originally published: 02/25/2026
(L-R) Tad Kinchla, Ben Wilson, John Popper, Chan Kinchla, Brendan Hill. Photo by Graham Fielder
(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- Multi-platinum rock band Blues Traveler are expanding their 2026 touring slate with a new run of headline dates, adding to a banner year that features festival appearances like Bonnaroo and a continuation of their iconic annual Fourth of July show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre — where this year they'll be joined by special guests Better Than Ezra and The Record Company. Collectively, these performances reaffirm the band's enduring dominance as a formidable force on the live music circuit. The tour comes to Atlantic City, Asbury Park, and New York City in August.
The band's 2026 momentum follows a milestone year in 2025, when Blues Traveler celebrated 30 years since the release of their GRAMMY® Award-winning breakthrough hit "Run-Around." The anniversary was marked with widespread media attention, including a feature interview in Rolling Stone with frontman John Popper.
It was nearly 4 decades ago that the four original members of Blues Traveler (John Popper, Chandler Kinchla, Brendan Hill, and the late Bobby Sheehan) gathered to jam in a basement in Princeton, New Jersey. From these high school sessions emerged a band that would go on to release a total of 14 studio albums, four of which have gone gold, three platinum, and one six-times platinum, selling more than 10 million combined units worldwide.
Over an illustrious career, Blues Traveler has played more than 2,000 live shows in front of over 30 million people and, with "Run-Around," achieved the longest-charting radio single in Billboard history — earning the band a GRAMMY® for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. In 2021, Blues Traveler released the GRAMMY®-nominated Traveler's Blues (Round Hill Records), a collection of reimagined and recharged classics from the American blues songbook and the group's first official blues album. The second release in this series, 2023's Traveler's Soul, takes a similar approach, consisting of cover songs from a specific genre — this time classic R&B and soul.
Ticket are available for purchase online starting Friday, February 27 at 10:00am.
In addition to these newly announced dates, Blues Traveler will hit the road with Gin Blossoms for a 35-date co-headlining tour set to kick off on Monday, July 6 at the Amphitheater at Las Colonias Park with special guests Spin Doctors. The bands behind signature hits like "Run-Around" and "Hey Jealousy" will light up legendary stages from the Hollywood Bowl to SummerStage in Central Park, culminating on Saturday, September 19, bringing their high-energy performances coast-to-coast.
Speaking on the co-headlining run with Gin Blossoms, frontman John Popper shares, "It's rare when a package feels so much like home that it carries a spirit which becomes tangible to an audience. That was the case — by all accounts — regarding our summer tour last year with Spin Doctors and Gin Blossoms. We grew up with Spin Doctors as pups in the same litter... ours is a shared origin story. But working with Gin Blossoms was a first. Their music was everywhere when we were coming up, and yet only last summer did we have the opportunity to learn how fun it is playing with them — and to discover how much energy our three bands put out in combination. So, we've decided to take this show everywhere we missed last year. We're excited to bring it to you."
BLUES TRAVELER 2026 TOUR DATES:
Friday, May 1 | Thibodaux, LA | Thibodaux Firemen's Fair+
Sunday, May 3 | Columbus, GA | RiverCenter for the Performing Arts+
Tuesday, May 5 | Memphis, TN | Graceland Soundstage+
Thursday, May 7 | Mobile, AL | Saenger Theatre+
Saturday, May 9 | Lake Charles, LA | L'Auberge Casino Resort+
Thursday, May 14 | Cedar Park, TX | Haute Spot+
Friday, May 15 | Richardson, TX | Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival
Friday, June 12 | Manchester, TN | Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Saturday, June 13 | Black River Falls, WI | Ho-Chunk Gaming+
Saturday, July 4 | Morrison, CO | Red Rocks Amphitheatre^+
Monday, July 6 | Grand Junction, CO | Amphitheater at Las Colonias Park*
Thursday, July 9 | Eugene, OR | Cuthbert Amphitheater*
Friday, July 10 | Seattle, WA | Marymoor Live*
Tuesday, July 14 | Salt Lake City, UT | TBA*
Thursday, July 16 | Sparks, NV | Nugget Casino Resort - Grand Ballroom*
Friday, July 17 | Rohnert Park, CA | Green Music Center*
Saturday, July 18 | Los Angeles, CA | Hollywood Bowl
Friday, July 24 | Chicago, IL | Brookfield Zoo Chicago+
Tuesday, July 28 | Sidney, ME | Bowl in the Pines*
Thursday, July 30 | Saratoga Springs, NY | Saratoga Performing Arts Center*
Friday, July 31 | Uncasville, CT | Mohegan Sun Arena*
Saturday, August 1 | Atlantic City, NJ | Ocean Casino Resort*
Tuesday, August 4 | Selbyville, DE | Freeman Arts Pavilion*
Thursday, August 6 | Asbury Park, NJ | Stone Pony Summer Stage*
Saturday, August 8 | Columbus, OH | Celeste Center (Ohio Expo Center)*
Sunday, August 9 | Canandaigua, NY | CMAC*
Tuesday, August 11 | Vienna, VA | Filene Center at Wolf Trap*+
Wednesday, August 12 | Vienna, VA | Filene Center at Wolf Trap*
Friday, August 14 | Boston, MA | Leader Bank Pavilion*
Saturday, August 15 | New York City, NY | SummerStage in Central Park*
Tuesday, August 18 | Hamburg, NY | TBA*
Tuesday, August 25 | Bethlehem, PA | Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks*
Thursday, August 27 | Glen Allen, VA | SERVPRO After Hours Concerts at The Innsbrook Pavilion*
Friday, August 28 | Cary, NC | Koka Booth Amphitheatre*
Saturday, August 29 | Charlotte, NC | Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre*
Tuesday, September 1 | Clearwater, FL | The BayCare Sound*
Thursday, September 3 | Hollywood, FL | Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood*
Friday, September 4 | St. Augustine, FL | The St. Augustine Amphitheatre*
Saturday, September 5 | Atlanta, GA | Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park*
Tuesday, September 8 | Louisville, KY | Iroquois Amphitheater*
Thursday, September 10 | Des Moines, IA | Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park*
Friday, September 11 | Omaha, NE | Shadow Ridge Music Festival*
Saturday, September 12 | Waite Park, MN | The Ledge Amphitheater*
Tuesday, September 15 | Kansas City, MO | Starlight Theatre*
Thursday, September 17 | Cincinnati, OH | Riverbend Music Center*
Friday, September 18 | Allegan, MI | Allegan County Fair*
Saturday, September 19 | Traverse City, MI | Turtle Creek Stadium*
+Newly Announced Dates
^With Better Than Ezra & The Record Company
*Co-Headlining Dates w/ Gin Blossoms
