The Bad Plus have added a slew of international dates to their ongoing 2026 farewell tour. The newly announced stops include a three-night stand at Tokyo, Japan’s Blue Note Tokyo from October 17-19, the current’s lineups first trip to Australia in October and their final New York City play, which will take place at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge on November 12. The Bad Plus will officially “call it a career” by returning to the city where the band was founded for a five-night, 10-show stand at Minneapolis, MN’s Dakota on December 23 and from December 25-28.  

The Bad Plus—founding bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King, as well as guitarist Ben Monder and saxophonist Chris Speed (saxophones)—have been on the road for much of the year. Their upcoming marquee festival plays include returns to Newport, RI’s venerable Newport Jazz Festival (August 2) and Monterey, CA’s Monterey Jazz Festival (September 27).

“The Bad Plus has been a band for 26 years,” Anderson and King said in a statement. “That’s quite a long time! As we enter into year 27—after a great deal of soul searching and consideration – we have decided to bring this chapter to a close. 2026 will be the final year of The Bad Plus. We share this news with heavy hearts, but also with great pride in what we have accomplished. It has been a privilege to share our music with the world, and we leave behind a body of work that we could not be more proud of. We look forward to performing our final shows throughout the coming year and hope to see as many of you as possible. This band changed our lives. Thank you all for being a part of that.”

The Bad Plus will appear at Munich, DE’s Unterfahrt today.

Here’s a look at The Bad Plus’ upcoming dates

JULY

10 – Munich, DE – Unterfahrt

11 – Hamburg, DE – Elbjazz

13 – Pisa, IT – Pisa Jazz Festival

15 – Prague, CZ – Jazz Dock

16 – Paris, FR – New Morning

18 – Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES – Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz

20 – Edinburgh, UK – Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival

23 – Berlin, DE – ZigZag Jazz Festival

24 – Warsaw, PL – Jassmine

AUGUST

2 – Newport, RI – Newport Jazz Festival

SEPTEMBER

13 – Hamburg, DE – Nica Jazz Club

14 – Stockholm, SE – Fasching

15 – Oslo, NO – Parkteatret

16 – Goteborg, SE – Nefertiti Jazz Club

17 – London, UK – The Jazz Café

20 – Tulsa, OK – LowDown

21 – Dallas, TX – AM/FM

22 – Austin, TX – The 04 Center

23 – San Antonio, TX – Stable Hall 1894

24 – Albuquerque, NM – The Outpost

25 – Phoenix, AZ – The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM)

26 – Irvine, CA – Irvine Barclay Theatre

27 – Monterey, CA – Monterey Jazz Festival

OCTOBER

4 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music

6 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark

7 – Cleveland, OH – Gartner Auditorium @ The Cleveland Museum of Art

8 – Cincinnati, OH – Xavier University

9 – Indianapolis, IN – The Jazz Kitchen

10 – Nashville, TN – City Winery Nashville

17 – Tokyo, JP – Blue Note Tokyo

18 – Tokyo, JP – Blue Note Tokyo

19 – Tokyo, JP – Blue Note Tokyo

21 – North Melbourne, AU – Melbourne International Jazz Festival

22 – Sydney, AU – City Recital Hall

24 – Perth, AU – The Liberty Theatre

NOVEMBER

7 – Mexico City, MX – TBA

11 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair

12 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge (In-The-Round)

13 – Ellenville, NY – Love, Velma

14 – Philadelphia, PA – Perelman Theater

15 – Baltimore, MD – Keystone Korner

17 – Richmond, VA – Révéler

18 – Asheville, NC – Eulogy

19 – Durham, NC – Motorco

20 – Atlanta, GA – Garden Club

21 – Orlando, FL – Judson’s

22 – Gainesville, FL – Santa Fe College

23 – Gainesville, FL – Santa Fe College

DECEMBER

1 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater

2 – San Francisco, CA – Robert N. Miner Auditorium @ SFJAZZ Center

3 – Northridge, CA – The Soraya

4 – Portland, OR – Star Theater

5 – Seattle, WA – The Triple Door

6 – Vancouver, BC – Coastal Jazz @ The Hollywood Theatre

7 – Santa Cruz, CA – Kuumbwa

16 – Pittsburgh, PA – City Winery Pittsburgh

18 – Milwaukee, WI – Vivarium

19 – Madison, WI – Atwood Music Hall

20 – St Louis, MO – City Winery St. Louis

23 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota

25 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota

12 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota

27 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota

28 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota