Moon Taxi have announced they will play a series of tour dates in the run up to their appearance at the Hangout Music Festival. This “Road to The Hangout” tour will begin on May 6 at the Visulite Theatre in Charlotte, NC. The band will then make two more stops in North Carolina before heading to Indianapolis, Nashville, St. Louis, Ft. Worth, TX, Austin, TX and Baton Rouge, LA. Along the way, Moon Taxi will be joined by Frontier Ruckus, James Wallace & The Naked Light, Total War, The Kingston Springs, Chancellor Warhol and Wild Club. Tickets to the shows are currently on sale.

The Hangout Music Festival will take place May 17-19 in Gulf Shores, AL. As previously reported, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Trey Anastasio Band, The Shins, Bassnectar, The Black Crowes, Slightly Stoopid, The Roots and many more will be at the festival.

Moon Taxi Road to Hangout Tour

May 6 Charlotte, NC—Visulite Theatre*
May 7 Raleigh, NC—Southland Ballroom*
May 8 Asheville, NC—Orange Peel^
May 9 Indianapolis, IN—White Rabbit Cabaret@
May 10 Nashville, TN—The Basement#
May 11 St. Louis, MO—Off Broadway*
May 13 Ft. Worth, TX—Live Oak Music Hall and Lounge*
May 14 Austin, TX—Stubb’s*
May 15 Baton Rouge, LA—The Varsity*
May 17-19 Gulf Shores, AL—Hangout Music Festival

(*) w/ Frontier Ruckus and James Wallace & The Naked Light
(^) w/ Total War
(@) w/ Frontier Ruckus
(#) w/ The Kingston Springs, Chancellor Warhol and Wild Club