Frank Turner’s traveling festival is heading to Texas for its ninth edition. Lost Evenings IX lands in Dallas from September 24 to 27 at the South Side Ballroom, and the full main-stage bill is now locked in, along with four very different headline sets from Turner himself.
Opening night sees Frank and The Sleeping Souls dig into the First Ten Years, pulling from ‘Sleep Is For The Week’ through ‘Tape Deck Heart.’ Support comes from Pennsylvanian punk-rock five-piece The Menzingers, Florida punk rockers Hot Water Music, and Lost Evenings stalwarts Koo Koo.
Friday is the solo acoustic night, celebrating 20 years of debut EP ‘Campfire Punkrock’ and the early solo years, with support from singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ben Kweller, Long Island singer Laura Stevenson, and longtime friend Beans On Toast. Saturday flips the script as Frank rejoins The Sleeping Souls for a Next Ten Years set spanning ‘Positive Songs For Negative People’ to ‘Undefeated,’ joined by influential emo rockers The Get Up Kids, Texan country punks Vandoliers, and political punks The Iron Roses.
Sunday closes things out with a Greatest Hits set alongside Texan alternative rock legends …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Oregon’s Larry And His Flask, and rock and roller Emily Wolfe. “Getting the line-up right for Lost Evenings each year is always a challenge and a joy,” Turner explains. “I feel like we’ve risen to it and surpassed ourselves this year.”
He continues: “I’m beyond excited to welcome old friends (The Menzingers, Hot Water Music, Beans On Toast, Larry & His Flask) and new (Ben Kweller, Laura Stevenson), musical legends (The Get Up Kids, …Trail Of Dead, Iron Roses) and thrilling new-comers (Vandoliers, Emily Wolfe). And of course my best buddies Koo Koo will be MCing the whole event as well as opening the main stage, as has now become tradition. There’s loads more to come. See you in Dallas!”
There’s plenty still to be revealed, including the full Nick Alexander Stage lineup of emerging acts hand-picked by Frank, plus the “Last Minutes” programme of pop-ups, open mic sessions, panels, masterclasses, workshops, and the annual Needles Flickering tattoo flash. A portion of proceeds from every ticket goes to The Ally Coalition, a non-profit that uses the power of music to support LGBTQ youth and has been part of the festival since 2019.
Built steadily since 2017, Lost Evenings has cemented its reputation as a festival with community and camaraderie at its core, moving from London’s Roundhouse to Boston, Berlin, Anaheim, Toronto, and most recently Edinburgh, selling out in advance every single year.