Stephen Day with Brother Elsey at Ardmore Music Hall
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Seated Doors: 6:45 PM | GA Doors: 7:15 PM | Show: 8:00 PM
21+ Unless with a Parent or Legal Guardian
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About The Venue
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About Stephen Day
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It was when Stephen Day started playing guitar in high school that the Georgia native, and current Nashville resident, first decided he wanted to make a self-titled album. Even then, he knew that an album bearing his name would require certain demands: complete vulnerability and total honesty. The songs on his self-titled record, due out October 2, portrait in-focus snapshots of Day’s deepest emotions, and intricately weave together who he is as a songwriter, musician, storyteller, and craftsman. From top to bottom, the listener can hear why he finally felt ready to present to them his namesake.
Now over a decade since the release of his 2015 debut EP, Undergrad Romance And The Moses In Me, Day knew it was time.
“It just kind of hit me that this was the moment to do it,” he explains. “I feel like I’m stepping into this confident space of emulating my heroes versus imitating them, and I wanted to have that as a flag and a marker, to be able to say ‘What you’re hearing is Stephen Day. It’s not Stephen Day doing something else.’ If somebody wants to know what I do, this is it.”
Who, then, is Stephen Day, and what does he do? Well, the 13 songs that bear his name demonstrate he’s a formidable, uncategorizable artist who’s able to flit between decades as well as genres—soul, R&B, rock’n’roll, and pop—with effortless ease. He cites three of his main inspirations as Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, and Frank Sinatra, and there are certainly glimpses of their influence across the album. Co-produced by longtime collaborator Micah Tawlks along with multi-GRAMMY winning producer Ian Fitchuk the album begins with the dreamy, hushed contentment of “It Is What It Is,” eases into the infectious groove of “Rock Bottom Baby” before travelling back in time with the impassioned pop-rock of “Annie Breakdown” and “Yes I Do.”
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About Brother Elsey
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Brother Elsey have a way of encapsulating everyday moments within melodies like snapshots from an old polaroid and are ready to capture the hearts of the entire world.
Brothers from Michigan with heartbreakers that'll kick your teeth in.
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