Twain is coming to The Southern Café & Music Hall on May 9

Twain brings a Charlottesville date to The Southern Café & Music Hall on May 9, 2026. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. ET.

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 has been touring behind a strengthening catalog 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 runs 300 general-admission, with sightlines from front-of-house to the back of the floor.

The night

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

Why now

Twain pulls a measurable 98/100 share of Charlottesville-metro listeners on Spotify, including a non-trivial DC and Richmond overlap that often crosses for shows at this size.

How to get tickets

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. ET via the venue.

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