Concert by Paris Paloma, singer-songwriter from Ashbourne, Derbyshire, blending dark pop, folk and indie.
Paris Paloma plays Franklin Music Hall on Friday, October 23, 2026, with the show starting at 8 PM. She's the sole bill for the night, so it's just her on stage.
Paloma comes from Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and she describes her songwriting as channeling the experience of womanhood. The themes she works with are grief, love, death and power, and she pulls from mythology, art history and the Romantics to build them out. It's a heavy set of subjects, and she doesn't shy away from the darker side of things.
Her sound sits at the crossroads of dark pop, folk and indie, and she's often described as ethereal—the kind of music that feels like it's floating even when the lyrics are grounded in something heavy. If you've heard her before, you know the folk side is where she leans most, but there's a pop sensibility to the melodies that keeps it from feeling like a traditional folk set. It's dark pop in the truest sense: pop songs that don't mind sitting with the uncomfortable stuff.
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The show is at Franklin Music Hall, 421 North 7th Street in Philadelphia, and it kicks off at 8 PM on Friday, October 23.
