This fall, Leftover Salmon is hitting the road hard, continuing the genre-blending Colorado act’s yearlong celebration of their latest album, Something Higher, a follow-up to 2014’s studio album, HighCountry, and 2016’s standout anniversary live album, 25. Produced by the band’s long-time producer Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Something Higher was recorded at the famous Wavelab Studio in Tucson, Arizona, in analog and shows Leftover Salmon at their finest—drawing upon and infusing a dizzying breadth of influences ranging from zydeco to R&B to jazz, blues, bluegrass, and more.
Already, Leftover Salmon has completed the first successful leg of their Something Higher promotional tour. In the spring, the band rolled embarked on a nationwide tour, and across the year, Leftover Salmon has continued to check off major landmark moments. On May 5th, the band played a special home state show at Morrison, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, co-headlining with iconic Grateful Dead original bassist Phil Lesh and his spin-off project, The Terrapin Family Band. At the show, the group had a number of surprises in store for the sold-out crowd, including the band’s surprise sit-in with Phil and company to kick off the bassist’s set.
With a number of festival appearances across the summer—including leading their own, second-annual music festival, Fish Out Of Water Festival, in Taos, New Mexcio—Leftover Salmon is now looking to the future, with a number of upcoming fall tour dates on the calendar. First up is an appearance at the inaugural Waterloo Festival in Austin, Texas, on September 9th, followed by a show at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl with Colorado up-and-comers The Jauntee on September 13th and a festival set at Wormtown Music Festival on September 14th. From there, the group will finish out their weekend run with dates in Norfolk, CT, and Allston, MA, on the 15th and 16th.
On September 21st, Leftover Salmon will hit Atlanta’s The Tabernacle for a joint performance with other bluegrass favorites, The Infamous Stringdusters and Horseshoes & Hand Grenades. The next day, on September 22nd, the band will head to Black Mountain, North Carolina’s Pisgah Brewing Company for the third-annual Blue Ridge Jam, also featuring Spafford, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Jon Stickley Trio, and others. After an appearance at Florida’s Sing Out Loud Music Festival on September 23rd, the band will head to Falls Church, Virginia on September 28th before performing North Carolina’s Wide Open Bluegrass Festival on the 29th and Philadelphia’s Mann Center For The Arts on the 30th.
For October, Leftover Salmon starts things off with a non-stop six-day run, with stops in Pittsburgh, PA; Kent, OH; Covington, KY; Indianapolis, IN; Chicago, IL (for the inaugural Big Weekend, which boasts a number of other high-profile jam artists on the bill); and Nashville, TN across October 2nd through 7th. After rolling through Suwanee Roots Revival on October 13th and 14th, the band takes a few weeks off before commencing their highly anticipated Halloween run. On October 25th, the band will perform in Grand Junction, Colorado’s Mesa Theater before heading west for a Widespread Panic afterparty at Las Vegas’ Brooklyn Bowl on the 26th. By way of a stop in Salt Lake City on the 27th, Leftover Salmon will celebrate Halloween during the launch of a brand-new venue in the Colorado mountain town of Frisco, 10 Mile Music Hall.
As Vince Herman told Live For Live Music, “We are all pumped up looking at the schedule ahead of us this fall—some great festivals, lots of East Coast adventures, and up into New England for some rowdy leaf-changing fun. Plus, we’re kicking it all off at the legendary Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn. Come get some leftovers…”
You can check out Leftover Salmon’s full fall 2018 tour dates below. For more information and ticketing, head here.