Stuart’s Opera House Presents: Nick Shoulders onNovember 22, 2025https://stuartsoperahouse.org/events/NELSONVILLE, Ohio – Stuart’s Opera House is thrilled to welcome Nick Shoulders to its historic stage on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM as part of The Universe of Battle Tour. Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, May 23rd at 10:00 am. Purchase tickets at stuartsoperahouse.org or by calling (740) 753-1924. Prices range from $25-40.Nick Shoulders brings a heady balance of dazzling musicianship and punk defiance, coupled with gritty eccentricity and a generational connection to the roots of country music. His latest album, All Bad, released via Gar Hole Records (a label he co-founded), is both a plea for patience and a call to action—vocally objecting to the reckless destruction of the natural landscape and the ever-eroding line between church and state, while still offering plenty of joy and dance-ready rhythms.Recorded straight to tape in a shotgun house, All Bad is infused with the sweat-soaked rhythms of South Louisiana dance culture and the rural singing traditions of Shoulders’ Arkansas upbringing. The album spans jangling Cajun waltzes, surf-rock infused ballads, and haunting folk, all tied together by a voice seemingly out of place in this century. Shoulders creates music that’s honest about the lives we’re actually living—unpolished, unfiltered, and profoundly human.“As much as we’re throwing a party, it’s also a priority to be the teacher I never had,” says Shoulders of his electrifying live shows, “and share this vital information that’s done wonders to improve my understanding of history, and the present we’re left with.” Whether you're there to stomp your boots or soak in the stories, a Nick Shoulders show is an invitation to experience country music as both celebration and reclamation.Nick Shoulders last appeared in Nelsonville, Ohio at the 2023 Nelsonville Music Festival, produced by Stuart’s Opera House.About Stuart’s Opera HouseStuart’s Opera House is the cornerstone of the historic Public Square in Nelsonville. Dedicated to fostering the arts, Stuart’s presents live performances, including the Nelsonville MusicFestival, and provides tuition-free arts education programs year-round. Learn more at stuartsoperahouse.org