WILLIAMSBURG — Wolph, a local teenage-founded band, will get a chance to grace the stage at the Kimball Theater to ring in 2026.
The group, made up of Dylan Stickle, Josh Wright, Cole Morgan, Greg Gernon and Jacob Spence, will take the stage at 7:45 p.m. to kick off 2026 celebrations for a show dubbed “Winterland at the Kimball.” The band will start the evening off with an acoustic set before transitioning to two electric sets that will lead into the new year.
The band will also debut some of its original music that was recorded with Dave Schools, bass player for Widespread Panic.
The New Year’s Eve show is a nod to the band’s inspiration, The Grateful Dead.
“It’s always been a special thing for The Grateful Dead to do New Year’s Eve shows and they’d be in these giant venues with longer and special sets. We’ve always talked about it as a band and have wanted to do something in our hometown. We usually don’t play much here in Williamsburg, but it will be really cool to do a giant thing on a special day,” Stickle said.
Band members will be at Second Sundays on Dec. 14 to sell tickets to the show. Tickets are $30 and provide entry to the show on New Year’s and entry into a raffle for autographed Wolph merch, including T-shirts and posters.
Doors open at 7 p.m. on Dec. 31, and the show runs until 1 a.m. Jan. 1.
The show at the Kimball Theater will be the first time that Wolph plays the venue.
“It’s such a cool and historic spot. It’s a really special thing to be able to play in front of our home crowd,” Stickle said.
Tickets for the show can also be bought through Eventbrite.