Thursday, April 16, 2026 (originally scheduled for Wednesday, January 28, 2026, all previously purchased tickets will be valid at the new date)

Sweet Petunia live in The 9th Ward with special guest Ian McCuen

7pm Doors, 8pm Show

Tickets: General Admission Seated $15 advance, $20 day of show, can be purchased at at TixR.com or the Babeville Box Office (M-F 11a-5p) with no fees for cash transactions, 3% credit/debit card fee.

Welcoming Righteous Babe Records newest artist!

Queer Alt Folk from Boston, MA—Sweet Petunia, composed of Mairead Guy and Maddy Simpson, are an alt folk duo based in Boston. Over the years, the duo have grown into their own as both powerful songwriters and harmonizers as well as lightning quick players, beginning every set with explosive double banjo action. Unapologetically queer and unafraid to get loud and angry, they craft music that is informed just as much by their contemporaries in Boston’s punk & DIY scene as it is steeped in rich folk tradition.

Ian McCuen opens the show!

“Ian McCuen operates on a creative clock that ticks a little faster than the rest of us. For the past nine years, the Buffalo-based singer-songwriter has delivered a new full-length record on a nearly annual basis, a pace that would exhaust most musicians. Their latest offering, After I Descend from the Sky, Before I Return to the Dirt, arrives just a year after the electronic-tinged As the Oceans Rise and the Empire Falls. But where 2024 saw McCuen experimenting with synthetic textures, this massive 24-track collection marks a return to the soil. It is a sprawling, organic entry into the bedroom folk canon that Ian has honed in on over the past decade, and it’s our album of the week.”
-BuffaBlog