Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Zebulon, Los Angeles
It’s true. On Tuesday June 2nd, **The Red Krayola** – the long-venerated and ever-evolving band that coalesces around **Mayo Thompson** – plays live in Los Angeles, their only show on the books, near or far. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the project, and – if anything is intact – it is certainly the refusal to repeat itself. The Red Krayola – and all of us that sail with it – must only move forward. Still, amidst new songs and inventions, there are audible throughlines to various eras past: this is a new band that sounds like The Red Krayola. Playing in this famously “nonmembership” organization are collaborators **Mayo Thompson** – now 82 – and **Emmett Kelly** on guitars, **Connor Gallaher** on pedal steel, and **Marc Riordan** on drums and keyboards, with all contributing vocals. Having steered the craft deftly, Thompson’s crews have pioneered various styles: Texas psych, avant-garde soundmaking, capitalist critique songcraft, groovy proto-post-punk, and idiosyncratic indie rock. You don’t have to imagine what comes next; you can just come to the gig.