The Red Clay Strays will celebrate their eagerly awaited new album, Grateful, with an epic North American headline tour – the award-winning, 3x RIAA Platinum-certified band’s biggest live run thus far. The Grateful Tour ‘26 starts in Columbia, MD on July 30 and continues into mid-November. Verified Diehards Presales begin Tuesday, April 28, at 9:00 am (local); Verified Strays Presales follow on Tuesday, April 28, at 12:00 noon (local).Red Clay Strays App User Presales start Wednesday, April 29, at 9:00 am (local). All Presales end Thursday, April 30, at 10:00 pm (local). Public On-Sales get underway Friday, May 1, at 9:00 am (local). For complete details, please visit www.redclaystrays.com/tour.
The bands’ upcoming 2026 tour schedule also includes previously announced headline shows at such iconic venues as Columbia, MD’s Merriweather Post Pavilion (July 30), Boston, MA’s TD Garden (August 1), New York City’s Madison Square Garden (August 9), two nights at Nashville, TN’s Bridgestone Arena (October 22-23), and Atlanta, GA’s State Farm Arena (November 13). A wide array of special guests will join the Mobile, AL-based rock band on select dates throughout the tour, including The Revivalists, Dylan Gossett, Wyatt Flores,Muscadine Bloodline, Shane Smith and The Saints, Sierra Ferrell, Travis Tritt, Haley Reinhart, Brent Cobb, and Sweet Talk coming all the way from downunder.
The Red Clay Strays will officially kick off their 2026 tour later today, April 24, with a press conference and a top-billed appearance at Indio, CA’s Stagecoach. Fans can watch the press conference and the full set exclusively on Prime Video, the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, and the Amazon Music app.
Upcoming highlights also include a very special headline performance for the upcoming Season 52 of PBS’ venerable Austin City Limits, taping April 27 at Austin, TX’s ACL Live at the Moody Theater, as well as highly anticipated performances at such festivals as Nashville, TN’s annual CMA Fest presented by SoFi (June 5), Bloomington, IL’s Tailgates N’ Tallboys (June 21), St. Paul, MN’s Minnesota Country Club (July 11), Pryor, OK’s Born & Raised Music Festival (September 19), Louisville, KY’s Bourbon & Beyond (September 26). In addition, The Red Clay Strays recently announced “The Red Clay Strays Fan Fest 2026,” the first-ever RCS fan festival set to take place at Rexford, MT’s Abayance Bay Marina on June 24-28. The five-night event will feature a headline show from The Red Clay Strays, the very special “Strays with Stories – Intimate Performances and Stories with The Red Clay Strays,” headline shows by Lukas Nelson and St. Paul & the Broken Bones, and much more. Tickets for “The Red Clay Strays Fan Fest 2026” are extremely limited; complete details are available HERE and via The Red Clay Strays App.
Along with their busy live schedule, The Red Clay Strays’ momentous year will see the hugely anticipated release of their third studio album, Grateful, arriving via HBYCO Records/RCA Records on Friday, June 5. Pre-orders/pre-saves are available now. Produced once again by 9x GRAMMY® Award-winner Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit), Grateful is heralded by the album’s electrifying opening track, “Demons In Your Choir,” available everywhere now. A deeply personal spiritual rumination unlike anything in the Mobile, AL-based rock band’s previous body of work, the track swiftly builds from a few stirring notes on the organ into a foot-stomping singalong, complete with wall-shaking guitar riffs and a backing gospel choir led by 3x GRAMMY® Award-winning musician Shannon Sanders (Jonny Lang, India.Arie, Fisk Jubilee Singers).
“It’s a different sound,” says The Red Clay Strays lead singer and guitarist Brandon Coleman. “And this is a different-sounding album, genre-wise. It’s a good way to start it.”
THE RED CLAY STRAYS – TOUR 2026
APRIL
24 – Indio, CA – Stagecoach †
MAY
24 – Norfolk, VA – Patriotic Festival
JUNE
5 – Nashville, TN – CMA Fest presented by SoFi †
13 – Columbus, OH – Buckeye Country Superfest †
18 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live
21 – Bloomington, IL – Tailgates N’ Tallboys †
24-28 – Rexford, MT – “The Red Clay Strays Fan Fest 2026” at Abayance Bay Marina
26 – Calgary, AB – Country Thunder Alberta †
JULY
11 – St. Paul, MN – Minnesota Country Club †
17 – Twin Lakes, WI – Country Thunder Wisconsin †
19 – Cheyenne, WY – Cheyenne Frontier Days
30 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion *
AUGUST
1 – Boston, MA – TD Garden *
5 – Laval, QC – Place Bell * (NEW DATE)
7 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at Highmark Mann ** (NEW DATE)
9 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden **
15 – Des Moines, IA – Iowa State Fair
16 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center # (NEW DATE)
18 – Grand Forks, ND – Alerus Center # (NEW DATE)
19 – Bismarck, ND – Bismarck Event Center # (NEW DATE)
21 – Bozeman, MT – Brick Breeden Fieldhouse § (NEW DATE)
22 – Missoula, MT – Adams Center # (NEW DATE)
26 – Spokane, WA – Numerica Veterans Arena ## (NEW DATE)
27 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena ## (NEW DATE)
29 – Portland, OR – Moda Center ## (NEW DATE)
30 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena ## (NEW DATE)
SEPTEMBER
2 – West Valley City, UT – Maverik Center # (NEW DATE)
4 – Stateline, NV – Lake Tahoe Amphitheatre at Caesars Republic # (NEW DATE)
6 – Aspen, CO – Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Experience †
11 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center # (NEW DATE)
12 – Ontario, CA – Toyota Arena # (NEW DATE)
16 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena San Diego # (NEW DATE)
17 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena # (NEW DATE)
19 – Pryor, OK – Born & Raised Music Festival †
20 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center + (NEW DATE)
26 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon & Beyond †
30 – Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre * (NEW DATE)
OCTOBER
1 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena * (NEW DATE)
3 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena * (NEW DATE)
7 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena ++ (NEW DATE)
14 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center * (NEW DATE)
15 – Savannah, GA – Enmarket Arena * (NEW DATE)
17 – Charleston, SC – Credit One Stadium * (NEW DATE)
18 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena * (NEW DATE)
22 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena ^
23 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena ^
28 – Knoxville, TN – Food City Center ^^ (NEW DATE)
31 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena ++ (NEW DATE)
NOVEMBER
5 – Baton Rouge, LA – Raising Cane’s River Center ‡ (NEW DATE)
6 – Bossier City, LA – Brookshire Grocery Arena ‡ (NEW DATE)
8 – Jonesboro, AR – First National Bank Arena ‡ (NEW DATE)
13 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena ||
