Show Review, Photos: The Maine Thrill San Francisco Crowd at Headlining Show
The Maine
w/ Nightly, Grayscale, Franklin Jonas and The Byzantines
The Regency Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
March 29th, 2026
Review/Photos by Jaime Schultz
On Sunday night in front of a nearly sold-out crowd, Arizona rock act The Maine performed yet another thrilling Bay Area headlining show as they get ready to release their tenth studio album, Joy Next Door. The Maine has been making the Bay Area a pivotal stop on their tours for nearly two decades now, and each show seems to be better than the last.
A stacked opening lineup was kicked off by Franklin Jonas and The Byzantines, who played an energy-filled, bluegrass-tinged set that found the charismatic frontman running through the crowd and bringing the show to the GA floor. Sets from Nightly and Grayscale followed, with the former bringing a mellower but welcoming vibe to the crowd. The three-piece act’s set was a great lead-in to Grayscale’s higher-energy set. The fan reaction was nearly as loud as the headlining set during Grayscale’s performance, as fans sang along to every word.
You would be hard-pressed to find a bad song within The Maine’s expansive songbook; the five-piece pop-rock act thrilled the Bay Area audience with hits dating all the way back to their debut, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (“We All Roll Along”), their new album (“Die To Fall”, “Palms”, “Quiet Part Loud”), and everything in between. The show’s opener, “Another Night On Mars”, is the closing track from their sickly-sweet American Candy album, and it works just as perfectly opening a show as it does closing it. Fan favorite tracks from nearly every other album made appearances in the setlist including Pioneer (“My Heroine”, “Take Me Dancing”), Black and White ('“Right Girl”), and You Are OK (“Slip The Noose”).
It doesn’t matter how many more shows The Maine plays or how many more albums they release. As long as they keep playing them and making them, the world will be alright.
The Maine Set List
Another Night on Mars
I Think About You All The Time
Die To Fall
Sticky
Like We Did (Windows Down)
Taxi
Touch
Don’t Light The Match
Kennedy Curse
Dose No. 2
Right Girl
Loved You A Little
Palms
We All Roll Along
Bad Behavior
Slip The Noose
My Heroine
Quiet Part Loud
Blame
Black Butterflies and Déjà Vu
Take Me Dancing
