The Carolina Chocolate Drops, no strangers to the road, enjoyed a few months at home this spring and summer as band member Rhiannon Giddens welcomed "the newest Droplet," her beautiful daughter Aoife (ee-fah) Armentha Laffan, into the world in May, and the group prepares its Nonesuch debut, due out in early 2010. Now, the band is set to hit the road once again for an extensive, 29-date tour of the United States, beginning this Friday at Rams Head Live in Baltimore, and running through a two-gig closer at the Caswell County Civic Center in Yanceyville, South Carolina, in late November. In between, the tour will wind its way through DC, North Carolina, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Tennessee, California, and Oregon.
Below are the scheduled dates and venues. For more information and links to pick up tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour. And now, you can help spread the word about the Carolina Chocolate Drops and let folks know when they're playing near you by joining the band's new street team. You'll find all the tools you need—posters, photos, web banners, buddy icons, and more—at ccdteam.ning.com.
US TOUR DATES
8/21 |
Rams Head Live
|
Baltimore, MD
|
8/22
|
Nat'l Museum of the American Indian |
Washington, DC |
8/27
|
American Tobacco Company |
Durham, NC |
8/29
|
Greensboro Historical Museum |
Greensboro, NC |
9/5 |
Cat's Cradle |
Carrboro, NC |
9/6 |
Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens |
Mt. Pleasant, SC |
9/13
|
Fearrington Village
|
Pittsboro, NC |
9/25 |
The District |
Columbia, MO |
9/26 |
Off Broadway |
St. Louis, MO |
9/29 |
Eastern Kentucky University |
Richmond, KY |
9/30 |
The Kent Stage |
Kent, OH |
10/1 |
The State Theatre |
State College, PA |
10/2 |
The Ark |
Ann Arbor, MI |
10/3 |
The Ark |
Ann Arbor, MI |
10/4 |
Old Town School of Folk Music |
Chicago, IL |
10/6 |
Kenyon College |
Gambier, OH |
10/7 |
Lincoln Theatre |
Columbus, OH |
10/9 |
The Grey Eagle |
Asheville, NC |
10/10 |
CoMMA |
Morganton, NC |
10/11 |
Bijou Theatre |
Knoxville, TN |
10/13 |
The Belcourt Theatre |
Nashville, TN |
10/15 |
McGlohon Theatre, Spirit Square |
Charlotte, NC |
10/16 |
The Soapbox |
Wilmington, NC |
11/7 |
Napa Valley Opera House |
Napa, CA |
11/8 |
Palace of Fine Arts, SFJAZZ |
San Francisco, CA |
11/10 |
The Shedd |
Eugene, OR |
11/18 |
Canyons |
Blowing Rock, NC |
11/19 |
Caswell County Civic Center |
Yanceyville, SC |