According to Ticketmaster, the show was scheduled to begin at 7pm. However, the Salt Shed app listed the starting set time for 6:45pm. Sure enough, flipturn takes the stage at 6:45pm to a mostly empty venue. Hopefully more venues will get on board with posting set times too!

For their second song, flipturn plays “Chicago” from their 2017 album, Heavy Colors. “So we tell ourselves we’ll go, go, go /  But we never ever leave, whoa / I’m going to Chicago / Somewhere I don’t really know / See the sun rise on the east coast”. It’s a great song and the Chicago crowd eats it up.

Soon afterwards, they play “Sad Disco” from their 2022 album, Shadowglow. This song has a fantastically catchy melody along with great guitar playing. Also, it’s a true joy to sing along to this line: “Now, what the fuck is up with my life?”

Later on they play “August” from their 2018 album, Citrona. This is their most popular song on Spotify with over 50 million streams.

They also play a lot of unreleased songs which they say will be on their next album. After this great set, they will surely return to Chicago to promote the new album in the near future.

See the full setlist here.

Cost of a ticket: $69

PlaylistHQ Economic Rating: Worth It

Rating Scale: Exceptional Value > Worth It > Discounted > Go for Free > Don’t Bother

Quinn Delaney