Rhiannon Giddens kicks off her 2016 tour with three weeks in Europe, starting at Handelsbeurs in Gent, Belgium, tonight. The tour continues with stops in Cologne, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris, before heading to the UK for Celtic Connections in Glasgow. She then joins artists from both sides of the Atlantic for the Transatlantic Sessions tour across the UK, including a sold-out show at London's Royal Festival Hall. Giddens returns to the US in February to perform Swimming in Dark Waters: Other Voices of the American Experience with Leyla McCalla and Bhi Bhiman in several cities, and takes her solo tour to Japan and Australia in March.
Rhiannon Giddens kicks off her 2016 tour with three weeks in Europe, starting at Handelsbeurs in Gent, Belgium, tonight. The tour, featuring music from her Grammy-nominated solo debut album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, continues with stops in Cologne, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris, before heading to the UK for a set at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow. Giddens then joins artists from both sides of the Atlantic for the Transatlantic Sessions tour, led by musical directors Dobro guitarist Jerry Douglas and Shetland fiddler Aly Bain, starting at Celtic Connections and continuing throughout the UK, including a sold-out performance at London's Royal Festival Hall.
Rhiannon Giddens returns to the United States in February to perform Swimming in Dark Waters: Other Voices of the American Experience with Leyla McCalla and Bhi Bhiman in several cities, including New York City for Lincoln Center's American Songbook series. She then takes her solo tour to Japan for four sets at the Blue Note Tokyo in March, followed by a tour of Australia around the Byron Bay Bluesfest.
See below for all of the currently announced tour dates, including the just-announced New Orleans Jazz Fest in April. For all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
| Jan 20 | Handelsbeurs | Gent, BELGIUM |
| Jan 21 | Kulturkirche | Cologne, GERMANY |
| Jan 22 | Columbia Theatre | Berlin, GERMANY |
| Jan 23 | North Sea Jazz Club | Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS |
| Jan 25 | New Morning | Paris, FRANCE |
| Jan 27 | Celtic Connections: Old Fruit Market | Glasgow, SCOTLAND |
| Jan 29 | Celtic Connections: Royal Concert Hall* | Glasgow, SCOTLAND |
| Jan 31 | Celtic Connections: Royal Concert Hall* | Glasgow, SCOTLAND |
| Feb 1 | Royal Festival Hall* | London, ENGLAND |
| Feb 2 | Symphony Hall* | Birmingham, ENGLAND |
| Feb 3 | Sage Gateshead* | Gateshead, ENGLAND |
| Feb 4 | Bridgewater Hall* | Manchester, ENGLAND |
| Feb 5 | Millennium* | Derry, N. IRELAND |
| Feb 20 | Oberlin College & Conservatory** | Oberlin, OH |
| Feb 21 | Club Cafe** | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Feb 24 | Appel Room, Lincoln Center** | New York, NY |
| Feb 25 | Weinberg Center for the Arts** | Frederick, MD |
| Feb 26 | Lisner Auditorium, GWU** | Washington, DC |
| Feb 27 | McCelvey Center** | York, SC |
| Feb 28 | Memorial Hall, UNC** | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Mar 14&15 | Blue Note Toyko | Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Mar 18–20 | Blue Mountains Music Festival | Katoomba, AUSTRALIA |
| Mar 21 | The Factory Theater | Marrickville, AUSTRALIA |
| Mar 23 | The Corner Hotel | Melbourne, AUSTRALIA |
| Mar 24–28 | Byron Bay Bluesfest | Byron Bay, AUSTRALIA |
| Apr 5 | Philips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH |
| Apr 7 | Rams Head On Stage | Annapolis, MD |
| Apr 8 | Savannah Music Festival | Savannah, GA |
| Apr 13 | The National | Richmond, VA |
| Apr 24 | New Orleans Jazz Fest | New Orleans, LA |
* Rhiannon Giddens appears as part of Transatlantic Sessions, an all-star band featuring artists from both sides of the Atlantic
** Swimming in Dark Waters: Other Voices of the American Experience w/Leyla McCalla, Bhi Bhiman
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