Portland folk outfit Blitzen Trapper have added a series of West Coast fall dates supporting label mates The Head and The Heart. The tour kicks off on September 18 at the Knitting Factory in Spokane, WA and wraps up on October 10 at the McDonald Theatre in Eugene, OR. Along the way, the band will visit cities including Salt Lake City, UT; Boulder, CO; Kansas City, MO; Tucson, AZ; Los Angeles, CA and more.

Blitzen Trapper are currently on a headline tour supporting their latest release American Goldwing. Throughout the summer, the group will make numerous festival appearances including stops at Newport Folk Festival, Pickathon, Doe Bay Festival and Summer Meltdown Festival. The group performs at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA tonight. Check out the full tour schedule below.

Blitzen Trapper 2012 Tour Dates

07/17 – Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere
07/18 – Richmond, VA – The National
07/19 – Charlotte, NC – Casbah at Tremont Music Hall
07/20 – Charleston, SC – The Charleston Pourhouse
07/21 – Wilmington, NC – The Soapbox
07/22 – Knoxville, TN – Cider House
07/24 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Ballroom
07/25 – Millvale, PA – Mr. Small’s Theatre
07/26 – York, PA – Capitol Theater
07/27 – Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival
07/30 – Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe @ Old National Centre
07/31 – Columbia, MO – Mojo’s
08/03-05 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon Festival
08/10 – Arlington, WA – Summer Meltdown Festival
08/11 – 12 – Olga, WA – Doe Bay Music Festival
09/01 – Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheatre (**)
09/02 – Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot Festival
09/18 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory (*)
09/19 – Missoula, MT – Wilma Theatre(*)
09/20 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory (*)
09/02- Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot (*)
09/23 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater (*)
09/25 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater (*)
09/26 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue (*)
09/28 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre (*)
09/30 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom (*)
10/02 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre (*)
10/03- San Diego, CA – Spreckels Theatre (*)
10/05 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern (*)
10/07 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre (*)
10/10 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theatre (*)

(*) w/ The Head And The Heart
(**) w/ Brandi Carlile