Early in Mustard Plug’s set, they play “Vampire” from their 2023 album, Where Did All My Friends Go? It’s an extremely catching song that gets everyone dancing along. “You let a vampire into your house!” 

Later on, they play “Why Does It Have To Be So Hard?” This ska song captures a great question simply. “Why can’t things not be easy? / Why do they have to be so hard?”

Towards the end of the night, they play “Brain on Ska”, which was the first song they ever wrote in 1991. They have played it at every single show since then, making this number 2,077, according to the horn section. 

They follow this with “Mr. Smiley”, which results in the biggest circle pit of the night as everyone sings along to their most popular song on Spotify, which has over 14 million streams. 

To end the set, they play “Beer (Song)” from their 1997 album, Evildoers Beware! It features the fantastic sing-a-long: “Woah oh oh oh!”. It’s a great way to end this night of the Skalidays tour!

Cost of a ticket: $34

PlaylistHQ Economic Rating: Good Value

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

See a similar setlist here. 

Quinn Delaney