Brad Paisley to kick off new tour leg at Bridgeport’s Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
Country music star Brad Paisley will launch the next leg of his “BRAD PAISLEY LIVE” tour in Bridgeport this summer, with a performance at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater on August 27.
The Bridgeport show marks the kickoff for his newly announced tour dates and follows a series of international performances in Europe. Rising country artist Jake Worthington is set to open the show.
The tour announcement arrives alongside Paisley’s new multi-phase music project, Tacklebox. The collection features “Fallin’,” an unreleased song written during the 1990s that Paisley recently recorded at the same studio where he tracked his earliest albums.
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“We are calling it Tacklebox because it’s a box full of hooks, country lyric hooks,” Paisley said of the project. “This project gave us a license to dig back into the catalog of songs that were never released, that feel like a time period, a style of writing, a sound, and nostalgia.”
Presale tickets for the Bridgeport date will be available for members of the “Paisley Nation” fan club starting Tuesday, May 12, at 10 a.m. General ticket information is available at BradPaisley.com.
VIP packages are also available for the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater date, offering premium seating and a guided backstage tour. Fans can visit VIPnation.com for more information on the exclusive experiences offered for the Bridgeport performance.
Brad Paisley 2026 Tour Dates
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May 16 Pomona, CA Los Angeles County Fair*
May 23 Grantville, PA Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course
May 24 Concord, NC Charlotte Motor Speedway, Coco-Cola 600
June 8 Helsinki, Finland House of Culture
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Newly announced dates
August 27 Bridgeport, CT Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater+
August 28 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway+
August 29 Bangor, ME Maine Savings Amphitheater+
September 2 Fargo, ND Scheels Arena+
September 4 Milwaukee, WI BMO Pavilion+
September 17 Estero, FL Hertz Arena
September 18 Ft. Lauderdale, FL FTL War Memorial Auditorium
September 19 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
September 25 West Springfield, MA The Big E*
September 26 Richmond, VA Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
October 8 Houston, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion+
October 9 Corpus Christi, TX Hilliard Center Arena+
October 10 Ennis, TX Stars of Texas Music Festival at the Texas Motorplex*
*Festival dates
+Jake Worthington opens
Event details
Brad Paisley
Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater • 500 Broad St, Bridgeport, CT 06604
August 27, 2026
Tickets go on sale May 15, 2026 via BradPaisley.com.
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