Goose returned to the historic and iconic Louisville Palace Theatre on September 23, 2025, for their third performance—and the first of a two-night stand—at this gorgeous 2,700-capacity venue in Louisville, KY. The band was clearly galvanized by the environment and brought their A-game. The show featured the rarity “A Fifth of Beethoven” along with multiple jams stretching over fifteen minutes at the smallest venue on their 2025 Fall Tour.
The Louisville Palace Theatre, also known simply as the Palace Theatre, was built in 1928 as a movie house with ornate Baroque-style architecture that included carvings of famous intellectuals such as Mozart, Beethoven, Dante, Shakespeare, and the building’s original architect, John Eberson. Much like Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, the ceiling of the concert hall was designed with twinkling lights to simulate stars, creating an outdoor experience indoors. The theater closed and reopened multiple times as a live music venue starting in the 1970s. In 2005, Live Nation took ownership, and in recent years the Palace has hosted bands like My Morning Jacket, Sturgill Simpson, and John Mellencamp.
Goose made no haste and kept their feet on the gas with “My Mind Has Been Consumed by Media” to start the first set. The song was written by newcomer and drummer Cotter Ellis. The colorful light rig illuminated the ornate features of the stunning venue as the band blazed through the new tune. A well-orchestrated transition into a melodic “All I Need” followed. Multi-instrumentalist Peter Anspach added beauty on the keyboard with a piano effect, while guitarist Rick Mitarotonda took flight early in the set. The jam then mellowed as bassist Trevor Weekz became more prominent, steering the music into ambient territory.
As this profound jam evolved, Mitarotonda dialed up the intensity as the band returned to “All I Need” before making a notable pivot into a breezy “Inside Out” by Spoon. Last played in Grand Rapids, MI, on February 13, 2025, this cover carried a melodic bounce. A blues-rock funk vibe emerged as the band sank their teeth into the jam. Weekz and Mitarotonda brought the stellar fifteen-minute exploration to a close as Lighting Director Andrew Goedde drenched the stage with fast-changing lights overhead and behind the band.
A flawless segue led into “Borne,” from their 2022 release Dripfield. The funk began to simmer slowly as the band seamlessly shifted into “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy. This tune was last played on June 11, 2024, after a 108-show gap. They had also performed it during their previous two-night stand at the Louisville Palace Theatre in 2023. It’s suspected they revived the song because of the bust of Beethoven on the ceiling in the lobby, as mentioned in the introduction. Anspach elevated the piece on the clavinet, driving the jam into funky territory.
An electrified “Hot Love & The Lazy Poet” came next in the set. The elusive and ethereal “Spirit of the Dark Horse” followed, played for only the third time this year. Weekz took the helm during the dark intro, backed by resonant drum beats from Ellis. This transitioned into the new tune “Dustin Hoffman,” from their early 2025 release Everything Must Go. Anspach leaned into the clav as the jam thickened, then shifted to a piano effect as his bandmates dialed up the intensity, closing the set with vigor.
An ambient intro kicked off set two, with Anspach leading the crowd in a group handclap as the band sank their teeth into an eighteen-minute “Pancakes.” The jam wove elements of blues and prog rock together, accentuated by bold, dark lighting from Goedde. The band was firing on all cylinders before mellowing and transitioning into “Everything Must Go” from the aforementioned album. A darker jam unfolded, driven by Ellis’s precise, racing beats, before triumphantly returning to “Everything Must Go.”
“White Lights” was up next, last played in Grand Rapids, MI, on February 13, 2025. Anspach led the jam with a piano keyboard effect, while Mitarotonda shifted gears on guitar into minor-chord territory as the band moved into the dark, reggae-inspired “Bob Don.” The jam culminated in a face-melting guitar sequence featuring both Mitarotonda and Anspach on guitar before landing back in “Bob Don.”
A space-funk jam on “Sinnerman” by Nina Simone slipped into the smoking-hot set next. The band throttled the beat into an EDM-inspired space, complete with tasty layers of synth and bass. Some in the community call this “Goontz,” a mashup of “Goose” and “Untz.” Regardless of the name, this raging jam was the highlight of the show—Goose at their unadulterated finest. The quartet then magically returned to “Sinnerman” and closed the set with unrelenting intensity.
The band stepped offstage and returned for the encore with “Slow Ready.” They played the slower, melodic opening section with vocals before flipping into a rip-roaring “SALT” that closed out this absolute heater and left “Slow Ready” unfinished.
Goose heads into the weekend with two Southern shows sure to bring the heat, starting with Alpharetta, GA on September 26th and Charlotte, NC on September 27th. Fall tour closes out with a show in Columbus, OH on Oct. 30th, two nights in Richmond, VA on Nov. 2-3, and a tour closer in Philadelphia, PA on Oct. 4th. They will perform at two festivals in October: Rise in Las Vegas and Hulaween in Suwanee, FL. This bird band will close out the year with two nights in Providence, RI, for their annual Goosemas event. Head over to their tour page for more details.
Check out more photos from the show. Also, view our prior coverage of the Goose 2025 Fall Tour in Chicago, IL.
Band: Goose
Date: September 23, 2025
Location: Louisville, KY
Venue: Louisville Palace Theater
Set One: My Mind Has Been Consumed By Media > All I Need[1] -> Inside Out[2] > Borne -> A Fifth Of Beethoven[3], Hot Love & The Lazy Poet, Spirit Of The Dark Horse > Dustin Hoffman
Set Two: Pancakes[4] > Everything Must Go, White Lights[4] -> Bob Don[5], Sinnerman[6]
Encore: Slow Ready > SALT
Coach's Notes:
[1] Slow, melodic version. Unfinished.
[2] Spoon.
[3] Walter Murphy.
[4] Unfinished.
[5] With.
[6] Nina Simone.
