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Published on 2026-01-30
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band have always felt like a living handshake between generations—one part front-porch tradition, one part road-tested reinvention, and one part pure, stubborn joy in the act of making music. That thread runs right through a new Los Angeles Times feature, “Why the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s musical bridge between generations still matters today,” where founding member Jeff Hanna looks back on enough career-defining moments for three or four lifetimes—while the Dirt Band keeps adding fresh pages to the story.
Within the piece is the premiere of the band’s “Nashville Skyline” music video, a whiskey-soaked take on Nashville days-gone-by that spotlights the writing trio of Hanna, his son and bandmate Jaime, and his wife and celebrated songwriter Matraca Berg. And this week, the Dirt Band added one last slew of new tour dates to ALL THE GOOD TIMES: The Farewell Tour—this final leg dubbed a pretty self-explanatory 60 Years of Dirt.
Part of the magic concoction fueling six decades of the Dirt Band? A simple love for writing, recording, and performing. “We’ve never stopped making music…sometimes we were the Toot Uncommons with Steve Martin, or playing as Linda Ronstadt’s back-up band for a minute, but it was always great music,” Hanna tells LA Times writer Holly Gleason. And still today, they’re up against a whole new environment—not much like the road days past—yet they continue to add nights to their farewell rounds.
“The amount of eye rolls you get from saying ‘Farewell Tour,’ because it’s so abused,” jokes Hanna. “But the rigors of touring, especially with travel the way it is…” Reflecting on the recording process of their latest EP, Night After Night, Hanna echoes the idea that it’s still all about the music. “We had the same kind of fun we did when we started,” he says. “Sixty years in, what more is there?”
This week, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band announced the final leg of their ALL THE GOOD TIMES tour: a June jaunt through the Plains and into the great American West, culminating in a grand return to Denver—this time at Mission Ballroom on June 18. This final run of dates is in addition to an already busy spring schedule, anchored by a very special show at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House on May 13—the actual 60th anniversary, to the day, of the band’s formation.
Tickets for all announced ALL THE GOOD TIMES: The Farewell Tour dates are on sale now. A full list of tour dates can be found below or at nittygritty.com/tour. For those who have yet to check out the Night After Night EP, you can listen on Spotify.
March 20–25 — Miami, FL — Outlaw Country Cruise
April 9 — Tarrytown, NY — Tarrytown Music Hall
April 10 — Easton, PA — State Theatre Center for the Arts
April 11 — Beverly, MA — The Cabot
April 12 — Lancaster, PA — American Music Theatre
April 14 — Rutland, VA — The Paramount Theatre
April 16 — Plymouth, MA — Plymouth Memorial Hall
April 17 — Nashua, NH — Nashua Center For The Arts
April 18 — Niagara Falls, ON — Fallsview Casino Resort — The Avalon Theatre
April 19 — Albany, NY — The Egg Center For The Performing Arts — Kitty Carlisle Hart Theatre
May 7 — Washington, DC — Lincoln Theatre
May 8 — Bristol, VA — Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
May 9 — Myrtle Beach, SC — The Carolina Opry Theater — Galvin Gilmore Theater
May 10 — Wilmington, NC — Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College — Allan and Laura Wilson Humanities and Fine Arts Center
May 13 — Nashville, TN — Grand Ole Opry House (NGDB’s 60th Anniversary Celebration)
June 5 — Dodge City, KS — United Wireless Arena
June 6 — La Vista, NE — The Astro
June 7 — Rapid City, SD — The Monument
June 9 — Jackson Hole, WY — Jackson Hole Center for the Arts
June 10 — Jackson Hole, WY — Jackson Hole Center for the Arts
June 11 — Helena, MT — Helena Civic Center
June 13 — Billings, MT — Alberta Bair Theater
June 14 — Sandy, UT — Sandy Amphitheater
June 16 — Dillon, CO — Dillon Amphitheater
June 18 — Denver, CO — Mission Ballroom
For more information, or to purchase tickets, please visit nittygritty.com/tour.
