Billy Strings Confirms Winter Headline Tour
September 16, 2025—2x Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings will extend his headline tour through the winter, including newly confirmed stops at Athens’ Akins Ford Arena (two nights), Asheville’s ExploreAshville.com Arena (four nights), and Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (two nights) followed by an exclusive performance at the Ryman Auditorium. See below for complete tour itinerary.
Tickets will be available for pre-sale starting tomorrow, September 17 at 10:00am local time with general on-sale following on Friday, September 19 at 10:00am local time. Tickets for the Ryman Auditorium show will be available via lottery. To be eligible for the Fair AXS ticketing request, fans are required to purchase a ticket for at least one of the two Bridgestone Arena shows. Full details can be found at www.billystrings.com/tour.
Ahead of his winter run, Strings is currently on the road with Bryan Sutton for a series of special, intimate sold-out shows and will continue to perform headline dates this fall including upcoming stops at Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena (two nights), Huntsville’s Orion Amphitheater (three nights), Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center (two nights) and Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena (two nights), among others.
The upcoming performances add to another landmark year for Strings, who recently spoke with host Sam Briger for an in-depth conversation on NPR’s Fresh Air, discussing Strings’ life and career, including his most recent full-length album, Highway Prayers. Produced by Strings and Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Mac Miller, Aimee Mann) and released via Reprise Records, the album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s all-genre Top Album Sales Chart—the first bluegrass album in 22 years to do so—and continues to receive widespread acclaim, with GQ calling Strings “the hottest roots-music phenomenon in decades” and Pitchfork praising, “the bluegrass wunderkind expands his palette, exploring new textures and emotional registers while staying true to his beloved genre.” Listen to Highway Prayers HERE.
Following Highway Prayers, Strings released an exclusive Apple Music Nashville Sessions EP featuring reworked songs from the record as well as a surprise collaborative album, Live at the Legion, with Sutton (stream/purchase here). Recorded live on April 7, 2024 at Nashville’s American Legion Post 82, the album showcases the acclaimed duo performing 20 traditional bluegrass and folk songs, including new renditions of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright,” Doc Watson’s “Way Downtown” and more.
Since his 2017 debut, Strings has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 67th and 63rd Grammy Awards, Artist of the Year at the 2023 and 2022 Americana Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year at the 2023, 2022 and 2021 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards and Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards among several other accolades. He has also performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits” and “Bluegrass Underground” as well as countless sold-out shows worldwide.
