Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Announce ‘Jingle All the Way’ Tour with Jeff Coffin and Alash
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, photo by Shauna Presto – Gemhouse Media
This winter, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones will cross the country spreading holiday tidings with the Jingle All the Way Tour. From Nov. 26 to Dec. 20, the long-running bluegrass fusion ensemble’s original lineup of banjoist and bandleader Fleck, pianist Howard Levy, drummer Roy Wooten and bassist Victor Wooten will take 21 stages in the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest for a tour spanning their vast, pioneering catalog and anchored in their Grammy-winning 2008 album of the same name.
To revisit their celebrated reinterpretations of holiday classics for the first time in over 15 years, the Flecktones will welcome their album collaborators, Tuvan throat singing ensemble Akash and Jeff Coffin, the current Dave Matthews Band saxophonist who played with the Flecktones from 1998 to 2010. The Jingle All the Way tour will mark the first-ever shared stages from the group’s original lineup and their special guests.
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones will kick off their Jingle All the Way Tour with two nights at Nashville, Tenn.’s hallowed Ryman Auditorium on Nov. 26 and 28. After the encore at Country’s Mother Chruch, the band will launch their Midwest leg with a Nov. 29 show at Cincinnati’s Taft Theatre, followed by appearances in Ann Arbor, Mich., Champaign, Ill. and Grand Rapids, Mich. before their performance at Chicago’s Salt Shed on Dec. 3.
The Flecktones will roll into a Northeast series with their Dec. 5 engagement at Ithaca, N.Y.’s State Theatre, then blow through Boston, Portland, Maine and Burlington, Vt. en route to their Dec. 10 show at New York’s Beacon Theatre, which will be the Flecktones’ largest NYC show to date. After bouncing back and forth between Rochester, NY.’s Kodak Hall, Philadelphia’s Miller Theater and Stony Brook, N.Y.’s Staller Center from Dec. 11-13, the Flecktones’ final lap will be a race down the East Coast, making stops in North Bethesda, Md., Charlottesville, Va., Durham, N.C., Athens, Ga. and Atlanta through their finale at New Orleans’ Joy Theater on Dec. 20.
“Christmas music is inside everyone’s DNA,” Fleck said of the upcoming tour. “Jingle All the Way is an open doorway for listeners to understand the Flecktones’ music.”
Tickets for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones’ Jingle All the Way Tour will become available through an artist presale this Wednesday, July 16 at 10 a.m. local time. General on-sale will follow on Friday, July 18 at 10 a.m. local time. For more information, visit belafleck.com.
Read on for the full list of the Flecktones’ upcoming tour dates.
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones 2025 Tour Dates:
Aug 24 El Cajon, CA The Magnolia
Aug 25 Los Angeles, CA The Ford
Aug 26 Berkeley, CA UC Theatre
Aug 28 Eugene, OR The Shedd Institute
Aug 29 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Aug 30 Quincy, WA Gorge Amphitheatre (w/ Dave Matthews Band)
Aug 31 Gallatin Gateway, MT Warren Miller (2 shows)
Sept 1 Ketchum, ID The Argyos (2 shows)
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones 2025 Tour Dates with Jeff Coffin and Alash:
Nov 26 Nashville, TN The Ryman Auditorium
Nov 28 Nashville, TN The Ryman Auditorium
Nov 29 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
Nov 30 Ann Arbor, MI Hill Auditorium
Dec 1 Champaign, IL Virginia Theatre
Dec 2 Grand Rapids, MI Devos Performance Hall
Dec 3 Chicago, IL Salt Shed
Dec 5 Ithaca, NY State Theatre
Dec 6 Boston, MA Shubert Theatre
Dec 7 Portland, ME State Theatre
Dec 9 Burlington, VT Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
Dec 10 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
Dec 11 Rochester, NY Kodak Hall at the Eastman Theatre
Dec 12 Philadelphia, PA Miller Theater
Dec 13 Stony Brook, NY Staller Center
Dec 14 North Bethesda, MD Music Center at Strathmore
Dec 16 Charlottesville, VA Paramount Theater
Dec 17 Durham, NC Carolina Theatre
Dec 18 Athens, GA Hodgson Concert Hall
Dec 19 Atlanta, GA The Easter
Dec 20 New Orleans, LA Joy Theater
