Dates for the Annual Hard Candy Christmas Tour Announced
It’s hot as butt outside right now, but in a few short months there will be a nip to the air and a yuletide feeling as December descends upon us. After the successful run of the Hard Candy Christmas tour in 2016 pairing four of the most talented songwriters from Texas together for a frigid tour of the blistery Midwest, they’ve decided to do it once again this year, cold fronts be damned.
This thing was so badass last year, Miranda Lambert even stopped by for one of the shows. You should do the same for the opportunity to see this unique assemblage of singing and songwriting talent.
Jamie Lin Wilson is a member of the supergroup The Trishas who you might recognize singing on the Turnpike Troubadours’ “Call A Spade A Spade.” Her latest album Holidays & Wedding Rings is one of the best albums you can lay your paws on.
Brennen Leigh has been dazzling audiences in Austin and beyond for years now with her original songs, her recent tribute to Lefty Frizzell (which is excellent), and now with her new group High Plains Jamboree.
Courtney Patton’s country music contributions go far beyond being the singing partner of her husband Jason Eady, including her latest solo record So This Is Life. And Sunny Sweeney is the once Big Machine signee who returned to Texas, and whose latest record Trophy has some of the best songs you will hear in all of 2017.
“I love getting the chance to spend time with my friends,” says Sweeney. “That’s the main reason we do this. It’s not often we all get together because we are always all playing our own shows, so we made up a string of shows where we all get to sing and play together.”
You may hear some Christmas songs, but this isn’t necessarily a Christmas song tour. It’s about four songwriters singing on each other’s compositions, and using the camaraderie of the road to spread the joy of music.
Here are the confirmed dates so far (potentially more to come):
- November 10th – Bugle Boy – La Grange, TX
- November 25th – Saxon Pub – Austin, TX
- December 1st – Mercury Lounge, Tulsa, OK
- December 2nd – Blue Door – Oklahoma City, OK
- December 3rd – Fort Worth Live – Fort Worth, TX
- December 6th – Joe’s – Chicago, IL
- December 7th – Turf Club – St. Paul, MN
- December 8th – Buck’s – Venice, NE
- December 9th – Knucklehead’s – Kansas City, MO
- December 21st – Sam’s – San Antonio, TX
- December 22nd – Main Street Crossing – Tomball, TX
August 22, 2017 @ 6:50 pm
Work prohibited me from attending last year, I’m praying for a Christmas miracle to get me there this time around!
August 22, 2017 @ 7:10 pm
darn… nothing near me. where we actually have snow and a proper winter.
what a shame this looks like a fun thing to see.
August 23, 2017 @ 4:17 am
One of their shows was streamed last year; it was fantastic. If they were coming anywhere within a couple hours of me, I’d go in a heartbeat. Hopefully, at least one of them gets streamed again this year.
August 23, 2017 @ 5:45 am
This would be a great show to come to central Illinois(ahem, Limelight in Peoria). But, no, it’s MORE important to have Kane effing Brown every 4-5 months. Damn…
August 23, 2017 @ 7:13 am
I just saw Jamie and Courtney play with Jason Eady this last weekend at the Gold Dust Music Festival in Northern California and I can say with complete honesty that no one has more fun up on stage than those two. It’s infectious to the audience.
August 23, 2017 @ 2:42 pm
i’ve saw Sunny at the Blue Door in OKC several months back. GREAT show. I will be attending this upcoming show for sure. the venue is in an old house about a mile from mine. Thanks for the heads up, Kyle! ????
August 23, 2017 @ 11:46 pm
All these years I thought that was Courtney Patton on “Call a Spade a Spade,” I’m ashamed of myself. Did I not read the liner notes? Do I have the liner notes? I think so. In my defense, I don’t spend too much time listening to chicks–tomatoes and all that–but I love them both, and Sunny too, I can’t think of who Brennen Leigh is, but she’s in good company and that says a lot.
August 24, 2017 @ 6:30 am
Yessss!!! I missed out last year, but sure as heck won’t make that mistake again.
August 24, 2017 @ 6:50 am
Same here, Hayley! I’m going to get tickets to the show in Tomball. I had been trying to decide between there and San Antonio, Austin, La Grange, and Fort Worth. Then I read the mission statement for Main Street Crossing in Tomball, and I’m all in
August 28, 2017 @ 11:03 pm
I’ll be at the Fort Worth show, but It’s going to be epic no matter what. Can’t wait!
August 24, 2017 @ 7:36 pm
Boooooooo! Come to the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley they will LOVE you here.
December 23, 2017 @ 8:55 am
Attended the show last night in Tomball, and it was a damn good time. Sunny gave a shout-out to SCM for her song of the year, which brought hearty applause from the crowd