Josh Ritter announces summer tour, coming to Carrboro

Photo by Marcelo Biglia

Singer-songwriter and gifted wordsmith Josh Ritter is hitting the road again this spring in support of his new double live album and DVD titled Live at the Iveagh Gardens. He also has a novel coming out on June 28 titled Bright's Passage.

The tour will bring Ritter to the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Wednesday, July 27. Ticket info is not available yet, but should be soon. We'll keep you posted. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, May 20 via etix for $18.

Check out Ritter's recent performance on the NPR Tiny Desk video series below. It includes the songs "The Temptation of Adam," "Lark," "Rattling Locks" and "Kathleen."



Josh Ritter tour dates
06.03.11 - Westhampton Beach, NY - Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
06.04.11 - Elmer, NJ - Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival
06.05.11 - Pittsburgh, PA - Hartwood Acres
06.17.11 - Milford, CT - Daniel Street
06.18.11 - Croton-on-Hudson, NY - Clearwater Festival
06.24.11 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fitzgerald Theater
06.28.11 - New York, NY - Union Square Barnes & Noble
06.29.11 - Boston, MA - Brookline Booksmith @ Coolidge Corner Theatre
06.30.11 - Washington, DC - Politics & Prose
07.05.11 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
07.06.11 - Oneonta, NY - The Oneonta Theatre
07.07.11 - Buffalo, NY - Ashbury Hall @ Babeville
07.08.11 - Orillia, ON - Mariposa Folk Festival
07.09.11 - Orillia, ON - Mariposa Folk Festival
07.10.11 - Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Blues Festival
07.12.11 - Los Angeles, CA - Book Soup
07.13.11 - San Francisco, CA - Book Passage
07.14.11 - Portland, OR - Powell's
07.15.11 - Seattle, WA - Elliot Bay Book Company
07.16.11 - Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Folk Festival
07.17.11 - Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Folk Festival
07.19.11 - Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden Amphitheater
07.20.11 - Boulder, CO - Chautauqua Gardens
07.21.11 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
07.22.11 - St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway
07.24.11 - Birmingham, AL - Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center
07.27.11 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
08.11.11 - Sandpoint, ID - Festival at War Memorial Field
08.14.11 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival
08.16.11 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
08.17.11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
08.20.11 - Lyons, CO - Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
08.27.11 - New York, NY - DMB Caravan @ Governors Island
08.28.11 - University Park, PA - Bryce Jordan Center @ PSU
09.04.11 - George, WA - DMB Caravan - The Gorge
11.12.11 - Richmond, VA - Modlin Center for the Arts
11.14.11 - Tampa, FL - Straz Center for the Performing Arts
12.31.11 - Northampton, MA - Calvin Theater