Indie Event Details

Medium Build: The King of Having Fun on Tour

When

Friday, October 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM CDT

Where

Metro
Chicago, Wrigleyville

Address

3730 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613

Listing checked

Aug 28, 2026

Friday, October 16 Medium Build: The King of Having Fun on Tour with Bella White $31 Adv. / $36 Day of / $106 VIP / All Ages / Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm Medium Build is partnering with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold goes to REVERB and their work creating a more sustainable music industry and empowering fans to take action on environmental and social issues. VIP Ticket Includes : One General Admission Ticket Pre-show soundcheck experience Solo acoustic performance (2–3 songs) Q&A session Exclusive merch item Commemorative laminate Early entry Crowd-free merch shopping Medium Build’ s Nick Carpenter never planned for a career as a singer-songwriter to take him to great heights. But when it did — an ascent made possible on the merits of his razor-sharp and fearlessly reflective tunes, electrifying performances, and acerbic, hilarious wit — he certainly wasn’t prepared to end up so close to the edge. Now, on the heels of his breakthrough 2024 album Country , years of relentless touring under increasingly brighter lights and bigger stages, and recovery from the subsequent fallout that often follows fame, comes King of Having Fun , Medium Build’s most cohesive, extroverted, and joyful record yet. An album made not in an isolated bedroom like much of his past work but live in a studio with his closest friends and collaborators, it is fueled by a fresh rock-and-roll energy paired with the artist’s familiar lo-fi-meets-indie-and country sound yet still driven by the biting lyrical insight and potent self-examination that has endeared Carpenter to throngs of fans worldwide. Sure to bring Medium Build to a whole new level of stardom through its sheer sonic power and songwriting prowess, King of Having Fun is the sound of a fractured soul picking up the pieces out of the darkness of rock-bottom and rediscovering real love — for others, for joy, and for oneself.