Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens has announced her first solo tour for the spring. The shows begin March 28 at the Big Ears Festival and continue through June, hitting major markets and festivals along the way, including New York City (April 9 @ Town Hall), Chicago (April 23 @ The Vic), and the Bonnaroo Music Festival in June. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 13. For the full itinerary, please see below.
Giddens will be touring in support of her upcoming T Bone Burnett-produced debut album Tomorrow Is My Turn, due out February 10 on Nonesuch. Also on February 10, Giddens will make her solo television debut when she performs “Waterboy“ from Tomorrow Is My Turn on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman.
Rhiannon Giddens On Tour
March 28 – Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears Festival
March 29 – Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears Festival
March 31 – Lexington, KY @ Lexington Opera House ^
April 1 – Charlotte, NC @ McGlohon Theatre ^
April 2 – Durham, NC @ Carolina Theater ^
April 3 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre ^
April 4 – Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry ~
April 7 – Rocky Mount, VA @ Harvester Performance Center ^
April 8 – Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater ^
April 9 – New York, NY @ Town Hall ^
April 10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts ^
April 12 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre ^
April 14 – Norfolk, CT @ Infinity Hall ^
April 16 – Northampton, MA @ Calvin Theatre ~
April 17 – Port Washington, NY @ Landmark on Main Street ^
April 18 – Somerville, MA @ Somerville Theatre ^
April 19 – Brownfield, ME @ Stone Mountain Arts Center
April 21 – Albany, NY @ The Egg ^
April 23 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre ^
April 24 – Grand Rapids, MI @ St. Cecilia Music Center ^
April 26 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom ^
April 27 – Madison, WI @ Capitol Theatre ^
April 28 – Minneapolis, MN @ Pantages Theatre ^
April 29 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall ^
May 1 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater ^
May 3 – Anchorage, AK @ Discovery Theatre
May 4- Palmer, AK @ Glen Massay Theatre
May 8- Santa Barbara, CA @ Campbell Hall, UCSB
May 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater ^
May 12 – Arcata, CA @ Van Duzer Theater, Humboldt State Univ.
May 14 – San Francisco, CA @ SFJAZZ
May 15 – San Francisco, CA @ SFJAZZ
May 16 – San Francisco, CA @ SFJAZZ
May 17 – San Francisco, CA @ SFJAZZ
May 19 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater ^
May 20 – Seattle, WA @ Meany Theater, University of Washington ^
May 23 – Augusta, GA @ Papa Joe’s Banjo-B-Que Music Festival
June 2 – Raleigh, NC @ Meymandi Concert Hall – NCS Benefit *
June 11-14 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
June 18-21 – Telluride, CO @ Telluride Bluegrass Festival
^Bhi Bhiman supporting
~ appearing with Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
*appearing solo with Branford Marsalis & Friends
