Judy Collins Adds New Dates and Guests to 'Sweet Judy Blue Eyes' Farewell Tour

As previously reported, singer-songwriter Judy Collins will embark on her highly anticipated “Sweet Judy Blue Eyes” farewell tour beginning July 4, 2026. Spanning cities across North America and beyond through winter 2027, the tour has added new dates and special guests.

Additionally, the Americana Music Association will hold a special “Judy Collins and Friends” celebration at the 2026 AmericanaFest in Nashville in September. This final farewell tour will be captured on film for a forthcoming documentary on Collins's life, music and legacy.  

The tour kicks off on July 4, 2026, with Collins headlining the live, star-studded PBS nationally televised Independence Day event “America Made In Virginia: 250 Years Together” celebration hosted by Virginia’s American Revolution 250 Commission (VA250) in Colonial Williamsburg, the capital city of revolutionary Virginia.

Throughout the tour, select dates will feature special guests, including the newly confirmed August 30th performance at Tanglewood featuring Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash, and Amanda Shires.

Other guests confirmed along the tour are Richard Thompson, The High Kings, Bruce Cockburn, Elles Bailey, Livingston Taylor and Norwegian duo Oakland Rain, who are also filming the tour for the forthcoming documentary. Visit here for specific guest appearances.  

Following the main tour, Collins will present the “Sweet Judy Blue Eyes – Celebration Encore,” a special series of encore performances.

A 7-time GRAMMY nominee, Collins is an award-winning folk singer-songwriter who has released 55 recordings during her prolific career.  She has released six albums since 2015 alone, and her Grammy-nominated 2023 album, Spellbound, is her first album of all-original, self-penned songs. Collins is also a published author, filmmaker, mental health keynote speaker, and podcast host. In 2025, Judy Collins released Sometimes It’s Heaven: Poems of Love, Loss and Redemption, personal poems about love, loss and redemption.

2026-27 “SWEET JUDY BLUE EYES” TOUR DATES

JUNE 11 / CONCORD, NH @ Capitol Center for the Arts
JUNE 13 / NEWPORT, RI @ Jane Pickens
JUNE 14 / NEWPORT, RI @ Jane Pickens
JUNE 19 / SIDNEY, BC @ Seaside Music Festival
JUNE 20 / PORT ALBERNI, BC @ Char’s Landing
JUNE 25 / BUFFALO, NY @ Asbury Hall
JULY 4 / WILLIAMSBURG, VA @ U.S. 250th Anniversary Celebration
JULY 5 / WILLIAMSBURG, VA @ Music Arts Center
JULY 12 / CAMPBELLFORD, ON @ Westben Arts Festival Theater
JULY 15 / HYANNIS, MA @ Cape Cod Melody Tent*
JULY 16 / COHASSET, MA @ South Shore Music Circus*
JULY 18 / LANSDOWNE, PA @ Lansdowne Theater*
JULY 20 / OCEAN CITY, NJ @ Ocean City Music Pier^
JULY 22 / DENVER, CO @ Denver Botanical Garden# (SOLD OUT!)
JULY 24 / BAYFIELD, WI @ Big Top Chautauqua%
AUG 6 / SAN DIEGO, CA @ Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
AUG 15 / BROWNFIELD, ME @ Stone Mountain
AUG 16 / BAR HARBOR, ME @ Criterion Theater
AUG 26 / IOWA CITY, IA @ Englert Theater#
AUG 27 / DES MOINES, IA @ Hoyt Sherman Place#
AUG 30 / LENOX, MA @ Tanglewood$
SEPT 8 / OMAHA, NE @ Astro Theater#
SEPT 9 / LAWRENCE, KS @ Liberty Hall#
SEPT 15 / NASHVILLE, TN @ Americana Fest 
SEPT 19 / HONOLULU, HI @ Blue Note
SEPT 20 / HONOLULU, HI @ Blue Note
SEPT 24 / TUCSON, AZ @ Fox Theater
SEPT 27 / SANTA BARBARA, CA @ Lobero Theatre  
SEPT 29 / PORT ANGELES, WA @ Field Arts & Events Hall
SEPT 30 / KIRKLAND, WA @ Kirkland PAC
OCT 2 / GRANTS PASS, OR @ The Rouge Theatre
OCT 9 / ITHACA, NY @ State Theater
OCT 16 / FALLON, NV @ Barkley Theater
OCT 18 / BERKELEY, CA @ Cal Performance Arts
OCT 21 / CLEVELAND, OH @ Music Box
OCT 23 / CHICAGO, IL @ Old Town School of Folk
OCT 24 / CHICAGO, IL @ Old Town School of Folk
OCT 27 / MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ Dakota
OCT 28 / MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ Dakota
OCT 30 / MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ Dakota
NOV 1 / LAFAYETTE, IN @ Long Center for the Performing Arts
NOV 4 / MUNHALL, PA @ Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
NOV 17 / ALEXANDRIA, VA @ The Birchmere
NOV 18 / ALEXANDRIA, VA @ The Birchmere
NOV 22 / MORRISTOWN, NJ @ MAYO Center
NOV 29 / RIDGEFIELD, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse
DEC 12 / RIVERHEAD, NY @ Suffolk Theater
DEC 18 / OGUNQUIT, ME @ Jonathan’s
DEC 19 / OGUNQUIT, ME @ Jonathan’s
JAN 9 / FORT LAUDERDALE, FL @ Amaturo Theater
JAN 13 / PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL @ Ponte Vedra Beach Concert Hall!
JAN 14 / ORLANDO, FL @ Plaza Theater!
JAN 16 / CLEARWATER, FL @ Capitol Theater!
MAR 4 / LEXINGTON, KY @ Troubadour Concert Series
MAR 6 / PELHAM, TN @ The Caverns!
APR 10 / PORTLAND, OR @ Aladdin Theater
More dates TBA 

*w/ Richard Thompson and Elles Bailey
^w/ Richard Thompson
#w/ Bruce Cockburn
%w/ The High Kings
$ w/ Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanna Cash, Amanda Shires
! w/ Livingston Taylor

Photo credit: Shervin Lainez