Cake Packs The House At Channel 24 For Three Nights

Sacramento natives Cake make a long-awaited return to their hometown since their last Sacramento performance in 2019 with three consecutive sold-out solo shows.

Fans get their tickets scanned for the sold-out Cake show at Channel 24 on Saturday, March 21. (Photo by Xavier Figueroa)

Attendees waiting to get Cake merchandise at Channel 24 on Saturday, March 21 in Sacramento. (Photo by Xavier Figueroa)

Cake performs for a sold-out solo show at the 2150-capacity Channel 24 on Saturday, March 21 in Sacramento. (Photo by Xavier Figueroa)

Each of the three Cake concerts from Saturday, March 21 to Monday, March 23 were sold out. (Photo by Xavier Figueroa)

Cake hosts a sold-out solo show at Channel 24 on Saturday, March. 21 in Sacramento. (Photo by Xavier Figueroa)

Cake performs for a sold-out hometown crowd at Channel 24 on Saturday, March. 21 in Sacramento. (Photo by Xavier Figueroa)

Proceeds from the concerts benefited KVMR and Sacramento Public Radio, in addition to a Sunday pre-show fundraiser in support of Councilmember Mai Vang and Democratic Party candidate for congress Effie Phillips-Staley.

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