Billy Strings Confirms 12-Date Spring 2026 Tour [Update]

[Originally published 11/30/25, Updated 12/2/25]: After using a Thanksgiving crossword puzzle to clue fans into the cities on his 2026 spring tour, Billy Strings on Tuesday officially announced the dates and details for the 12-show April outing [get tickets].

The tour will begin on April 2nd, 3rd, and 4th with a Thursday–Sunday run at St. Augustine, FL’s St. Augustine Amphitheatre. The following week, Billy Strings and his namesake band will head to Tampa, FL’s Benchmark International Arena (4/8), Savannah, GA’s Enmarket Arena (4/10, 4/11), Greensboro, NC’s First Horizon Coliseum (4/14), Charlottesville, VA’s John Paul Jones Arena (4/17, 4/18), and Charleston, WV’s Charleston Coliseum (4/22) before wrapping up the tour with two nights at Fishers, IN’s Fishers Event Center (4/24, 4/25).

Artist pre-sales will begin on Wednesday, December 3rd at 10:00 a.m. ET ahead of a public on-sale on Friday, December 5th at 10:00 a.m. ET. Find complete ticketing details here.

Check out the full list of dates below. Scroll down to read more about the pre-announcement crossword puzzle teaser and watch the five full-show videos Billy Strings shared on Thanksgiving.

BILLY STRINGS – SPRING 2026 TOUR DATES

April 2, 2025 — St. Augustine, Florida — The Amp
April 3, 2025 — St. Augustine, Florida — The Amp
April 4, 2025 — St. Augustine, Florida — The Amp
April 8, 2025 — Tampa, Florida — Benchmark International Arena
April 10, 2025 — Savannah, Georgia — Enmarket Arena
April 11, 2025 — Savannah, Georgia — Enmarket Arena
April 14, 2025 — Greensboro, North Carolina — First Horizon Coliseum
April 17, 2025 — Charlottesville, Virginia — John Paul Jones Arena
April 18, 2025 — Charlottesville, Virginia — John Paul Jones Arena
April 22, 2025 — Charleston, West Virginia — Charleston Coliseum
April 24, 2025 — Fishers, Indiana — Fishers Event Center
April 25, 2025 — Fishers, Indiana — Fishers Event Center

[11/30/25]: Billy Strings on Thursday made sure that his fans would stay plenty occupied during their Thanksgiving gatherings: In addition to publishing a crossword puzzle whose answers revealed the destinations he plans to visit on tour in 2026, the bluegrass superstar loaded up viewers’ YouTube plates with five full-set, pro-shot videos including his recent guest-filled Meet Me at the Crypt 2025 Halloween show and more.

[Photos: (left) Screengrab via newly uploaded 10/31/25 video – Billy Strings as The Wolf Man; (right) Thanksgiving crossword puzzle]

Much like the word search puzzle Billy used to tease his 2025 spring tour earlier this year, the crossword puzzle, titled the “Billy Strings After Dinner Activity Sheet,” revealed a number of cities and states in addition to a note about when fans can expect an official tour announcement. Try your hand at the Billy Strings Thanksgiving crossword puzzle below, and click underneath the puzzle to view the answer key and revealed 2026 tour stops (via @headynet). Find tickets to upcoming Billy Strings tour dates here.

View Crossword Puzzle Answer Key

[11/30/25]: Along with the presumed 2026 Billy Strings tour dates, the puzzle included an answer/clue that read, “Shows”/”5 Uploaded To YouTube,” a promise Billy kept as a series of full-show, pro-shot videos popped up on his YouTube channel every hour on the hour throughout the afternoon on Thanksgiving day. In addition to the video of his Halloween 2025 Meet Me at the Crypt performance, the Thanksgiving video haul included Billy’s 9/11/25 trio show with Bryan Sutton and Royal Masat in Boone, NC; 2024’s post-Halloween celebration of Highway Prayers in Baltimore (11/1/24); this past August’s performance at Milwaukee, WI’s Fiserv Forum (8/8/25); and the band’s May 2024 performance at Rosemont, IL’s Allstate Arena (5/25/24), which was recently released on vinyl as part of a Third Man Records Vault Package.

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Billy Strings – Meet Me at the Crypt – Baltimore, MD – Full Show [Pro-Shot] – 10/31/25

Billy Strings, Bryan Sutton & Royal Masat – Boone, NC – Full Show [Pro-Shot] – 9/11/25

Billy Strings – Milwaukee, WI – Full Show [Pro-Shot] – 8/8/25

Billy Strings – Highway Prayers (Live) – Baltimore, MD – Full Show [Pro-Shot] – 11/1/24

Billy Strings – Rosemont, IL – Full Show [Pro-Shot] – 5/5/24