Friendship - Band

Friendship - Band at Off Broadway

If you like your live music a little closer to the heart, December 17 in St. Louis has your name on it. Friendship, the Philadelphia band associated with Dan Wriggins's writing, comes to Off Broadway at 7:00 PM. Not the Norwegian group with the same name. This is the Philadelphia band, and that distinction matters if you've been following the songs that came out of it, including the recorded release Shock Out of Season.

Here's the real pull: a night built around writing. When a band is tied to one songwriter's voice, seeing it in a room is a different thing from playing a record alone at home. You hear it with other people. You catch the moments where a room goes quiet or leans in together. I can't promise you a setlist or tell you who's standing where on stage, and I won't pretend to. What I can say is that the work behind this show has a clear identity, and Off Broadway is where you can meet it in person.

The bill makes the night fuller. Charlotte Cornfield and Fred Thomas are named alongside Friendship, so this isn't a single-act evening. It's a plan worth texting a friend about: pick a date, make an evening of it, and head to a show with three names on it. Winter in St. Louis goes better with something on the calendar. If Friendship has been living in your headphones, grab your spot for Friendship at Off Broadway and give December 17 a reason to matter.