Songwriter Patty Griffin is teaming with fellow artists Sara Watkins and Anaïs Mitchell for a major U.S. tour and voter engagement drive in conjunction with the League of Women Voters. The “Use Your Voice Tour 2016,” produced by Columbia Artists Management LLC, gets underway February 12 at St. Petersburg, FL’s Mahaffey Theatre and then visits 37 more U.S. cities through early April (see itinerary below).
“The League is excited to be teaming up with Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins, and Anaïs Mitchell to make sure all voices are heard on Election Day 2016,” said Elisabeth MacNamara, president of the League of Women Voters. “We’re ready to help fans get the election information they need, whether it’s how to update their voter registration, find easy-to-understand local candidate and voting information, or learn about getting involved in the League’s work.”
ABOUT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS:
A respected leader in the voter engagement field for 95 years, the League of Women Voters is active in all 50 states and nearly 800 communities. League volunteers conduct nonpartisan voter registration, education and mobilization year-round, every year with the goal of empowering millions of voters to participate and ensure they have fair and equal access to the vote. Visit the League’s award-winning voting website, www.VOTE411.org, to find out about upcoming elections in your community.
For more, please visit www.pattygriffin.com,www.sarawatkins.com, www.anaismitchell.com, www.lwv.org
PATTY GRIFFIN, SARA WATKINS, AND ANAÏS MITCHELL
THE USE YOUR VOICE TOUR 2016
Presented in Partnership with The League of Women Voters
FEBRUARY
12 – Mahaffey Theatre – St. Petersburg, FL
13 – Florida Theatre Performing Arts Center – Jacksonville, FL
16 – Hodgson Hall – Athens, GA
17 – Opelika Center for Performing Arts – Opelika, AL
18 – Egyptian Ballroom – Atlanta, GA
19 – Clemens Fine Arts Center – Paducah, KY
20 – Otis A. Singletary Center for the Arts – Lexington, KY
23 – Peace Center Concert Hall – Greenville, SC
25 – Ferguson Center for the Arts Concert Hall – Newport News, VA
26 – Page Auditorium – Durham, NC
27 – Camp Concert Hall – Richmond, VA
28 – Shaftman Performance Hall – Roanoke, VA
MARCH
1 – Music Center at Strathmore – North Bethesda, MD
2 – Grand Opera House – Wilmington, DE
3 – Weis Center of the Performing Arts – Lewisburg, PA
4 – Mayo Performing Arts Center Theatre – Morristown, NJ
5 – Jorgensen Auditorium – Storrs, CT
6 – Kelley Theatre – Fairfield, CT
8 – Fuller Hall – St. Johnsbury, VT
9 – Hart Theatre – Albany, NY
10 – Sanders Theatre – Boston, MA
11 – Music Hall Portsmouth – Portsmouth, NH
12 – Music Hall Tarrytown – Tarrytown, NY
13 – Wilkins Theatre – Union, NJ
15 – Strand Theatre – York, PA
16 – Eisenhower Auditorium – University Park, PA
18 – Dave Finkelman Auditorium – Middletown, OH
19 – Macomb Center for the Performing Arts – Clinton Township, MI
20 – Palladium Center for Performing Arts – Carmel, IN
22 – Bass Concert Hall – Austin, TX
23 – Tobin Center for the Performing Arts – San Antonio, TX
24 – Dosey Doe Coffee House – Houston, TX
25 – Granada Theater – Dallas, TX
26 – Hutchinson’s Historic Fox Theatre – Hutchinson, KS
28 – The O’Shaughnessy Auditorium – St. Paul, MN
30 – Jackson Hall – Davis, CA
31 – Uptown Theatre – Napa, CA
APRIL
1 – California Center for the Arts Concert Hall – Escondido, CA
2 – Great Hall – Northridge, CA
