What Happened with Koe Wetzel’s Surprise Show at Sam’s Town Point

On Wednesday, March 27th, massive Texas music superstar Koe Wetzel took to X/Twitter to announce a surprise show at the tiny Sam’s Town Point in Austin. The club operated by songwriter and Austin legend Ramsay Midwood is one of the town’s most legendary dives, nestled in between houses in an unincorporated neighborhood in south Austin.
“I’m playing an acoustic set at Sam’s Town Point in Austin Texas tonight at 10pm, ask for Ramsay and you get in for free!” Koe exclaimed at about 7:55 p.m. local time.
Though Koe isn’t exactly as massive as Zach Bryan, it felt very similar to when Zach announced a similar surprise acoustic show at Sagebrush in south Austin on January 9th. The event ended up being part of a video shoot for Zach’s song “Nine Ball.” It appears the Koe popup was going to be a similar type thing, until it wasn’t.
At 9:00 p.m., Koe tweeted, “Shows cancelled, they kicked me out.” Then about two minutes later he tweets, “F-ckers.”
It turns out that Koe Wetzel had recently used Sam’s Town Point for a photo/video shoot of some sort, and was aiming on making his return. The problem was that he didn’t check with Ramsay Midwood first … well, sort of.
“A few days ago Jody Domingue sent me an email about possibly doing another photo shoot with Koe at the club … I’ve been a bit busy with stuff so I neglected to reply, which in a way, is a reply,” Midwood tells Saving Country Music.
But Koe and company showed up anyway, started setting up camera equipment, and announced the popup show.
What happened next as described by Ramsay Midwood is about the most Ramsay Midwood and Koe Wetzel thing you can imagine.
I got a call from the club asking if it was ok… I said ‘No but put Koe on the phone.’ I asked him if he was there to have his picture taken. He replied ‘yes is that ok?’….I asked if he was interested in playing a show there in the future to which he replied ‘if I was drunk enough I might jump on stage with someone’…and I said, ‘that is not what I asked’ so I asked again if he would be interested in playing the club….he reiterated ‘maybe’ and added if he had enough rumple minze he might…I asked again if he wanted to play the club because I think it would be great and his fans would love it there and we’d all get a kick out of it…he said ‘maybe’ and I said ‘yes or no’ ….and he said ‘no’ and so I said ‘beat it.’
According to Midwood, there is no hard feelings from his end or Sam’s Town Point. We’ll take it from Koe Wetzel’s “F-ckers,” he might have gotten his feathers ruffled a little bit, but he’ll probably survive.
Saving Country Music did reach out to Koe Wetzel’s publicist for comment. They said Koe would pipe up if he had anything to add. So far, he hasn’t. Fans did show up throughout the night asking for Ramsay and looking for Koe, adding to some confusion.
But that was that. Perhaps it could have been a cool moment. But it wasn’t.
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If you do want to hear about a cool moment at Sam’s Town Point, you can read the review of the recent SXSW event “The Dance” from earlier in March, organized by Jonathan Tyler.
March 28, 2024 @ 5:54 pm
I am not a fan of his music or shenanigans.
March 28, 2024 @ 5:59 pm
None of that sounded like actions of responsible grown up men.
March 30, 2024 @ 6:52 pm
Genuinely asking and not trying to be smart, but what about Koe Wetzel strikes you as being mature and responsible. While I appreciate his music and think it’s actually pretty good I don’t think anyone who has read anything about him/ heard some of his songs (Feb 28,2016- Drunk Driving- So Low just to name a few) I doubt would really think he’s a upstanding type of guy
March 28, 2024 @ 6:58 pm
I’m confused. If he didn’t want to play a show at the venue, why did he publicly announce a show at the venue as part of the shoot?
March 28, 2024 @ 7:34 pm
Mean what you say, say what you mean…honesty is the best policy. Yeah, all that s***. Doing otherwise causes confusion and delay. It’s called maturity.
March 28, 2024 @ 9:04 pm
Who?
March 28, 2024 @ 9:11 pm
Some of those clubs fuck artist anyway they can. That’s what the Tumbleweed in Stillwater Oklahoma does well for example.
March 29, 2024 @ 9:40 am
The club didn’t fuck anyone, Koe fucked Koe.
March 29, 2024 @ 4:01 am
…”massive texas music superstar koe wetzel” – not quite sure, whether this wonderfully expressive ott assessment makes koe wetzel too big and texas too small in reality.
March 29, 2024 @ 5:59 am
He’s a god damn drunk who steals from his fans with the shit faced performances he puts on. His set at Cheyenne Frontier Days a couple of years ago was an embarrassment and a slap at those of us who have pushed them to include independent and or Texas Country acts on the big stage each year.
March 29, 2024 @ 7:00 am
Reminds me of that time Kip Moore did a show at the wrong place across the street.
Like… is it really hard to… walk across the street to the correct place?
an eight year old has that much sense, at least.
and it sounds like this guy just… voluntold another man’s business for an impromptu show.
As someone else suggested, this sounds childish. THIS is what eight year olds do.
March 29, 2024 @ 7:58 am
Story is as hilarious as it is on brand.
Love Koe, but I’m not a genre snob, and miss when rockstars lived like rockstars, so stories like this are great for a laugh.
Saw Koe last year around this time in the redneck capital of the world, Pikeville, Kentucky. He killed. Show was fun as hell.
March 30, 2024 @ 6:51 pm
Been to Pikeville several times. Never seen such an accurate description.
March 29, 2024 @ 9:55 am
Sounds like Koe to me. You should have made the article into a guessing game though. As in guess what artist pulled this stunt? I am certain 99 percent of the replies would have nailed it. The other one percent – Beyoncé of course.
March 31, 2024 @ 4:59 pm
Trig, I’ve actually wondered this for a while, but what do you think of Koe? In terms of music I mean.
April 2, 2024 @ 2:21 pm
I don’t think Koe is as good as his biggest fans think he is, and I don’t think he’s as bad as his loudest detractors think he is. I also don’t really have the bandwidth to pay attention to him any more than to come to that basic conclusion. He doesn’t need me like other performers do. He’s fine, and more in the purview of rock than country.