Sunny Sweeney & Ward Davis Team Up for “High On Honky Tonk” Tour
Here in 2018 and before, country music insurgents and songwriters Sunny Sweeney and Ward Davis have been teaming up on what they’ve been calling the “High On Honky Tonk Tour,” and they have recently released a whole bunch of new dates for the tour’s latest installment. Both sharing the same management, they make a favorable touring pair, and both have also pulled touring duties with Whitey Morgan and Cody Jinks as well. Tennessee Jet will open the shows.
Sunny Sweeny is the reigning Saving Country Music Song of the Year winner for her tune “Bottle By My Bed” from her highly-regarded 2017 album Trophy. Ward Davis wrote the title track to the last Cody Jinks album I’m Not The Devil, as well as “Colorado” from Cody’s upcoming record Lifers, and is currently working on a follow up to his 2015 record 15 Years in a 10 Year Town.
Ward Davis also just had a big opportunity bestowed when Cody Jinks had to cancel a show at The Blue Note in Columbia, Missouri Saturday night (6/23) after suffering from vertigo and having to be taken to the hospital. Ward was scheduled to open the show, but last minute Ward and The Blue Note decided to throw a free show since many Cody Jinks fans were planning to be there anyway, and installed Ward Davis as the headliner.
“I figured maybe 100 or 200 people MIGHT show up, but man was I wrong,” Ward Davis said. “A sold out crowd of nearly a thousand people crammed in that room and gave me the best reception I think I have ever had in any room ever. And they sang and they partied and we had about the best damn time a band could have.”
Sunny Sweeny will also be playing a slew of dates by herself before the latest round of the High on Honky Tonk tour gets kicked off. All dates can be seen below.
Sunny Sweeny Tour Dates
Jun 29 – Abendigos Grill & Patio – Broken Bow, OK
Jun 30 – Neon Moon – Yantis, TX
Jul 12 – Hodi’s Half Note – Fort Collins, CO
Jul 13 – Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 14 – The Oriental Theater – Denver, CO
Jul 17 – Roman Theater – Red Lodge, MT
Jul 19 – Mountain Village Resort – Stanley, ID
Jul 20 – John’s Alley Tavern – Moscow, ID
Jul 21 – Wild Hare Country Fest – Canby, OR
High on Honky Tonk Tour w/ Sunny Sweeney, Ward Davis, and Tennessee Jet
Aug 01 – Outland Ballroom – Springfield, MO
Aug 02 – THE OLD ROCK HOUSE – St Louis, MO
Aug 03 – Southgate House – Newport, KY
Aug 04 – Emerson Theater – Indianapolis, IN
Aug 05 – Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
Aug 08 – Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
Aug 09 – Saint Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI
Aug 10 – The Rave / Eagles Club – Milwaukee, WI
Aug 11 – Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
Aug 16 – Antone’s – Austin, TX
Aug 17 – John T. Floore’s Country Store – Helotes, TX
Aug 18 – Loud and Heavy Fest – Fort Worth, TX
Aug 21 – Wooly’s – Des Moines, IA
Aug 22 – Cavalier Theater – La Crosse, WI
Aug 23 – Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon – Iowa City, IA
Aug 24 – Emporia Granada Theater – Emporia, KS
Aug 25 – The Bourbon – Lincoln, NE
June 25, 2018 @ 9:45 am
Hope they book a few East Coast dates with a stop in the WASHDC metro area.
June 25, 2018 @ 9:53 am
There will probably be more dates with this pairing.
June 26, 2018 @ 12:26 pm
Did you get to see her play Hill Country in April in DC? Phenomenal show.
June 25, 2018 @ 9:46 am
Got tickets to see this in St Louis & they just added Jamey Johnson as the headliner for that date.
June 25, 2018 @ 9:54 am
I’ve listening to Sunny Sweeney a lot lately. Particularly like “Staying’s Worse Than Leaving” co-written with Radney Foster.
June 25, 2018 @ 10:45 am
speaking of tours, I just got a notification on my FB feed that The Troubadours will be rolling back thru Atlanta in October playing the Tabernacle. Traditionally that’s usually the last place a band will play in Atlanta before they are bumped up to full fledged arena or amphitheater status. If they sell out the Tabernacle, or have to add a second show, this could be huge for them.
June 25, 2018 @ 10:52 am
I went to this show when it hit Sacramento. I wish the venue would have complied a little better. Paid for the VIP which was supposed to have had a meet & greet, but got just the latest of their CD’s including Ward’s (now old) 2015 album, a coozie and a lanyard. Rather would have gone to their SF show, which I heard was more organized but for some reason didn’t. On the other hand, I liked Ward and Jet better in person than on their records. I think it’s mostly the arrangements are better now than they were when they individually recorded. Sunny’s sassy to her fans, but not inappropriate. All in all a great show though, and not to be missed.
June 25, 2018 @ 11:19 am
August 26th this tour will be in OKC at Tower Theatre – can’t wait!
June 25, 2018 @ 12:24 pm
She must not like Chicago for some reason. 🙁
Please come back Sunny, Trophy is still in my heavy rotation. Masterpiece in my opinion.
Don’t really want to drive to Milwaukee.
June 25, 2018 @ 3:39 pm
Sunny puts on a damn good show. The music is top notch, especially with Craig on drums and Harley on guitar.
The best parts are her banter between songs. She’s a trip. As long as the audio engineer isn’t asleep, you’ll have a great time.
June 25, 2018 @ 6:08 pm
Love Ward’s “Nobody’s Looking”. Gorgeous song.
June 25, 2018 @ 6:39 pm
Glad to see Ward finally finding some success. Hope his new album comes out soon, he’s built up a lot of momentum working with Cody Jinks and needs to capitalize on it while it lasts.
June 25, 2018 @ 7:52 pm
Proud to have known Ward Davis since 2009 and Sunny Sweeny since around 2006.
mentioned this tour on my live segment tonight.
June 25, 2018 @ 10:51 pm
Sunny Sweeney is constantly in my rotation. I actually like Provoked even more than Trophy (and Trophy is great) as a listening-while-driving album; it’s just fun all the way through.