Weedeater drags its 2026 U.S. Fall Tour into The Wayfarer in Costa Mesa on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, with Royal Thunder and Peacepipe on the bill. It's a 21+ weeknight of down-tuned, feedback-soaked riffs in a club room sized for exactly this kind of volume, made for the doom, sludge and stoner-rock heads who plan their fall around tour announcements.
Weedeater came together in 1998 in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the power trio has spent the decades since grinding stoner rock, hardcore punk and Southern metal into something swampy and mean. 'Dixie' Dave Collins' blown-out bass and gravel howl sit at the center of it, and the band's reputation as a live act was built the slow way, one packed club at a time.
Royal Thunder brings a different kind of weight. The Atlanta band leans on bluesy dynamics and grit over sheer volume, and Mlny Parsonz's voice carries in a room in a way the records only hint at. Peacepipe fills out the night, keeping the whole bill rooted in slow, heavy-lidded riffs.
Doors open at 7:00 PM, music starts at 8:00 PM, and the night is scheduled to wrap around 11:30 PM. It's a Tuesday, so plan the drive home before the first chord, and eat beforehand if you're coming straight from work. The show is strictly 21+, tickets are sold through The Wayfarer's Eventbrite page, and all sales are final with no refunds. The listing also notes free parking.
The Wayfarer sits at 843 W. 19th Street in Costa Mesa, a few minutes inland from the Newport and Huntington Beach coastline. It's an intimate room, which means the distance between the crowd and the amps is short and the low end lands in your chest. Get there for doors if you want a spot near the stage for the first set.
About the name: Weedeater's catalog wears its cannabis references proudly, but this is a concert, not a consumption event. Follow the venue's rules, keep it 21+, save the session for a private spot where it's legal, and line up a sober ride if you're partaking before or after the show.
Tuesday's set kicks off a heavy week in California. Two days later, Aftershock Festival opens its four-day run at Discovery Park in Sacramento, with Down and Melvins on Saturday and Body Count and Suicidal Tendencies on Sunday. For more shows and cannabis-culture events up and down the state, browse the High Rise events calendar.