Downtown Phoenix showed up lined in denim and dusted in cowboy hats for Dylan Gossett’s sold-out Sunday night stop at The Van Buren. The room was shoulder-to-shoulder long before the lights fell, proof that Gossett’s rise from bedroom recordings to full-blown touring artist is happening in real time — and the fans are here for every second of it.
Buffalo Traffic Jam opened the night, marking their final date on this run before Willow Avalon takes over for the next leg. Their set was a warm, roots-driven welcome into the evening — the kind that pulls the crowd in song by song until you look around and realize the entire room is nodding along. They played like a band savoring the last stretch of the road, leaving everything out onstage and earning loud cheers from a crowd that clearly didn’t mind being converted.
When Gossett took the stage, the venue erupted like someone had flipped every switch in the room at once. He moved through his set with the easy sincerity that’s become his signature, each song carrying that raw, Texas-bred storytelling he’s built his fanbase on. The energy between Gossett and the packed-in crowd never wavered, each feeding the other in a steady loop of connection. “Coal” and “Beneath Oak Trees” hit especially hard, the kind of moments that make a big room feel intimate.
His vocals were steady and unforced, letting the lyrics do most of the talking, and the band behind him tightened every moment without stealing focus. It was the kind of set where you could feel his trajectory — still climbing, still sharpening, but already commanding a room with the confidence of someone who knows he belongs there.
By the end of the night, boots scuffed, hats tilted, and fans shouting every word, it was clear Phoenix didn’t just attend this show — they celebrated it. Gossett delivered a Sunday night sendoff that felt bigger than the venue, the kind of performance that marks a turning point in a rising artist’s career.
