Beloved Canadian music icon Alan Doyle, one of the busiest touring artists for more than three decades, has announced an extensive 42-date tour that will take him across Canada and the U.S. in the new year. Doyle’s “Already Dancing” tour begins February 28 at home in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and is set to wrap May 17 in Edmonds, Washington. Tickets go on sale October 24 at 12pm local time.
Joining Doyle on all Canadian dates is the JUNO-winning PEI folk duo The East Pointers, with Brooklyn indie-folk-pop-Americana outfit Bandits on the Run set to support the U.S. leg.
Doyle has also announced today the upcoming release of his new EP, Already Dancing, coming February 20, 2026. The foot-stomping, fiddle-fueled first single “Nancy” featuring The East Pointers is out today (LISTEN HERE).
Says Doyle: “New Tunes! New Tour! Hitting the road in the new year with The Beautiful Beautiful Band as we take the ‘Already Dancing Tour’ around North America. Come sing some new ones and all the favs with us, with special guests The East Pointers in Canada and Bandits on the Run in the U.S. It’s Gonna Be a Time!”
Doyle is currently starring in the musical Tell Tale Harbour, playing at Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre until November 2. Based on the screenplay “The Grand Seduction” by Ken Scott, and co-written by Doyle, Tell Tale Harbour made its Toronto debut in September after a smash-hit sell-out run at Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, PEI.
On November 4, Doyle will release his fourth book, “The Smiling Land: All Around the Circle in My Newfoundland and Labrador,” a rollicking insider’s guide to the province, told as only Doyle can tell it. Few Canadian musicians are as synonymous with their home province as Doyle is to his – and even fewer once worked as tour guides. In “The Smiling Land,” he reprises his tour-guiding role to welcome the rest of Canada to his home and take readers on an adventure: a freewheeling road trip through Newfoundland, its history and its culture.
Alan Doyle is a multifaceted singer-songwriter, going on three decades strong as a musician – first as a member of the much-celebrated band Great Big Sea and now as an internationally acclaimed solo artist. His CV is extensive — he is a published author of four books, a film and TV actor-producer with multiple major credits, and star and co-writer of the musical Tell Tale Harbour. Yet the wildly popular musician from Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, remains most electrifying before a live audience, abetted by his ace band. “I am the luckiest guy in the world,” Doyle says. “It’s such a privilege to stand among those players on stage.”
2026 ALREADY DANCING TOUR DATES:
February 28 St. John’s, NL JAG Soundhouse
March 3 Halifax, NS Light House Arts Centre
March 4 Halifax, NS Light House Arts Centre
March 5 Halifax, NS Light House Arts Centre
March 6 Halifax, NS Light House Arts Centre
March 7 Moncton, NB Casino New Brunswick
March 8 Saint John, NB Imperial Theatre
March 10 Ottawa, ON National Arts Centre
March 12 Kitchener, ON Centre In The Square
March 13 Montreal, QC L’Olympia
March 14 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
March 17 Thunder Bay, ON Community Auditorium
March 19 Saskatoon, SK TCU Place
March 20 Regina, SK Conexus Arts Centre
March 21 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
March 22 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
March 24 Trail, BC Charles Bailey Theatre
March 25 Vancouver, BC Orpheum
March 26 Kelowna, BC Community Theatre
March 27 Victoria, BC Royal Theatre
April 22 Brownfield, ME Stone Mountain Arts Center
April 23 Boston, MA The Wilbur Theatre
April 24 Newport, RI Jane Pickens Theater
April 25 Nashua, NH Center for the Arts
April 26 New York, NY City Winery
April 28 Sellersville, PA Sellersville Theater
April 29 Alexandria, VA The Birchmere
May 1 Buffalo, NY Buffalo State Performing Arts Center
May 2 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
May 3 Pittsburgh, PA City Winery
May 5 Cleveland, OH Music Box
May 6 Chicago, IL Athenaeum Center
May 7 Madison, WI Atwood Music Hall
May 8 St Paul, MN Fitzgerald Theater
May 9 Omaha, NE Holland Performing Arts Center
May 10 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater
May 12 Phoenix, AZ Musical Instrument Museum
May 13 Phoenix, AZ Musical Instrument Museum
May 14 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
May 15 Novato, CA HopMonk Tavern
May 16 Portland, OR The Aladdin Theater
May 17 Edmonds, WA Edmonds Center for the Arts