Rhiannon Giddens has announced sixteen new headlining dates on her Freedom Highway tour. The new tour stops include shows in Baltimore, Tampa, and Cincinnati and are part of several months of touring across the US. Tickets for the new dates go on sale this Friday, February 2.
Rhiannon Giddens has announced new dates on her headlining tour in celebration of her highly praised second solo album, Freedom Highway. The sixteen new tour stops include shows in Baltimore, Tampa, and Cincinnati. See below for all of the currently scheduled shows. Tickets for the new dates will go on sale this Friday, February 2, at 10am local time. For all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
Freedom Highway made several of 2017's year-end-best lists, including those of NPR Music and Rolling Stone. Giddens co-produced the album with multi-instrumentalist Dirk Powell in his Breaux Bridge, Louisiana studio, with the bulk of recording done in wooden rooms built prior to the Civil War. Freedom Highway is available now on iTunes, Amazon, and in the Nonesuch Store and can be heard on Spotify and Apple Music.
The MacArthur Foundation recently announced Rhiannon Giddens as a recipient of their prestigious fellowship. The MacArthur Fellowship is a five-year grant "to individuals who show exceptional creativity in their work and the prospect for still more in the future." Giddens has a recurring role in CMT’s series Nashville, the new season of which began earlier this month.
| Feb 7 | National Sawdust w/Lara Downes | Brooklyn, NY |
| Feb 9-11 | Irish Arts Center w/Dirk Powell | New York, NY |
| Feb 17 | Mississippi Museum of Art | Jackson, MS |
| Feb 24 | The Apollo Theater, Soundtrack '63 | New York, NY |
| Mar 3 | Carnegie Hall, Tibet House Benefit Concert | New York, NY |
| Mar 25 | Women in Music Festival | Los Angeles, CA |
| Apr 13 | Savannah Music Festival | Savannah, GA |
| Apr 14 | Memorial Auditorium | Raleigh, NC |
| Apr 15 | Spinning Jenny* | Greer, SC |
| Apr 17 | Harvester Performance Center* | Rocky Mount, VA |
| Apr 18 | Virginia Arts Festival | Norfolk, VA |
| Apr 19 | Baltimore Sound Stage* | Baltimore, MD |
| Apr 23 | Ferguson Hall, Straz Center* | Tampa, FL |
| Apr 24 | Madison-Morgan Cultural Center* | Madison, GA |
| Apr 25 | Charleston Music Hall* | Charleston, SC |
| Apr 27 | McCelvey Center | York, SC |
| Apr 28 | MerleFest | Wilkesboro, NC |
| May 14 | Hangar Theatre* | Ithaca, NY |
| May 15 | Danforth Music Hall* | Toronto, ON |
| May 17 | St. Cecilia Music Center | Grand Rapids, MI |
| May 18 | Michigan Theater* | Ann Arbor, MI |
| May 20 | Memorial Hall* | Cincinnati, OH |
| May 22 | Byham Theatre* | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Jun 13 | Longwood Gardens* | Kennett Square, PA |
| Jun 15 | Lowell Summer Music Series | Lowell, MA |
| Jun 20 | Ridgefield Playhouse* | Ridgefield, CT |
| Jun 21 | The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor* | Boothbay Harbor, ME |
| Jun 22 | St. Johnsbury Academy* | St. Johnsbury, VT |
| Jun 28 | The Grand Theatre* | Frankfort, KY |
| Jun 29 | ROMP | Owensboro, KY |
| Aug 4 | Cambridge Folk Festival, guest curator | Cambridge, UK |
| Aug 15 | Chautauqua Amphitheater w/Francesco Turrisi | Chautauqua, NY |
* newly announced date; tickets go on sale Friday, February 2
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