Smells Like Nirvana: MTV Unplugged Tribute Show
Date: Thu, Aug 13, 2026
Time: Thurs., 8pm; doors open 1 hour prior
Price: $20 adv / $25 day-of
Category: Music
Celebrate the legendary sounds of Nirvana & Kurt Cobain’s classic MTV Unplugged performance with ‘Smells Like Nirvana tribute’ as they perform songs from the classic MTV UNPLUGGED album plus other versions of songs from Nevermind, In Utero, Bleach, and more (b sides/rare songs) acoustically. Make this show special by making a song request at smellslikenirvanatribute.com. Smells Like Nirvana is based out of Chicago and is composed of seasoned pros and die- hardfans of Nirvana fronted by Paul Wandtke (ex Trivium, Dead Original), drummer Ty Del Rose (12 stones, Smile Empty Soul) and bassist Mike Petrasek (Bedlem). Their live tribute to Nirvana is a haunting episode of grunge filled angst playing songs from Nirvana’s albums Bleach, Nevermind, In Utero and MTV Unplugged as well as rare b-sides and more; played without click tracks or backing tracks, a trait that is rare in today’s contemporary musical landscape, a trait and philosophy that Nirvana lived by
