Eight U.S. dates, one crew, and the 1.9 million Filipino Americans who live on the route.
Cookie$, Midnasty & Friends plays eight hubs in the metros where Filipino Americans concentrate, April 2027 through November 2028. Two local Filipino acts open every night, the H4H Radio-PH desk carries the story between dates, and one production pod travels the whole route.
8U.S. hubs, Apr 2027 – Nov 2028
35,000Seats at capacity targets
24,500Attendees at plan (70%)
1,913,218Filipino Americans in hub metros
4,974,949Filipino Americans, U.S.
Headline every night · 60 min
Cookie$
Closes each date with the full headline set and the guest spots that follow it. The tour's anchor in every hub.
Direct support every night · 45 min
Midnasty
Opens for the headline set, back out for the mid-set guest spot. The reintroduction campaign runs across the route.
Local openers · 45 min · two acts
Two local Filipino acts a night
Booked hub by hub: U.S. hip-hop names from the old school through the new generation, plus the strongest acts in each city's own scene. Billed as that city's Friends.
The route
Hub
Date
Seats
Market
San Diego
Apr 10 · 2027
3,000
Community, military, Pacific fleet
Las Vegas
Jun 12 · 2027
3,500
Entertainment, hospitality, tourism
Los Angeles
Jul 4 · 2027
6,000
National media anchor, largest audience
San Francisco Bay Area
Feb 19 · 2028
5,000
Heritage institutions, youth culture
Honolulu
Mar 18 · 2028
4,500
Island identity, language, music
Chicago
May 20 · 2028
4,500
Midwest professional networks
New York
Sep 16 · 2028
5,500
Northeast corridor, media, migration
New Jersey
Nov 18 · 2028
3,000
Caregiving, medical families, holiday close
Eight hubs
Apr 2027 – Nov 2028
35,000
Capacity targets, venues TBC
Capacity targets are planning figures. Rooms are holding per hub and are announced city by city.
How the day runs
5:30 PMGates
6:30 PMDoors
7:30 PMLocal openers
8:15 PMMidnasty
9:00 PMCookie$
10:00 PMCurtain
150 minutes of show. The same call sheet, crew and cues run in all eight hubs, so each date is a repeat of a night that already worked.
What travels
One crew, one production pod, local backline.
Shells, risers, amps, stands and local crew are rented in each city and shared by all three acts, confirmed in writing at T-14. Only artist-critical kit rides the trucks: guitars, basses, pedalboards, drum module and triggers, cymbals, keys, vocal mics, IEM packs and the playback rig.
Why the route holds
Density, not distance. 1,913,218 of the country's 4,974,949 Filipino Americans live in the hub metros. Every stop is a market, not a fly date.
Local casts. Two acts from each city are on the bill, so every show is that city's news before it is ours.
A radio spine. H4H Radio-PH hosts the desk between sets and keeps the story running in the weeks between dates.
Anchors. Independence Day in Los Angeles and the holiday close in New Jersey give the route two fixed, promotable moments.
What a hub gets
A full headline night. Cookie$ at 60 minutes with the guest spot, Midnasty at 45, two local openers at 45.
Two paid local slots. Cast with the city's co-promoter, approved by the tour, billed as that city's Friends.
A capture day. Multicamera coverage of the night, cleared for the city and its artists.
Network inventory. Sponsor and Radio-PH placements carried across all eight hubs, not just one.