It’s rare to see these types of shows in Lawrence. On Thursday night, Julien Baker kicked off her three-night residency at The Bottleneck. Now, we won’t say too much about the show so as not to ruin it for those of you going Friday and Saturday. But we will say that the entire process of watching this show come to life was fun as hell because it was essentially a big “Fuck You” to the capitalist machine in the music industry.

Tickets for this show were sold almost exclusively in person. If you will recall a couple of months ago, fans lined up on a rain Saturday morning to purchase the tickets in person at Lucia (the line wrapped all the way around the block to Maceli’s). This guaranteed that the tickets went to fans and not scalpers and remained price-protected. The tour also supported the local independent avenues of the music industry, utilizing independently-owned nightclubs, bookers, and promoters.

The emotional tone of the show only intensified as the night went on and the windows of The Bottleneck fogged up. Baker has one of the absolute best fan bases around, one that can show emotion and remain polite and kind to each other.

This was the second to last stop on the six-city residency tour, and the band treated fans to some new songs (along with old favorites). A portion of proceeds from the show went to The Ally Coalition, which helps support LGBTQ youth across the country (word has it Lawrence PRIDE will be present at the other nights).

She shared the stage with El Obo, who opened up the evening. Photos below.