The Last Dinner Party Make Sacramento Debut at Channel 24

The Last Dinner Party, on their North American tour, stopped in Sacramento at the city’s newest venue, Channel 24, to the delight of a crowd full of fans seeing them live for the first time. For this tour, they teamed up with the non-profit WhyHunger to give support to local food banks in every city that they played. By selling ribbons, the concert-goers could contribute to the cause and to their own city’s food bank.

It’s an honor to play in North America and play music for you but it’s also an honor to be able to host something like this and to have you support.

Being TLDP’s first time in Sacramento, they had several nice things to say about the city. They loved the 2017 movie Lady Bird, and Emily went to the World Famous Sacramento Train Museum. Her favorite train was the big grey and gold one. Unfortunately, their bass player Georgia was home recovering from a back injury and had to miss playing this date, but Max, who fit in as her temporary stand in, fit in pretty well with the band.

The whole show, including the stage and artist costumes, were of a fantastical and whimsical theme. Huge mossy stone arches, a church bell, and a humongous bird-mirrored mobile hanging from the rafters. Each band member wore a very different outfit, from fluffy dresses to pantsuits; all of which seemed to fit the personality of its wearer.

The set started with fan-favorite early hits, before heating up in the middle transitioning into newer works with “Second Best.” It was very cool to see how the song Second Best has adapted since it was first teased at Bimbo’s 365 in San Francisco shortly after their Coachella performance in 2024, and how it adapted to the song performed here. “Woman Is A Tree” is where the set started digging into something more spiritual in the essence of rock and roll with acoustic guitar and harmonizing vocals. This flowed seamlessly into “Gjuha,” which was played right after.

“Rifle” was a personal favorite that we were most looking forward to hearing. All the band members got their time in the spotlight with solos and songs they wrote, then transitioned into their newest song, “Big Dog” – which the fans decided to end barking.

“No barking!” Abigail said, then laughed, before adding another comment:

We’re so happy to be here playing rock and roll and having you give us that gift of giving these songs a home every night. They feel magical because of you and the energy you bring into them every night.

Before playing their biggest hit at the end of the night, “Nothing Matters,” Abigail made a big request to everyone to put their phones away and enjoy the song in the moment with them. There’s nothing like shouting out “and you can hold me, like nothing matters” along with the band. It was really cool to see their excitement in playing in the crowd with fans that listened and danced along.

All together, a pretty great night. If you’d like more information about The Last Dinner Party or shows in Northern California, stay tuned! And don’t hesitate to listen to the new album, linked below: