The Jack's First Show is one of St. Louis’s most well known tours of the fall. The tour was started in 1987 when the city noticed its residents were leaving for the weekends because of the lack of big events. Jack's First Show became a reality because Abrahams Smith took the initial idea and worked out all the details. Without much funding the festival started out small, with a lot of the city's performers..

After a couple of years Jack's First Show began to develop a following The festival began to book acts that were known nationally and the festival started to get much press than when it began. Soon hotel rooms in the city were being booked months in advance for the dates around Jack's First Show.

Jack's First Show tickets are now all gone within a couple of days of being released. Organizers of the tour no that they have a responsibility to ask local groups to perform, even though they could probably get just about any group they want. Jack's First Show used to be concerned with getting enough acts to fill out the bill, but now is starting to worry of the event is getting too big.

The tour is once again the biggest of its kind this year. More bands than ever will be there with huge names and great up and coming groups.

The group’s tour schedule and concert information is outlined on TheSeats.com, along with the latest Jack's First Show tickets and seating charts available.