Press Kit
For Immediate ReleaseTUE OCT 27 2026GWAR
w/ Midnight, Mac Sabbath, X-Cops · The Jefferson Theater · Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Press Contact
Starr Hill Presents
Phone
434.245.4980
Booking Agent
Direct via venue
§01 / The release
On sale: GWAR play Jefferson 10/27
Gor Gor Must Die stops in Charlottesville 10/27. Tickets Friday 10am.
GWAR plays The Jefferson Theater on Tue Oct 27 2026. Support from Midnight, Mac Sabbath, X-Cops. Part of the Gor Gor Must Die. Doors 7:00p, set 8:00p.
GWAR formed in Richmond, Virginia in 1984 as a costumed shock-rock collective built around the conceit that its members are interplanetary barbarians stranded on Earth.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am ET. The Jefferson Theater holds 750. Set the calendar reminder, or pull a presale code at the link below if you are on the room list.
A live experience that ruins every other live experience you have ever had, in the best way.
— Decibel
§02 / Adjacent tour dates · Jefferson
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§03 / What the press is saying
Theatrical metal at its most committed. Bring a rain jacket.
— Revolver
§04 / About GWAR
Richmond, VA · Est. 1984 · Metal
GWAR formed in Richmond, Virginia in 1984 as a costumed shock-rock collective built around the conceit that its members are interplanetary barbarians stranded on Earth. The band has released sixteen studio albums and continues to tour despite the deaths of original members Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus) and Cory Smoot. The 2026 Gor Gor Must Die tour leans heavily on the live theatrical staging the band built its reputation on.
§05 / About The Jefferson Theater
Charlottesville, VA · Capacity 750 · Est. 1912
Built in 1912 as a vaudeville house on Main Street, the Jefferson sat dark for the better part of two decades before Coran Capshaw and Starr Hill Presents bought the building, gutted it, and reopened it as a 750-cap club in 2009. The pit floor pulls 600 standing; the balcony pushes another 150 with sightlines that hold up from every seat. Danny Shea has booked the room since the reopening and runs it eclectic on purpose. Indie-folk, hardcore, country, comedy, ABBA tribute. Different demo every Friday.
Production is house-PA L-Acoustics K2; backline is supplied by the artist for ticketed dates and by the room for the resident series. Load-in is Main Street, ground level, no stairs. Settlement runs same night; advances run two weeks out. The Jefferson is the only Charlottesville room that books national touring acts at the 750 mark. Everything below feeds the Southern; everything above pushes to Ting in summer.
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