Japanese Breakfast Cancels Rochester Show Due To Venue Hosting QAnon-Friendly Event

According to Brooklyn Vegan, alternative pop band Japanese Breakfast has canceled their show in Rochester, New York after finding out that a QAnon-friendly event would be taking place at the same venue. The show was originally scheduled for September 27 at Main Street Armory, unfortunately, the band has not rescheduled the date yet as no venues in the area are available.

“Rochester show at the Armory. We have canceled the event because a number of people reached out letting us know they were boycotting the venue because of the Reawaken America tour. We were told the event was canceled and later learned it was secretly still moving forward,” The band shared in a statement posted to Twitter, “It’s a picket line we support and are not interested in crossing. We are unfortunately unable to move the event to a different venue this time but we love Rochester and I am sure we will return someday soon.”

 The band will be touring North America pretty extensively through the summer and fall months. Tonight, the group is slated to play in Bloomington, Illinois at Castle Theatre alongside The Linda Lindas. The North American leg of the tour will be ending in October at the Austin City Limits music festival. After that, they will be moving onto their European trek.

Japanese Breakfast Summer & Fall 2022 North American Tour Dates
7/14 – Bloomington, IL @ Castle Theatre #
7/15 – St Louis, MO @ The Pageant #
7/16 – Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
7/17 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Brewery #
7/19 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY %
7/20 – Montréal, QC @ Théâtre Corona %
7/21 – Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point &
7/22 – Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival
7/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Dell Music Center *^
7/26 – Honolulu, HI @ The Republik
7/31 – Niigata, Japan @ Fuji Rock Festival
8/6 – Incheon, South Korea @ Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival
8/14 – Seattle, WA @ Day In Day Out
8/26 – Stanford, CA @ Frost Amphitheater
8/28 – London, England @ All Points East Festival
9/2 – Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
9/3 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
9/4 – Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
9/15 – Louisville, KY @ Bourbon & Beyond
9/17 – Bentonville, AR @ The Momentary
9/27 – Main Street Armory Rochester, NY * CANCELED
9/28 – New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall *
9/29 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner *
10/1 – Queens, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium ~#
10/4 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena @
10/6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl ~#
10/7-10/9 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/7 – Portland, OR @ Theater of the Clouds @
10/14-10/16 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
# – w/ The Linda Lindas
& – w/ The National
* – w/ Yo La Tengo
^ – w/ Cate Le Bon
~ – w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs
@ – w/ Florence + The Machine

Photo Credit: Kalyn Oyer