HEADLINE: Texas Country-Rock Firebrand Koe Wetzel Announces 45-City “The Night Champion World Tour”
TAGS: Koe Wetzel, Shane Smith, Wyatt Flores, Corey Kent, Wade Bowen, Bayker Blankenship, Kolby Cooper, Logan Jahnke, Jessie Murph, Parker McCollum,
BLOG POST: Koe Wetzel is heading back out on the road in a serious way. The East Texas singer-songwriter has announced “The Night Champion World Tour,” a 45-city headlining run spanning the United States, Canada and Australia this summer and fall. Shane Smith & The Saints, Ole 60, Wyatt Flores, Corey Kent, Wade Bowen, Bayker Blankenship, Kolby Cooper and Logan Jahnke join on select dates. General on-sale for North American dates begins March 13 at 10 a.m. local time via KoeWetzelMusic.com, with artist presale starting March 10.
Wetzel’s live show has grown from Texas dive bars to sold-out amphitheaters and arenas, and he’s direct about what that journey has meant. “It’s kind of crazy that I’m not dead or in jail with everything that’s gone on in my life,” he says. “Coming into 2026 and this tour, I feel like I’m the best version of myself I’ve ever been. I survived the night side of me. I’m coming out of it a champion.” The tour name is not a boast so much as a reckoning.
The setlist draws from across his catalog, including new tracks “Surrounded” and “Time Goes On,” alongside the three-times Platinum, five-week number-one country radio hit “High Road” (featuring Jessie Murph), which was also the most-played song at country radio in all of 2025. Long-time listeners have been calling this his most focused and hard-hitting live era yet, pointing to the Gold-certified ‘9 Lives’ as the record that finally brought his full range into one place.
“The Night Champion World Tour” dates are as follows.
May 3 | Melbourne, Victoria | Forum Melbourne
May 5 | Sydney, New South Wales | Enmore Theatre
May 9 | Brisbane, Queensland | Fortitude Music Hall
July 8 | Edmonton, Alberta | Rogers Place
July 10 | Penticton, British Columbia | South Okanagan Event Center
July 11 | Abbotsford, British Columbia | Abbotsford Centre
July 23 | Nampa, Idaho | Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
July 24 | Stateline, Nevada | Lake Tahoe Amphitheatre at Caesars Republic
July 25 | Las Vegas, Nevada | The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
July 30 | Airway Heights, Washington | Northern Quest Casino
July 31 | Bend, Oregon | Hayden Homes Amphitheater
August 1 | Tacoma, Washington | Dune Peninsula
August 6 | Bonner Springs, Kansas | Azura Amphitheater
August 7 | Evansville, Indiana | Ford Center
August 8 | Nashville, Tennessee | Bridgestone Arena
August 12 | New York, New York | Pier 17
August 13 | Reading, Pennsylvania | Santander Arena
August 14 | Gilford, New Hampshire | BankNH Pavilion
August 19 | Boston, Massachusetts | Leader Bank Pavilion
August 20 | Washington, D.C. | The Anthem
August 21 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Petersen Events Center
August 26 | Buffalo, New York | Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B
August 27 | Cleveland, Ohio | Wolstein Center
August 28 | Rochester Hills, Michigan | Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
September 3 | Austin, Texas | Moody Center
September 4 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Raising Cane’s River Center
September 5 | Bossier City, Louisiana | Brookshire Grocery Arena
September 10 | Knoxville, Tennessee | Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center
September 11 | Greensboro, North Carolina | First Horizon Coliseum
September 12 | Wilmington, North Carolina | Live Oak Bank Pavilion
September 17 | Alpharetta, Georgia | Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
September 18 | Columbia, South Carolina | Colonial Life Arena
September 19 | Richmond, Virginia | Virginia Credit Union LIVE
September 24 | Pikeville, Kentucky | Appalachian Wireless Arena
September 25 | Huntsville, Alabama | The Orion Amphitheater
September 26 | Brandon, Mississippi | Brandon Amphitheater
September 30 | Rogers, Arkansas | The Walmart AMP
October 1 | North Little Rock, Arkansas | Simmons Bank Arena
October 2 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | BOK Center
October 3 | Wichita, Kansas | INTRUST Bank Arena
October 8 | Chicago, Illinois | Salt Shed Fairgrounds
October 9 | Fishers, Indiana | Fishers Event Center
October 10 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Fiserv Forum
October 28 | Morrison, Colorado | Red Rocks Amphitheatre
October 30 | Lubbock, Texas | Cook’s Garage