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Published on 2026-05-05
Photo: Courtesy of Punch Brothers
Punch Brothers—mandolinist Chris Thile, guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjoist Noam Pikelny, and violinist Brittany Haas—have added 31 dates to their extensive May–November North American tour. The 64-city run, their biggest since 2019, celebrates the band’s new album, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers, out July 24 via Nonesuch Records.
The band begins the tour on May 14, 2026, performing through the spring, summer, and fall with stops throughout the East Coast, South, Midwest, Rockies, Southwest, West Coast, and Canada. The run includes headlining shows at venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York and the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, along with festival performances at Newport Folk Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Spoleto Festival, and more.
“No band has expanded the reach of American roots and bluegrass quite like Punch Brothers have. Inviting new audiences to the music with their myriad influences, they’ve spent [two decades] ignoring the boundaries of genre and creating lush sound worlds. Long may they continue to tell their stories.” —Songlines
Punch Brothers have partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 per ticket goes to supporting organizations working for equity, access, and dignity for all. VIP packages are available throughout the tour. Presales begin Wednesday, May 6 at 10am local time. General on sale begins Friday, May 8 at 10am local time. For tickets and more info, visit www.punchbrothers.com.
The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers is the seventh album from the Grammy-winning band—and its first comprising all instrumental tunes as well as its first with fiddle player Brittany Haas, who joined the quintet in 2023. The record features eight new original compositions by Punch Brothers as well as three traditional songs they arranged. A performance video of the opening track, “New Bike,” directed by Josh Goleman, is available now. A limited edition blue translucent LP is available from the Punch Brothers store as well as the Nonesuch store.
The new album’s title is more than a play on words: without lyrics to guide the listener, these are stories, impressions, and emotions communicated entirely with strings through melody, harmony, rhythm, and a literary sense of musical structure. For a band known for pushing acoustic music into unexpected places, going fully instrumental may be the most adventurous move they have made yet.
The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers is produced by the band and engineered by Joseph Lorge, who most recently received a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album/Non-Classical for his work on Pino Palladino and Blake Mills’ That Wasn’t a Dream.
Recorded at Guilford Sound Studio in Vermont last fall and winter, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers is an album of music without words. Thile, who founded the band in 2006, says, “This music is the result of what feels to me like our deepest but also most joyful exploration of the American string band in the twenty years we’ve been making music together. Something about the dichotomy of all the water under the bridge plus a new, brilliant teammate in Brittany. We all felt like kids in a candy store … so many possibilities and so much energy with which to pursue them, except with the kind of collective discipline and clarity of intent that only decades of collaboration affords.”
Punch Brothers, formed by Chris Thile in 2006, are known for pushing the boundaries of acoustic music. The band has garnered critical acclaim, including a Grammy for Best Folk Album for All Ashore (2018). The Washington Post applauded them for taking “bluegrass to its next evolutionary stage, drawing equal inspiration from the brain and the heart.”
Over the past two decades, Punch Brothers have become pioneers in modern string music, with albums like Antifogmatic (2010), Who’s Feeling Young Now (2012), and The Phosphorescent Blues (2015) showcasing the group’s genre-defying sound. Rolling Stone praised their work as “wild virtuosity used for more than just virtuosity,” cementing their reputation as trailblazers in contemporary acoustic music. The band’s most recent album, Hell on Church Street (2021), is a reimagining of, and homage to, the late bluegrass great Tony Rice’s landmark solo album Church Street Blues.
Most recently, Punch Brothers have been focused on the band’s musical variety show, The Energy Curfew Music Hour. Season One is available on all podcast platforms, with season two exclusively out on Audible. Season One was nominated for a Webby Award in the Podcast: Features, Experimental & Innovation category; it also won Most Innovative Audio Experience, Best Live Podcast Recording, and Best Sound Design in the Listener’s Choice category of the 2025 Signal Awards.
PUNCH BROTHERS 2026 TOUR
May 14 — Morristown, NJ — Mayo Performing Arts Center
May 15 — Allentown, PA — Archer Music Hall
May 16 — Rocky Mount, VA — The Harvester Performance Center
May 17 — Durham, NC — The Carolina Theatre
May 19 — Charlotte, NC — Knight Theater
May 21 — Richmond, VA — Maymont
May 22 — Cumberland, MD — DelFest
May 23 — Wilmington, NC — Greenfield Lake Amphitheater
May 24 — Charleston, SC — Spoleto Festival
May 26 — Ponte Vedra Beach, FL — Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
May 27 — Birmingham, AL — Avondale Brewing Company
May 28 — Knoxville, TN — Tennessee Theatre
May 29 — Pelham, TN — The Caverns
May 30 — Atlanta, GA — The Eastern
June 20–21 — Telluride, CO — Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 23 — Kansas City, MO — Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
June 24 — St. Louis, MO — Powell Hall
June 25 — Owensboro, KY — ROMP Fest
June 26 — Cincinnati, OH — Taft Theatre
June 27 — Boone, NC — Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
July 18 — Katonah, NY — Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts — Venetian Theater
July 19 — Hammondsport, NY — Concerts at Point of the Bluff
July 21 — South Deerfield, MA — Tree House Brewing Company — Deerfield
July 22 — Bar Harbor, ME — Criterion Theatre
July 24 — Hiram, ME — Ossipee Valley Music Festival
July 25 — Newport, RI — Newport Folk Festival
July 26 — Lyons, CO — RockyGrass Festival
July 27 — Teton Village, WY — Grand Teton Music Festival
September 9 — Grand Rapids, MI — Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
September 10 — Royal Oak, MI — Royal Oak Music Theatre
September 11 — Evanston, IL — Cahn Auditorium
September 13 — Milwaukee, WI — The Pabst Theater
September 15 — Rochester, MN — Mayo Civic Center, Presentation Hall
September 16 — Iowa City, IA — Hancher Auditorium at University of Iowa
September 17 — Goshen, IN — Sauder Concert Hall
September 18 — Columbus, OH — Southern Theatre
September 19 — Cleveland Heights, OH — Cain Park Evans Amphitheater
October 1 — Seattle, WA — The Moore Theatre
October 2 — Portland, OR — Revolution Hall
October 3 — Bend, OR — Tower Theatre
October 7 — Santa Barbara, CA — Venue TBA
October 8 — Los Angeles, CA — Venue TBA
October 9 — San Diego, CA — Epstein Family Amphitheater
October 10 — Scottsdale, AZ — Virginia G. Piper Theater — Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
October 11 — Albuquerque, NM — KiMo Theatre
October 13 — Beaver Creek, CO — Vilar Performing Arts Center
October 14 — Denver, CO — Paramount Theatre
October 15 — Boulder, CO — Boulder Theater
October 17 — Manteo, NC — Outer Banks Bluegrass Island Festival
November 4 — New York, NY — Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall
November 5 — Glenside, PA — Keswick Theatre
November 6 — Washington, DC — Warner Theatre
November 7 — Storrs, CT — Jorgensen Center For The Performing Arts
November 8 — Rutland, VT — The Paramount Theatre
November 11 — Portland, ME — State Theatre
November 12 — Concord, NH — Capitol Center for the Arts, Chubb Theatre
November 13 — Boston, MA — Boch Center, Shubert Theatre
November 14 — Ithaca, NY — State Theatre
November 15 — Buffalo, NY — Center for the Arts
November 17 — Toronto, ON — Koerner Hall
November 19 — Louisville, KY — The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts — Brown Theatre
November 21 — Nashville, TN — Ryman Auditorium
February 26–March 4, 2027 — Miami, FL — Cayamo Cruise
