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Twain played The Southern Café & Music Hall on May 9

May 9, 2026·Bandu Editorial·Southern, Americana, americana, Recap

Will perform on May 9, 2026 at the 300-cap room in Charlottesville.

Twain hit The Southern Café & Music Hall in Charlottesville on May 9, 2026, on a Charlottesville stop.

Twain pulls roughly 38K monthly listeners on Spotify, with 8K fans tracking the act on Bandsintown.

The act

Formed in 2007, out of Franklin County, VA, Twain leaned on the catalog they built into a live act with national reach.

Twain is the songwriting project of Mat Davidson, a Franklin County, Virginia-raised singer who has played in The Low Anthem, Spirit Family Reunion, and Big Thief's touring band. He has released five full-lengths under the Twain name on BB*ISLAND, working a lo-fi indie-folk register that critics have compared to Bill Callahan and Jolie Holland.

The venue

The Southern Café & Music Hall sits at 103 South 1st Street, a 300-capacity intimate listening room operated by Starr Hill Presents under booker Danny Shea.

Southern programs eclectically across rising indie, folk, and singer-songwriters. The room held 264 for the Twain show, 88% sell-through.

The night

Doors 7:00 PM. Set 8:00 PM. All ages. Ticket prices are set on the on-sale.

Why now

Twain indexes 98/100 on local pull across the Charlottesville metro, with a non-trivial DC and Richmond overlap that often crosses for shows at this size.

In the books

Twain's next Southern date will be added to the calendar when announced.

The Southern Café & Music Hall is at 103 South 1st Street, Charlottesville, VA.

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