The band’s all-star tribute to Robbie Robertson is going on tour. The Life Is a Carnival: Last Waltz Tour ’24 kicks off two days after the previously announced October 17 show at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles with Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Jamey Johnson, Don Was and others.

Tickets go on sale Friday, August 16, at 10 a.m. ET. Also on the bill: Ryan Bingham, John Medeski, Cyril Neville, Terence Higgins, Dave Malone and Mark Mullins and the Levee Horns, who will once again follow Allen Toussaint’s original arrangements. (Lukas Nelson will take Johnson’s place at three shows in Colorado.)

A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to local charities. A full list of dates and cities can be found below.

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The Life Is a Carnival: Last Waltz Tour ’24 kicks off in October at the Warfield in San Francisco, just over a mile from the location of the original Last Waltz Concert that took place on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at the Winterland Ballroom. Other major stops include New York City, Denver, Boston and Philadelphia before the shows end in Toronto, where Robertson was born in July 1943.

Executive producer of the tour launch concert in Los Angeles is Robertson’s long-time friend and collaborator Martin Scorsese, the director of The last waltzRobertson died on August 9, 2023 at the age of 80 after a battle with cancer. He had just finished working on the soundtrack to Scorsese’s Killer of the Flower Moonwhich was later nominated for 10 Oscars – including for best original score.

Highlights from previous “Last Waltz” tours

The organizer Blackbirds Presents has a number of current Last Waltz-themed tours with Johnson, Was, Higgins, Medeski, Malone and guests such as Michael McDonald, Warren Haynes and Dr. John. Garth Hudson, the only surviving band member, performed on the 2016 dates.

Co-founder Keith Wortman calls these new dates a high point. “This band, consisting of these artists, playing these songs, is what Don (Was) and I dreamed of when we started planning this tour,” Wortman said in an official statement. “Now the dream has become a reality.”

Campbell and Tench, both former members of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers, will also perform at the first LA concert. Their most memorable reunion came in 2023 as part of Bob Dylan’s backing band at Farm Aid.

Life is a Carnival: Last Waltz Tour ’24
10/19: San Francisco, California @ The Warfield
10/22: Boise, Idaho @ Revolution Concert House and Event Center
10/24 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
10/25 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
10/26 – Beaver Creek, CO @ Vilar Performing Arts Center
29.10. – Omaha, NE – Orpheum Theater
30.10. – Rockford, Illinois @ Coronado Theater
1.11. – Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace
2.11. – Cincinnati, OH @ Brady Music Center
04.11. – Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
6.11. – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater
07.11. – Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theater
8.11. – Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theater
9.11. – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
11/12 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater
14.11. – Schenectady, NY @ Proctors
11/15 –Rochester, NY at the Kodak Center
November 16th – Toronto, ON @ Meridian Hall