Name: Ballyhoo! | Aggie Theatre
Start: 2026-04-10T20:00:00-06:00
Location: Aggie Theatre

Aggie Theatre Presents
BALLYHOO!
FRI, 10 APR 2026 at 08:00PM MDT
Ages: Guests Under 18 Require Accompanying Adult
Doors Open: 07:00PM
On Sale: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 at 09:00AM MST
Through 25 years and eight independent albums, the last four on their own Right Coast Records, Ballyhoo! have earned the exclamation point which marks their name. Starting in the basement of their mom’s Aberdeen, MD, home, rocking out on guitar and drums respectively, practicing every day, brothers Howi and Donald Spangler formed the proto-punk band in the mold of Green Day and Nirvana, with an eye towards the emerging ska genre led by Goldfinger, Sublime, 311 and No Doubt. The group’s eighth and most recent studio album, the breezy, ska-fueled, hook-filled Message to the World, on their own Right Coast Records, finds the self-declared “beach-rockers,” having grown up in public, accepting the responsibilities of adulthood while still hanging on to their dreams of world domination. Stylistically, their music ranges from the hard-edged punk of 2018’s Detonate, which captured the feelings of anger and depression from dealing with personal loss and the exhaustion generated by over a decade on the road to the island reggae beats of the follow-up, Message to the World. “Whatever you want to achieve, just focus on that and work towards it,” explains Howie about the Ballyhoo! ethos. “Don’t worry about followers, views, or even money. Just keep making good stuff. One day it may be possible to finally quit that day job and live your dream full time. ”Ballyhoo! is still doing just that, purveying good vibes, positivity and fun live shows meant to take you away from real life...