Lunar Ticks have built a word-of-mouth following across the Midwest by selling out clubs and performing at venues such as Lincoln Hall, The Metro, and Park West. The band has had the pleasure of playing with Dogs in a Pile, Eggy, Dopapod, Pink Talking Fish, and members of Umphrey's McGee, Vulfpeck, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Trey Anastasio Band, and Jerry Garcia Band. They have also been invited to festivals all over the country, including multiple years at Shoe Fest and Summer Camp Music Festival.
The group's experimental approach has been seen and heard at specialty themed genre/cover concerts, through interactive crowd inspired improvisations, and they have even been included in an immersive art exhibit at Chicago's world famous WNDR Museum.
Recently Lunar Ticks have toured the country multiple times, and have moved into theater's including Park West in Chicago, The Arcada Theater in St. Charles, and The Majestic Theater in Madison, WI. They released 4 studio singles and 5 live compilations in 2026 with more on the way, and were included in Relix Magazine as a "cutting edge, on the verge" artist. Last but not least, the Ticks have created/curated/ and run their very own local music festival called Indie Park Fest, which continued to flourish in year four.
SHOWS
What they say:
"I loved your band" - Allie Kral
"There’s no way these guys all have regular jobs if they sound this good" - Eskra's bud
“You guys are fucking fearless” - Ray S
“John Hartford meets Midwest Emo” - Kodi A
“Dude, those beats were like… the constitution” - Sean
"Sounds like Ty Segall meets Frank Zappa." -Drunk guy at a party
"You sound like if the Beatles were a jam band." -Mike D.
"Do you know why I didn't wear socks today? Because the last couple times I saw you, you rocked them off." -Andrew P.
"This band is dope." -Van I.
"It's like Dopapod meets Dr. Dog"-Guy at Martyr's
"You turned my brain into Play-doh spaghetti coming out of my ears." -Andrew P. (again)
"I was walking around at Summer Camp when I heard your music and I knew, 'that's where I need to eat these empanadas.'" -John L.
"You're a jam band with garage-y teeth." -Benji F.
"You've got a hook; no, you've got TWO hooks!" -Kevin K.
"We've played with a lot of bands, and most of them don't sounds that good." -Ethan W.
"I would say they're like Dr. Dog mixed with Queens of the Stone Age, but a jam band"-Brady L.
"You guys went nowhere and everywhere and somewhere in between"- guy in Madison
"nobody had ever heard of you fuckers when you started, but it was great!" - lady at Leroy's
"You were playing those drums so hard i almost shit myself" - WIU Homie
"….. FUCK!!" - Josh's mom
"This is the first time this has been a venue and not just a bar…" Aeronaut brewery
"First you sounded like the Grateful Dead, but then you sounded like something completely different!"... Independence party show friend
This band shits gold individually. Together they shit a whole new more rare cooler element like iron diamonds that are really good friends with garnets and jazz players and astronauts." -Jonny P