Zach Top Announces 2025 Headliner Tour Dates
Alright. Enough of this playing 20 minute opening sets for Lainey Wilson. Zach Top is one of the fastest-rising artists in all of country music, and he’s taking his traditional country sound to the top with him. It’s time for everyone to put their big boy pants on and start to take this thing seriously. It starts with booking a proper headlining tour. And that’s just what Zach Top has announced for 2025.
Starting in January, Zach Top will start playing his own select headliner dates, with Cole Goodwin and Jake Worthington opening certain shows. This includes some big venues, and big opportunities for Zach in the wake of being nominated for the CMA’s New Artist of the Year. Top will be playing the legendary Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa on February 7th, and then on February 28th, he’ll be playing the Mother Church, the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
It’s not that we haven’t seen a wave of revolutionary artists in country music over the last ten years, slowly but surely steering the music back towards it roots, towards authenticity, towards an emphasis on songwriting, and an approach that’s more independent of the influence of corporate Nashville.
But if we’re being honest—whether it’s Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, or Zach Bryan—you sort of have to squint to make them the ideal specimen for this work. Their music often sits on the periphery and margins of the true heart of country. With Zach Top, he’s a bullseye.
2025 might be your very last opportunity to see Zach Top in relatively intimate venues, so don’t pass this opportunity up. New dates listed in bold below will be available for pre-sale starting Tuesday September 17 at 10:00am local time, with general on-sale following this Friday, September 20 at 10:00am local time.
ZACH TOP CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale this Friday, September 20 at 10:00am local time
September 19—Fresno, CA—Save Mart Center*
September 20—Stateline, NV—Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys*
September 21—Stateline, NV—Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys*
September 26—Vancouver, BC—Rogers Arena*
September 27—Auburn, WA—White River Amphitheatre*
September 28—Ridgefield, WA—RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater*
October 3—Rosenberg, TX—Fort Bend County Fair Association
October 5—Salt Lake City, UT—RedWest Fest
October 10—Lubbock, TX—United Supermarkets Arena*
October 11—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s
October 12—Manhattan, KS—The Manhattan+
October 18—Raleigh, NC—Red Hat Amphitheater*
October 19—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre*
October 20—Wilmington, NC—Live Oak Bank Pavilion*
October 24—London, ON—Budweiser Gardens*
October 25—Oshawa, ON—Tribute Communities Centre*
October 26—Pittsburgh, PA—Petersen Events Center*
October 30—Birmingham, AL—Workplay
November 1—North Little Rock, AR—Simmons Bank Arena*
November 2—Evansville, IN—Ford Center*
November 3—Charleston, WV—Charleston Coliseum*
November 7—Oklahoma City, OK—Paycom Center*
November 8—Omaha, NE—CHI Health Center*
November 9—Sioux Falls, SD—Denny Sanford Premier Center*
November 15—Monroe, LA—Monroe Civic Center*
November 16—Monroe, LA—Monroe Civic Center*
November 30—Scottsdale, AZ—Westworld of Scottsdale
December 30—San Diego, CA—Wild Horses
January 16—Omaha, NE—Steelhouse+
January 18—Fayetteville, AR—JJ’s Live+
January 24—Denver, CO—Grizzly Rose+
January 30—Columbus, OH—The Bluestone+
January 31—Royal Oak, MI—Royal Oak Music Theatre+
February 1—Cincinnati, OH—Bogart’s+
February 6—Des Moines, IA—Val Air Ballroom+
February 7—Tulsa, OK—Cain’s Ballroom+
February 14—Durant, OK—Choctaw Grand Theater+
February 16—San Antonio, TX—Frost Bank Center – San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
February 27—Chattanoooga, TN—The Signal+
February 28—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium^
March 6—Jacksonville, FL—FIVE+
March 8—Atlanta, GA—Buckhead Theatre+
March 21-23—Willowbank, Australia—CMC Rocks
*with Lainey Wilson
+with special guest Cole Goodwin
^with special guest Jake Worthington
Taylor
September 16, 2024 @ 6:21 pm
As much as I did not like living in Manhattan, KS, I wish I could have been there to see his show there in about a month. I am two and half hours away now and it is sold out, oh well. Still need to order his album.
Will
September 16, 2024 @ 6:45 pm
i’m glad to see Manhattan representing! Cool they sold him out.
I wish he’d come to KC though
Missourigirl
September 17, 2024 @ 11:21 am
Super excited to be going. The original show was scheduled for May and was postponed.
Howard
September 16, 2024 @ 6:37 pm
The closest he comes to New England is Pittsburgh, which is not close in any sense of the word. Look, I know NYC is a country radio desert (due to the hardwired-for-rhythmic nature of the dominant demographics there), but “Sounds Like the Radio” is getting played in Albany, Hartford, Providence, Boston, Portland, Manchester and all the smaller markets in the Northeast. When country acts come up this way, they have no problem drawing, but there just aren’t enough acts being booked.
MITCHELL QUIRK
September 17, 2024 @ 4:15 am
I had tickets to see him in Boston this summer, but ended up not being able to make it. Still haunts me lol
Noneya
September 16, 2024 @ 6:58 pm
I’d love to see Zach Top but I’m not willing to pay Lainey Wilson prices to do so.
Hopefully he makes it over here without her in the future.
Kevin Davis
September 18, 2024 @ 9:38 am
I saw Lainey twice at Coyote Joe’s in Charlotte, right before she blew-up huge. Pretty sure I didn’t pay more than $20 or $25 per ticket! So, yeah, it’s best to see them while they’re still playing small-to-mid size indoor venues. Better acoustics. $3 beer. I can’t afford Lainey tickets now!
Matt
September 16, 2024 @ 7:10 pm
Hoping his headlining tour brings him home to Warshington.. I know he’s here opening for Lainey but I’m not interested in seeing a short opening set
Dave F
September 16, 2024 @ 7:45 pm
Nothing in the NYC metro area. Sometimes it’s hard being a country fan in the northeast. At least Jesse Daniel remembered his fans up this way with his current tour since I’ll be seeing him in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday.
MITCHELL QUIRK
September 17, 2024 @ 4:28 am
Also from the northeast. Colter Wall is my favorite artist and he never comes ANYWHERE close lol.
Will
September 17, 2024 @ 9:56 am
he was here in KC on a Friday night but didn’t draw. I was sad for him. Only a couple hundred or so came out. Perfect evening, outside show and Jesse was spectacular.
AlexP
September 17, 2024 @ 7:34 am
Good for him . Def bummed he is no where close to the DMV for this tour run. Hopefully next time.
Loretta Twitty
September 17, 2024 @ 7:40 am
To quote Dusty,” I’m tired of the smoke & the lights. It ain’t me.” Zach doesn’t need all of that junk,either. I recently got to see him live,a truly enjoyable show! Gives me hope! My husband isn’t a music/concert freak,like me… He said Zack put on one the best shows he has ever seen.It was just good,country music in 2024.
Fuzzy TwoShirts
September 18, 2024 @ 9:46 am
Zach Top may be more of a country music savior than the usual list of people who have the title foisted upon them.. but I think we’ve reached a terminator dark fate situation on country music.
We may finally have a country music savior… but no longer need one
Dark fate was a good terminator movie… but nobody cares anymore
I’ve never heard a Zach top song… and I don’t feel compelled to right now.
Because I bought metamodern sounds, and traveler, and I didn’t do either because I wanted to support Simpson or Stapleton. I did it because I wanted to spite the bro country fans
I was trying to take country music back from people who hated it
But the real country music savior issue is that some people, even scm regulars, use ‘save’ to mean ‘liberate’
To free the market so artists can do what they want within the genre and let the art speak for itself.
When I talk saving country music I talk preservation
To save the existing music already recorded from being lost, forgotten or becoming obscure
The way a classic car is saved: by preserving it
I’m happy for Zach top but I don’t care to participate. I want to listen to Hank locklin. I want to listen to Hank snow, the Louvin brothers, and Lester flatt and earl scruggs.
And I don’t need to fight with people who think old stuff is lame on the internet anymore.
Because more and more YouTube channels, more and more Facebook groups, are preserving (saving) the music I care about most.
It isn’t radio’s job anymore to play a few of the classics to keep it from being forgotten.
In the ten years since Blake Shelton called me a jackass, more old country albums have been digitized, put online, reissued on disc or for streaming, than I ever would have imagined.
I can’t even buy them as fast as they come out.
Zach Top? Lemme tell you I haven’t even heard All the old reissues from jean Shepard and Mel tillis yet
Country music is being saved (preserved)
Even some of the rarest albums (if anyone knows where I can download the Buck Owens polka and Mexican influenced guitar instrumental album let me know) are now free to hear online
Ten years ago I was lucky I have one album by stringbean
Now all of his stuff is reissued, Don Rich finally got his due for album releases, I could go on and on.
And I don’t have to ball my fist at newer artists for taking up space on radio stations that could have been used to play Buck Owens, or Mel street, or to keep people aware of the existing country music
Because that stuff got saved (preserved) without radio.
And I own more CDs of it than I could possibly have dreamed ten years ago.
So I consider country music more saved (preserved) than ever and if country radio/ country the institution is saved (liberated) well good for them I guess. I have such a backlog of stuff to listen to I might not get to listen to Zach top until 2045
Lance Woolie
September 18, 2024 @ 11:13 am
If you’re not gonna take the time to listen, then don’t expect any of us to read the rest of your lengthy messages
Lance Woolie
September 18, 2024 @ 11:12 am
It’s about time that a genuine artist like Zach Is given a proper platform and support across-the-board. . His breakout this year is exhilarating to watch and gives me hope for so many other artists who have gone the traditional route musically without much recognition. ZT Could be the GOAT of our day if he keeps his head up and keeps writing them bangers. Timeless masterpiece songs, combined with the attitude of authenticity Is what country music has been missing for a good minute.
I just hope he quits smoking cigarettes and preserves that national treasure of a voice that he has.
Wesley Gray
September 18, 2024 @ 6:22 pm
i’ll be going to that show in Durant, OK and maybe the Tulsa show, too. I absolutely love the music this guy is putting out. it’s authentic yet still radio-friendly, It’s also just plain fun. glad i can hear this stuff while i’m at work as my workplace only allows us to play music directly on local radio stations. The Ranch (Chickasha, OK) is a pretty decent station. they play some horrible 808-laden country crap on the station but just as soon as Sam Hunt’s song ends, they’re suddenly playing Bobbie Gentry, then Coe, then Diamond Rio, and probably some Jo Dee. for every two or three crappy songs they play, they’ll run a set of 10 old tunes from the 60’s-90’s right after. decent station. not as good as Hank FM but still a good station with a stronger signal. Anyhoo, said radio station is where i first heard Zach Top, suprisingly. I was a fan after the first minute of listening. super cool that he’s headlining shows now!
Bubba’s Cruise & Concerts
September 20, 2024 @ 2:48 pm
Unfortunately someone in Zach’s camp really dropped the ball with this tour. I tired everything for 3 days to get tickets to the Chattanooga / Atlanta shows and couldn’t this was even after they added a 2nd show. The tickets for those show were gone before they even went up to sale to the public I think the bc the presale stuff. The venue he booked in Chattanooga was way too small and he should have been at one of the bigger ones. The ticket price was too low as well the $40 one is $128+ on StubHub