Carolina Chocolate Drops kick off a summer tour of the United States and Europe at Cain Park in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, tonight, followed by sets at the Chicago Blues Festival and Bonaroo Music and Arts Festival this weekend. The tour includes shows across the US, including the Midwest, East Coast, West Coast, and more, before heading to the UK and Europe in late August. The band hits the road in the US again this fall.
Carolina Chocolate Drops kick off a months-long summer tour of the United States and Europe with a performance at Cain Park in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, tonight, followed by sets at the Chicago Blues Festival and Bonaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee this weekend. The tour includes shows across the US, including the Midwest, East Coast, West Coast, and more, before heading to the UK and Europe for a number of shows in late August. The band closes out summer with a set at the FreshGrass Bluegrass Festival in September and hit the road again in the fall.
See below for all of the currently announced shows. For additional details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
Nonesuch Records released its second album from the Carolina Chocolate Drops—the Grammy-nominated Leaving Eden—in 2012, following the 2011 EP with Luminescent Orchestrii and the Chocolate Drops' first Nonesuch release, the critically acclaimed Genuine Negro Jig, which won a Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy.
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS ON TOUR
| Jun 12 | Cain Park | Cleveland Heights, OH |
| Jun 13 | Chicago Blues Festival | Chicago, IL |
| Jun 15 | Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival | Manchester, TN |
| Jun 16&17 | City Winery | Chicago, IL |
| Jun 18 | The Ark | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Jun 20 | Blue Ridge Music Center | Galax, VA |
| Jun 21 | FestivALT | Charleston, VA |
| Jul 1 | Kuumbwa Jazz | Santa Cruz, CA |
| Jul 2 | Gallo Center for the Arts | Modesto, CA |
| Jul 3 | City Winery | Napa, CA |
| Jul 4 | High Sierra Music Festival | Quincy, WA |
| Jul 6 | Woodland Park Zoo | Seattle, WA |
| Jul 7 | Top Hat Lounge | Missoula, MT |
| Jul 9 | Knitting Factory Concert House | Boise, ID |
| Jul 11 | River Bend Park | Winston, OR |
| Jul 12 | Oregon Zoo | Portland, OR |
| Jul 15 | Belly Up Aspen | Aspen, CO |
| Jul 16 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre* | Morrison, CO |
| Jul 17 | Uptown Theatre* | Kansas City, MO |
| Jul 19 | Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival | Oak Hill, NY |
| Jul 25 | Lake Fairfield | Cashiers, NC |
| Jul 27 | FloydFest | Floyd, VA |
| Aug 9 | North Carolina Museum of Art | Raleigh, NC |
| Aug 15 | Beautiful Days Festival | Devon, UK |
| Aug 17 | Lowlands Festival | Biddinghuizen, NETHERLANDS |
| Aug 18 | Church of St John the Evangelist | Oxford, UK |
| Aug 19 | Snape Maltings Concert Hall | Suffolk, UK |
| Aug 20 | St George's | Bristol, UK |
| Sep 19 | FreshGrass Festival | North Adams, MA |
| Oct 9 | Musical Instrument Museum | Phoenix, AZ |
| Oct 11 | Rialto Theatre | Tucson, AZ |
| Oct 13 | The Kessler | Dallas, TX |
| Oct 15 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Belton, TX |
| Oct 18 | The Blue Note | Columbia, MO |
| Oct 19 | Off Broadway | St. Louis, MO |
| Oct 21 | The Vogue | Indianapolis, IN |
| Oct 22&23 | The Clifton Center | Louisville, KY |
* w/Old Crow Medicine Show
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