A Beacon School w/Cathedral Bells

New Yorkers love to come down to Florida for the winter. Patrick J. Smith is no exception. On 2023’s Yoyo (stylized all-lowercase), The Brooklyn songwriter and multi-instrumentalist better known as A Beacon School saw his catalog take a leap from more straight guitar pop to a more ambient landscape. Smith’s appearance is bittersweet, too, as it sees support from Orlando synth-pop unit Cathedral Bells, which is sadly playing its last Sunshine State shows before a move to Los Angeles. Gabriel Parker, who plays bedroom-pop under the Peli Gene moniker, brings a must-listen 2025 album, Dream Estate, to kick off the show.—Ray Roa