Gillian Welch and her longtime partner David Rawlings have confirmed a 31-date outing. The tour will begin in Santa Cruz, CA on July 6 and come to a close in Charleston, SC on August 28. In addition to multiple headlining shows, the duo will perform at gatherings like Vancouver Folk Festival, Newport Folk Festival, High Sierra Music Festival and ACL. Welch and Rawlings will add a second leg to their tour this fall.
Welch is touring behind her latest record, The Harrow & The Harvest, which is scheduled for release on June 28. Discussing the new album, Colin Maloy of the Decemberists notes that it, “is a new Southern sound with the sort of songs you wouldn’t be surprised to hear issuing from some verdant, wooded hollow in Appalachia; Songs you’d expect to hear hollered from an Asheville grange hall, all too late in the evening. Songs with the wry humor of the back porch. Listen to this record with the lights low. Listen to it on an old radio, cradled next to your ear.”
Gillian Welch’s upcoming shows
June 30 Quincy, CA—High Sierra Music Festival
July 6 Santa Cruz—Cocoanut Grove Ballroom
July 7 San Francisco, CA—Warfield Theatre
July 9 Grants Pass, OR—Rogue Theatre
July 10 Eugene, OR—McDonald Theatre
July 12 Portland, OR—Roseland Theater
July 13 Seattle, WA—Moore Theatre
July 15 Vancouver, BC—Vancouver Folk Festival
July 16 Olympia, WA—Capitol Theatre
July 17 Missoula, MT—Wilma Theater
July 20 St. Paul, MN—Fitzgerald Theater
July 21 Madison, WI—Capitol Theatre
July 22 Chicago, IL—VIC Theatre
July 23 Royal Oak, MI—Royal Oak Music Theatre
July 25 Toronto, ON—Phoenix Concert Hall
July 30 Newport, RI—Newport Folk Festival
August 2 Bethesda, MD—Music Center at Strathmore
August 3 Raleigh, NC—North Carolina Museum of Art
August 4 Winston-Salem, NC—Ziggy’s
August 5 Asheville, NC—The Orange Peel
August 6 Atlanta, GA—Variety Playhouse
August 11 New Orleans, LA—Tipitinas Uptown
August 12 Birmingham, AL—Workplay Soundstage
August 13 Huntsville, AL—Von Braun center Concert Hall
August 14 Athens, GA—Georgia Theatre
August 17 Roanoke, VA—Jefferson Cent/Shaftman Performance Hall
August 18 Charlottesville, VA—Paramount Theatre
August 19 Richmond, VA—Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
August 20 Charlotte, NC—Knight Theater at Levine Cent. For the Arts
August 21 Greenville, SC—Peace Center Concert Hall
August 23 Bristol, VA—Paramount Center for the Arts
August 24 Knoxville, TN—Tennesee Theater
August 27 Wilmington, NC—Winoca Festival – Battleship Park
August 28 Charleston, SC—Charleston Music Hall
September 17 Austin, TX—ACL Festival
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