In my last post, I shared my experience at MilkBoy seeing Echo Kid, and I am continuing the live music trend with this post, as well. I had an incredible night seeing Noah Richardson at Underground Arts in Philly. I discovered Noah through TikTok (cringe, but so worth it), when I heard his song “Tangerine” for the first time. As I write this, it is also Spotify Wrapped release day, and I can see I listened to “Tangerine” and “My Turn” off Noah’s EP It’s So Good To See You 32 times this year. I met my friends after work at Gaul & Co. Malt House in Rockledge. We took a seat at the bar and rushed to order espresso martinis and some food before the bus left. While we were chatting, a girl from across the bar asked if we were going to the show and let us know she and her friends were there for the concert, as well. What was so cool about this show in particular is Noah and his team arranged for a bus to pick people up from the restaurant and take us to the venue together. On the ride there, we also passed his family’s funeral home, where Noah used to record in the basement.

Once we arrived at Underground Arts, we checked our coats, and I headed straight to the merch table to buy a t-shirt and poster to get signed at the end of the show. After I made my purchase, we went over to the bar to get some drinks and hang out in the back while the openers (Koser followed by dosey) performed. When we were ordering a second round of drinks before Noah’s set, we ran into one of the guys we had met earlier at Malt & Co. who led us right to the front of the stage!

After the show, one of my new friends was able to score me the setlist, which I plan on framing with my signed tour poster. This concert definitely makes it into my top 5 live music performances. The smaller venue, combined with being front and center to the performance, made that night one I will never forget.

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