BRIDGE CITY SINNERS with Liam St. John and Yes Ma’am Friday, October 23, 2026 Lock the doors, hide the good silver and prepare for an evening of strings, stomping feet and songs that sound like they were dragged out of a backwoods revival by something with horns. Portland’s Bridge City Sinners bring their gloriously unholy blend of dark folk, punk, bluegrass, jazz and old-time Americana to the stage. What began as a crew of street-busking troublemakers has grown into one of the most commanding live acts in modern roots music—armed with frantic strings, theatrical energy and the powerhouse vocals of Libby Lux. Their latest album, In the Age of Doubt, pushes the band deeper into the uneasy space between right and wrong, faith and fear, and the person you are versus the person you’re trying to become. Joining them is Washington-born, Nashville-based Liam St. John, a blues-soaked rock and alt-country singer with a gravel-edged voice and the kind of stage presence that makes every song feel like a confession delivered at full volume. His music lives at the crossroads of Americana, blues and rock & roll—raw, soulful and built to hit hard in a live room. New Orleans’ Yes Ma’am opens the night with street-corner folk punk and roaring 1920s-style blues. Born from punk ethics and sharpened through years of playing alongside some of the Big Easy’s finest street musicians, they sound like an old-time dance band that stole a car, skipped town and never looked back. Expect murder ballads, devilish singalongs, rattling strings, bluesy howls and enough boot-stomping chaos to wake the dead. Come dressed for the funeral. Stay for the resurrection.