Article Contributed by Mike
Published on 2026-03-29
The Bad Plus have added more dates to their upcoming 2026 Farewell Tour. The newly announced dates get underway September 20 at Tulsa, OK’s LowDown. A final run of farewell shows will be unveiled soon. For complete details and ticket availability, please visit www.thebadplus.com/tour.
The Bad Plus’s current lineup – which sees founding bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King joined by Ben Monder (guitars) and Chris Speed (saxophones) – will say goodbye to fans across the US and Canada beginning next month with a two-night stand at Seattle, WA’s venerable Jazz Alley on April 21-22. Upcoming highlights include a one-night-only date at New York City’s Sony Hall (June 19), a two-night, four-show run at Washington, DC’s Blues Alley (June 20-21), and festival performances at Gresham, OR’s Mt. Hood Jazz Festival (April 25), Rochester, NY’s 23rd Rochester International Jazz Festival (June 24) and Montréal, QC’s Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (June 26).
In addition, The Bad Plus will cross the Atlantic to bid a fond cheerio to their English fans with a brief run of UK shows, including two shows at Manchester’s Band on the Wall (July 2) and Coventry’s Warwick Art Centre (July 3)
The Bad Plus have spent their groundbreaking lifespan reimagining music in their own boldly original style, always challenging convention while propelling jazz in boundary-breaking new directions. Now, after more than a quarter century and three unique iterations, founding bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King have decided to call an end to the critically acclaimed, world-renowned group’s one-of-a-kind career.
“The Bad Plus has been a band for 26 years,” says Reid Anderson and Dave King. “That’s quite a long time! As we enter into year 27 – after a great deal of soul searching and consideration – we have decided to bring this chapter to a close. 2026 will be the final year of The Bad Plus. We share this news with heavy hearts, but also with great pride in what we have accomplished. It has been a privilege to share our music with the world, and we leave behind a body of work that we could not be more proud of.
“We look forward to performing our final shows throughout the coming year and hope to see as many of you as possible. This band changed our lives. Thank you all for being a part of that.”
THE BAD PLUS – FAREWELL TOUR 2026
APRIL
21 – Seattle, WA – Jazz Alley
22 – Seattle, WA – Jazz Alley
24 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club Ballroom
25 – Gresham, OR – Mt. Hood Jazz Festival
JUNE
15 – Portland, ME – One Longfellow Square
16 – Old Saybrook, CT – The Kate
17 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse
18 – Groton, MA – Meadow Hall at Groton Hill Music Center
19 – New York, NY – Sony Hall
20 – Washington, DC – Blues Alley (7:00 pm)
20 – Washington, DC – Blues Alley (9:30 pm)
21 – Washington, DC – Blues Alley (5:30 pm)
21 – Washington, DC – Blues Alley (8:00 pm)
23 – Albany, NY – The Egg
24 – Rochester, NY – Club Pass Series @ Rochester International Jazz Festival
26 – Montréal, QC – Festival International de Jazz de Montréal @ Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
27 – Westport, NY – The Mill
JULY
2 – Manchester, UK – Band on the Wall (7:30 pm)
2 – Manchester, UK – Band on the Wall (9:30 pm)
3 – Coventry, UK – Warwick Art Centre
7 – Copenhagen, DK – ALICE
9 – Vienna, AT – Porgy and Bess
10 – Munich, DE – Unterfahrt
11 – Hamburg, DE – Elbjazz
15 – Prague, CZ – Jazz Dock
SEPTEMBER
20 – Tulsa, OK – LowDown *
21 – Dallas, TX – AM/FM *
22 – Austin, TX – The 04 Center *
23 – San Antonio, TX – Stable Hall 1894 *
24 – Albuquerque, NM – The Outpost *
25 – Phoenix, AZ – The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) *
26 – Irvine, CA – Irvine Barclay Theatre *
OCTOBER
4 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music *
6 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark *
7 – Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Museum of Art *
8 – Cincinnati, OH – Xavier University *
9 – Indianapolis, IN – Jazz Kitchen *
10 – Nashville, TN – City Winery Nashville *
* NEWLY ANNOUNCED DATE
