For House of Heroes, a band that was founded 15 years ago in Columbus, the band's first live concert was supposed to be a celebration for close friends.

"We thought only 100 or 200 people would show up," lead singer Tim Skipper said by phone from Nashville.

Several hours later, the small venue sold out.

"We were shocked," Skipper said.

So the band booked a bigger venue in Columbus, which also sold out shortly after the venue was announced.

"I really thought people didn't care as much as I hoped they did," Skipper said.

So the band is now headlining The Athenaeum Theatre on Dec. 28 and has already sold over 1,200 tickets.

It will be the biggest headlining concert in the band's history.

House of Heroes started as a punk band at Hilliard Davidson High School in Hilliard, a suburb of Columbus.

The band has toured nationally in Christian and mainstream venues, but stopped regularly touring two years ago after the release of "Colors."

"We lost a lot of momentum," Skipper admitted. "We had some personal stuff and the momentum dried out."

On Dec. 28, they'll play "The End Is Not the End," their breakthrough album, from front to back, which has charted in the top 20 of Billboard Christian albums.

"There was a lot of labor to get it done and released," Skipper said.

Skipper said the band plans to put out an EP with three new songs and two re-imagined, previously released songs, but don't regularly plan to tour after the Columbus show.

Pataskala native John Reuben and Stay Outside will open the show and tickets are available here.