First Day Back playing free NYC show at South Street Seaport

Santa Cruz emo band First Day Back are about to begin their longest tour yet, which is with gapyear, plus reunited emo vets Ethel Meserve and On Being an Angel on select dates. It includes a sold out NYC show on July 19 at Baby’s All Right, and now there’s a second chance to see them in NYC this month. They’ll play a free show outside Numero Group’s Factory Outlet popup at South Street Seaport (at the corner of Front St. and John St.) at 1 PM that afternoon. It’s free and open to the public.

First Day Back’s debut album Forward was one of our favorite punk albums of 2025, and you can stream it below and pick it up on vinyl in the BV shop. See all their upcoming dates (which include a run supporting Basement) below, as well.

FIRST DAY BACK: 2026 TOUR DATES
7.9 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
7.11 Austin, TX @ 29th St Ballrooom
7.12 Houston, TX @ The End
7.14 Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR
7.15 Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
7.17 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
7.18 Washington, DC @ The Fridge
7.19 New York, NY @ Numero Group Factory Outlet
7.19 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
7.20 Somerville, MA @ Warehouse XI
7.22 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
7.24 Pittsburgh, PA @ Bottlerocket Social Hall
7.25 Columbus, OH @ Dirty Dungarees
7.26 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean Downstairs
7.28 St. Louis, MO @ The Sinkhole
7.29 Kansas City, MO @ Howdy
7.30 Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head
8.1 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
9.19 Tokyo, Japan @ Shinjyuku NINE SPICES
9.20 Kyoto, Japan @ Live House nano
9.21 Osaka, Japan @ CONPASS
9.22 Aichi, Japan @ stiffslack Venue
9.23 Tokyo, Japan @ shimokitazawa ERA
9.24 Tokyo, Japan @ LIVE HOUSE FEVER
10.20 Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall ^
10.23 Berkeley, CA @ The UC Theatre ^
10.24 Berkeley, CA @ The UC Theatre ^
10.27 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo ^
10.28 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater ^
10.30 Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell at The Complex ^
11.1 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre ^
11.3 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue ^
11.4 Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall ^
11.6 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues ^
11.7 St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn ^
11.8 Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre ^
11.11 Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall ^
11.13 Boston, MA @ Roadrunner ^

^ with Basement