Les Claypool live at J Resort

Les Claypool played Reno on Wednesday, May 20, at the Reno Events Center in a downtown concert promoted as the opening stop of his Claypool Gold ’26 tour. This Is Reno included the show in its roundup of local events for the week, and regional tourism listings identified the date and venue for the performance. Fan-posted setlists published after the show said the night drew from three Claypool projects — Primus, the Claypool Lennon Delirium and Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade. ### Which Les Claypool show came to Reno? Claypool Gold was the billing used for the Reno date, not a standard solo-bass set or a single-band tour stop. Visit Reno Tahoe’s event listing described Claypool Gold ’26 as a show featuring Primus, the Claypool Lennon Delirium and the Frog Brigade, with all of the bands sharing the stage during the evening. This Is Reno’s events roundup pointed readers to the same performance and described it as a night centered on Claypool’s “genre-bending sound” and bass-driven catalog. (thisisreno.com) The local listing placed the concert on Wednesday at the Reno Events Center, a venue in downtown Reno separate from J Resort’s casino property next door. ### Was this actually at J Resort? The Reno show was listed at the Reno Events Center, according to both This Is Reno and Visit Reno Tahoe. (visitrenotahoe.com) The distinction matters because the Reno Events Center is a standalone downtown venue often associated geographically with the J Resort area, but the available event listings reviewed for this story named the Events Center as the concert site. (thisisreno.com) J Resort’s own website could not be accessed through the web tool because of robots restrictions, so venue confirmation here rests on the local events listing and the regional tourism page. No reviewed source described the May 20 performance as taking place inside a J Resort showroom or theater. ### What did Reno audiences get in the set? Setlist.fm users who said they attended the May 20 show posted a 20-song set that moved across Claypool’s catalog. (thisisreno.com) The list included Frog Brigade songs such as “Up on the Roof” and “David Makalaster,” Claypool Lennon Delirium material including “South of Reality,” and Primus songs including “Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers,” “My Name Is Mud” and “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver.” Three songs — “The Golden Egg of Empathy,” “Troll Bait” and “WAP (What a Predicament)” — were marked on the fan-posted setlist as live debuts. Because Setlist.fm is a user-edited database, those details should be read as attendee reports rather than an official post-show release from Claypool’s team. ### How was the Reno date positioned on the tour? (setlist.fm) Visit Reno Tahoe said the tour kicked off in Reno on May 20 before moving on to Bend, Oregon, on May 22 and Redmond, Washington, on May 23. A music site preview published earlier this year also described Claypool Gold as a coast-to-coast outing built around the overlap of Claypool’s best-known bands. The Reno booking gave the city the first date on the publicly listed run reviewed for this story. (setlist.fm) That made the downtown stop the opening-night test for a format built around one performer’s multiple bands sharing a single stage configuration. ### Where should readers look for Reno event details now? This Is Reno’s calendar continues to carry local event listings, including concerts, nightlife and festival notices in Reno. (visitrenotahoe.com) Its May events roundup was the local source that flagged the Claypool show as part of the week’s lineup. The next public trail for readers looking to verify dates or find similar bookings is the venue and tourism listings that carry Reno Events Center shows. (visitrenotahoe.com) As of Thursday, May 21, the Claypool performance had already taken place, and This Is Reno’s calendar remained the clearest local index for what is scheduled next. (thisisreno.com)