Nickel Creek‘s 2023 headline tour has been extended with newly confirmed shows in various cities, including Los Angeles, Portland, St. Paul, Denver, Santa Barbara, Dallas, and Austin. This tour marks their first as a group since 2014. The trio, composed of mandolinist Chris Thile, violinist Sara Watkins, and guitarist Sean Watkins, has won a Grammy Award.
This tour comes on the heels of their highly anticipated new album, Celebrants, which is set to release on March 24, 2023, via Thirty Tigers. The album, their fifth studio recording, explores the nuances of human connection, including themes of romance, friendship, and time. Across 18 tracks, Nickel Creek’s lyrics are both poetic and straightforward, as they examine the building, crossing, burning, and rebuilding of bridges. Celebrants was produced by longtime collaborator Eric Valentine and features Mike Elizondo on bass.
In anticipation of the album’s release, Nickel Creek has shared three tracks: “Where The Long Line Leads,” “Holding Pattern,” and “Strangers.”
Reflecting on the project, the band shares, “This is a record about embracing the friction inherent in real human connection. We begin the record yearning for and pursuing harmonious connection. We end the record having realized that truly harmonious connection can only be achieved through the dissonance that we’ve spent our entire adult lives trying to avoid.”
Full details can be found at www.nickelcreek.com/tour.
NICKEL CREEK CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
April 15—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady Music Center*
April 17—Pittsburgh, PA—Byham Theater*
April 18—New Haven, CT—College Street Music Hall*
April 20—Concord, NH—Capitol Center for the Arts*
April 21—Portland, ME—State Theatre*
April 22—Boston, MA—MGM Music Hall at Fenway Park*
April 23—Philadelphia, PA—The Fillmore*
April 25—Birmingham, AL—Avondale Brewing Co*
April 27—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium* (SOLD OUT)
April 28—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium† (SOLD OUT)
April 29—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium‡ (SOLD OUT)
April 30—Wilkesboro, NC—MerleFest
May 1—Charlottesville, VA—Ting Pavilion‡
May 3—York, PA—Appell Center for the Performing Arts‡ (SOLD OUT)
May 4—New York, NY—The Rooftop at Pier 17‡
May 31—Charleston, SC—Spoleto Festival
June 2—Atlanta, GA—The Eastern*
June 3—Greenville, SC—Peace Center*
June 4—Lexington, KY—Railbird Festival (SOLD OUT)
June 6—Akron, OH—E.J. Thomas Hall*
June 8—Grand Rapids, MI—Venue TBA* (on-sale May 5)
June 9—Chicago, IL—The Salt Shed*
June 10—Milwaukee, WI—Riverside Theater*
June 11—Chesterfield, MO—The Factory at The District*
June 13—Kansas City, MO—Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts*
June 15-17—Telluride, CO—Telluride Bluegrass Festival (SOLD OUT)
July 6—Seattle, WA—Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheatre+ (SOLD OUT)
July 7—Portland, OR—Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall+
July 8—Bend, OR—Hayden Homes Amphitheater+
July 9—Rohnert Park, CA—Weill Hall+ (on-sale March 23)
July 11—Reno, NV—Grand Sierra Resort+
July 12—Salt Lake City, UT—Venue TBA+
July 13—Steamboat Springs, CO—Strings Music Pavilion+ (on-sale May 11)
July 15—St. Paul, MN—Palace Theatre†
July 16—Bayfield, WI—Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua† (on-sale March 28)
July 18—Detroit, MI—Masonic Cathedral Theatre†
July 19—Toronto, ON—Danforth Music Hall†
July 21—Raleigh, NC—North Carolina Museum of Art†
July 22—Wilmington, NC—Greenfield Lake Amphitheater†
July 23—Vienna, VA—Wolf Trap† (on-sale March 31)
July 24—Union Hall, VA—The Coves Amphitheater†
July 27—LaFayette, NY—Break & Skiff Apple Orchards†
July 28—Newport, RI—Newport Folk Festival
September 1—London, UK—Barbican Centre
September 8-10—Bristol, TN—Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
October 6—Oakland, CA—Fox Theater‡
October 8—Santa Barbara, CA—The Granada Theatre‡ (on-sale TBC)
October 10—Los Angeles, CA—The Theatre at Ace Hotel‡
October 11—Los Angeles, CA—The Theatre at Ace Hotel‡
October 13—San Diego, CA—The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park^
October 14—Mesa, AZ—Ikeda Theater at Mesa Arts Center+
October 15—Las Vegas, NV—Brooklyn Bowl+
October 17—Albuquerque, NM—Revel Entertainment Center+
October 18—Denver, CO—The Mission Ballroom+
October 19—Salina, KS—Stiefel Theater+
October 20—Dallas, TX—Majestic Theatre+
October 21—Austin, TX—Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park+
*with special guest Gaby Moreno
‡with special guest Hawktail
+with special guest Monica Martin
†with special guest Aoife O’Donovan
^with special guest TBA
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