Dave Matthews Band brings 2026 summer tour to Hartford’s Meadows Music Theatre

Dave Matthews band announces summer 2023 tour with a stop in Hartford, Connecticut — Dave Matthews Band photo credit: Photo credit: Sanjay Suchak

Dave Matthews Band will return to Connecticut this summer with a July 25, 2026, performance at The Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford as part of its newly announced U.S. headline tour.

The Hartford date is one of dozens of stops on the band’s extensive summer run, which includes both single-night shows and multi-night stands at major amphitheaters across the country. An online presale for members of the DMB Warehouse Fan Association is underway, with general ticket sales beginning Friday, Feb. 20, at 10 a.m.

The 2026 tour opens with a pair of shows at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida, on May 29 and 30, and features a return to New York’s historic Forest Hills Stadium on June 10. The band will also help inaugurate three new venues: Mystic Lake Amphitheater in Shakopee, Minnesota, on June 23; Morton Amphitheater in Riverside, Missouri, on June 24; and Acrisure Amphitheater in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with back-to-back performances July 7 and 8.

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Additional two-night engagements include Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana; Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey; BankNH Pavilion in Gilford, New Hampshire; Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York — marking the band’s 50th headline performance at SPAC — and Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

The tour concludes with Dave Matthews Band’s traditional Labor Day weekend residency at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington, from Sept. 4–6. Supporting acts for the weekend include Stephen Wilson Jr. and Infinity Song on Friday, Watchhouse and Jonah Kagen on Saturday, and Jesse Welles and Sierra Hull on Sunday.

Dave Matthews Band remains one of the most successful touring acts in music history. The group is the highest-ranked American headliner on Pollstar’s list of the “25 Most Popular Touring Artists of the Millennium,” placing No. 4 overall. Since debuting in 1991, the band has sold a combined 38 million CDs and DVDs and more than 25 million tickets worldwide, making it the second-largest ticket seller in history.

Environmental sustainability continues to be a major focus of the band’s touring efforts. Named a UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador in 2019, Dave Matthews Band is embarking on the third year of its “On The Road To Zero Waste Tour,” in partnership with Live Nation venues. Previous tours diverted more than 90% of fan-generated waste from landfills through reuse, composting, recycling and donation. The band is also celebrating 21 years of collaboration with environmental nonprofit REVERB.

In 2026, Dave Matthews Band will continue its long-standing partnership with The Nature Conservancy, committing to plant 1 million additional trees as part of its global reforestation initiative. With that pledge, the band’s total will reach 7 million trees planted worldwide, supporting forest restoration, wildlife habitats and climate resilience.

Dave Matthews Band – Spring/Summer 2026 U.S. Tour Dates

5/8 The Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

5/9 Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion

5/11 Austin, TX Moody Center

5/15 Alpharetta, GA Ameris Bank Amphitheatre

5/16 Charlotte, NC Truliant Amphitheater

5/25 Orange Beach, AL The Wharf Amphitheater

5/26 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

5/29 West Palm Beach, FL iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

5/30 West Palm Beach, FL iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

6/5 Raleigh, NC Coastal Credit Union Music Park

6/6 Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater

6/10 Forest Hills, NY Forest Hills Stadium

6/12 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center

6/13 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live

6/23 Shakopee, MN Mystic Lake Amphitheater

6/24 Kansas City, MO MORTON Amphitheater

6/26 Noblesville, IN Ruoff Music Center

6/27 Noblesville, IN Ruoff Music Center

7/7 Grand Rapids, MI Acrisure Amphitheater

7/8 Grand Rapids, MI Acrisure Amphitheater

7/10 Camden, NJ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion

7/11 Camden, NJ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion

7/14 Gilford, NH BankNH Pavilion

7/15 Gilford, NH BankNH Pavilion

7/17 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center

7/18 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center

7/21 Wantagh, NY Northwell at Jones Beach Theater

7/22 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Amphitheater

7/24 Burgettstown, PA The Pavilion at Star Lake

7/25 Hartford, CT The Meadows Music Theatre

8/28 Greenwood Village, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre

8/29 Greenwood Village, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre

9/4 George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre

9/5 George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre

9/6 George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre

Event Details

Dave Matthews Band
Meadows Theatre • 61 Savitt Way Hartford, CT 06120
July 25, 2026
Tickets go on sale on February 20, 2026 via Livenation.com

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