent: Whortney, Little White Liza, Stellacious, Lucid Noire, Gussy the Hussy, Victoria Royale

Featuring: Ms. Alexapro, Magnus Cum Laude, Eldra Arts, Calyko Magick-Waffle, Incarnate Art Form

Saturday, August 30th

DOORS @ 8 / SHOW @ 9 / After party with DJ Elfbar d{^o^}b

Shady Cove is the collaborative project of songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Sarah Rose and Sarah Nienaber. What began as a spontaneous exploration of sound in a remote Oregon cabin has since evolved into something both expansive and deeply rooted. Their self-titled debut, recorded in the Pacific Northwest, was a meditation on longing and movement—desire’s pull toward the horizon. After multiple tours supporting their self-titled debut, the duo returned home to record "Shady Cove Part II", this time in Portland, before mixing with Larry Crane @jackpotrecording. The album, released in the fall of 2024, drifts deeper into their signature Dreampop atmosphere, where guitars shimmer and dissolve, synths swell with orchestral grandeur, and voices drift between memory and possibility. Now based in the wooded quiet of western Wisconsin, @shadycoveofficial continues to chase the ever-receding shoreline—finding, in search itself, something like home.

Childhoods on Iowa farms: feeding the cows, baling alfalfa, family secrets, and riverside fishing. These make up the songs and stories from Chicago-based Gold Dust. The collective’s debut album, Andalusia, features a coalescence of rural ballads and fervent tracks realized through a specific country haze.

DOORS AT EIGHT / SHOW AT NINE / TEN DOLLAR COVER

Eli Wallace (pianist/improviser/composer), Kyle Motl (bass), and Nick Neuburg (percussion) formed their trio in 2023 based on a mutual interest in finding new and personalized approaches within the piano/bass/drums trio format. All three members of the group have dedicated a considerable amount of their musical work on an individual level to finding new sonic vocabulary on their instruments and the trio utilizes the collective contributions of each musician to the end of moving freely between musical spaces that deal with exploration of timbre, and also rhythm and harmony freely and in a uniquely personalized manner. Their forthcoming record, Enantiodromias is set to release on Fundacja Słuchaj records in 2026.

DOORS AT EIGHT / SHOW AT NINE / TEN DOLLAR COVER