The Pixies will play T.T. the Bear’s Place tonight to bid goodbye to that club before it closes next month, going from the band’s largest-ever local crowd at Boston Calling in May to its smallest since breaking out of town in the late ’80s. Tickets go on sale today at 2 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre with a two-ticket limit ($55 each) and a wristband system for entry into the 18+ show (both parties must be present to get wristbands at purchase).

“T.T. the Bear’s is one of the clubs that broke us,” Pixies lead guitarist Joey Santiago said in a statement, “and we played there many, many times.  And all the great bands that we saw there, we have a lot of wonderful memories of the place.”

The 300-capacity club, which has rocked Central Square for 30 years and hosted other rising bands from Jane’s Addiction to the Strokes, will feature a week-long farewell blowout capped by a closing night set by Scruffy the Cat on July 25.