JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD

Spend an evening with two distinctive voices in contemporary indie music when Rickshaw Stop + Live Nation present Jessica Lea Mayfield with Horsepower on Wednesday, December 9, 2026. Doors open at 7:00 PM, with the show beginning at 8:00 PM. This all-ages concert brings together an established singer-songwriter whose work has evolved alongside major personal changes and a newer project known for its theatrical energy and deeply earnest approach to indie rock.

At the center of the evening is Jessica Lea Mayfield, whose upcoming music reflects a period of profound personal transformation. In discussing “Miss Obliteration,” recorded with Day Wave, Mayfield describes realizing that the songs seemed to anticipate changes that would later reshape her life. What began as an unsettling feeling during the recording process took on new meaning as the release was delayed and the circumstances around her changed. Three years later, she describes herself as radically different, with shifts in her spiritual beliefs, personal goals, dreams, and outlook.

That context gives the music an especially reflective dimension. Rather than presenting a simple snapshot of one moment, Mayfield’s work emerges from a period of transition, with the songs connected to a chapter of life that she felt needed to come to a close before the album could fully emerge.

Opening the evening is Horsepower, the New York-based project of Charlotte Weinman. A playwright and performer as well as a musician, Weinman brings theatrical sensibility and indie-rock intensity together in a project built around what she calls earnestness. Her powerful vocals move between playful, youthful tones and near-operatic intensity, giving the music a dramatic quality that matches her performance background.

Horsepower’s self-titled debut EP is also very much a family collaboration. Weinman’s brother Noah Weinman contributed to its lush production, while her other brother Ben Weinman provided production details and lead guitar work. Their older sister Emma created the EP’s cover artwork, reflecting the artistic environment in which the siblings grew up.

Together, Mayfield and Horsepower offer a compelling pairing: one artist exploring personal reinvention through songwriting and another bringing theatricality, family collaboration, and indie-rock energy to the stage.

With doors at 7:00 PM and music beginning at 8:00 PM, this all-ages performance offers local audiences a chance to experience two distinctive approaches to contemporary indie music in one evening. Come ready for emotionally charged songwriting, expressive vocals, and a live performance shaped by both personal history and artistic transformation.