Tour Fever: The Artists Heating Up Stages This Summer

By: Brandon Carman

As this year’s rainy spring comes to a close, it’s time for summer concerts—and our artists have a lot in store!

Josh Radnor: The Eulogy II Tour

Former actor turned Americana storyteller, Josh Radnor launched his Eulogy II Tour in late April and will bring it to a close this weekend with performances in Annapolis, Maryland—a sold-out show in Vienna, Virginia—and a final homecoming at the Franklin Theatre in Franklin, Tennessee on June 5th. Blending raw honesty with rich, melodic textures, Josh Radnor has reinvented himself as one of Americana’s most compelling new voices. His music unfolds like a handwritten letter—vulnerable, reflective, and deeply human. Radnor isn’t just performing—he’s crafting a legacy, one intimate evening at a time

These are shows you won’t want to miss, get tickets here!

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Mary Gauthier: Drag Queens in Limousines 25th Anniversary Tour

Carrying the weight of hard-won truths, Mary Gauthier’s music bears a grit and a tenderness that is deeply redemptive. Sometimes referred to as “Lady Prine” for the similarities her storytelling and songwriting approaches have to John Prine, Gauthier writes with the precision of a poet and the empathy of someone who’s lived every word. She isn’t just performing—she’s bearing witness one soul-stirring night at a time. Next week Gauthier is set to begin the North American leg of her 25th Anniversary Drag Queens in Limousines Tour in Seattle, the album that earned her wide acclaim within the Americana world. She will tour throughout America and Canada the entire month of June with a few shows in late July and early August before heading overseas to the UK and Ireland in October to bring the tour to a close.

Get tickets here to see Mary at a venue near you!

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Derek Webb: SURVIVAL SONGS TOUR

Derek Webb is a veteran singer-songwriter known for his fearless honesty, razor-sharp lyrics, and genre-bending artistry. With a career spanning decades, from his early days with Caedmon’s Call to a bold solo catalog, Webb has never shied away from tackling the hard questions. His latest project, Survival Songs, is no exception. Written and recorded in just one month, the new album is a powerful response to the urgent need for comfort, courage, and empowerment, especially for queer youth facing growing threats in today’s world. As an artist, citizen, and dad of teens, Webb invites listeners to join him on tour and experience these powerful songs live: a soundtrack for survival in dangerous times.

Derek kicked off the tour at the beginning of the month, and will only have a string of shows throughout late June before returning to tour for the majority of the months of August and September.

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You Booked a Show, Now What?

By: Michael Downing

As an intern at Olivia Management, I have learned many different skills. One skill that I have found incredibly useful is how to market shows. While most people think getting the show date is the hardest part about live music, it is filling out the venue that comes with the most challenges. So, when you finally get your first booking, what next? Over the semester, I have learned a few best practices that prove effective that I would like to share.

While the internet can be filled with a lot of useless nonsense, some tools are incredibly effective when it comes to marketing shows. It may seem that in today's media climate, the only way you could promote a show is through Tiktok, Instagram, or X. Some things that I have been doing to help bring awareness to shows is by submitting events to event listing websites. Some of these websites have been Bandsintown and Allevent.in. All you have to do is upload the information of your event and then it is listed for people to see! Another effective thing is utilizing artists' email lists. You can send emails to the fans who are close to the show to let them know you are coming. Once we list our events, as well as shout out the event through social media and email, we start tracking our ticket sales. 

As the concert gets closer, we will monitor which locations are not selling tickets and start marketing those shows heavily. An easy and effective way to market in a specific city (especially smaller cities) is to start looking at local event listing websites. These can be anything from city-sponsored websites, travel websites, or “what to do in ___ city” blogs. It really can be anything. Important tip – you should not have to pay to access these sites! There are a lot of event listening websites that want you to pay to submit events. While those might be effective, we stay away from those! Our reasoning for staying away from those paid marketing websites is that we think that marketing money should be spent in other areas such as ads and guerilla marketing ideas!

In the end, there are many ways that you can go about marketing a show, but after interning here this summer, these are just a FEW of the best practices I have learned at Olivia Management. 

ZG Smith EP Release Show

The son of a shipwreck diver and underwater archaeologist father, ZG Smith has grown up around the unknown and like his father before him he is about to traverse the unknown with the release of his forthcoming EP ‘Nighttime Animal’.

Due to the mass shutdown of the pandemic, Smith found himself falling back in love with music again. Spending his days hand laying over 1200 bricks to build a patio in his backyard, it gave him opportunity to dive back in to listening to music for enjoyment. These songs, from North African desert blues to EDM all the way ‘90s hip hop, informed the 6 songs that make up the ‘Nighttime Animal’ EP.

In celebration of this release on 23rd February, ZG Smith will be taking the stage at The East Room with support from Julia Cannon and Kiely Connell. We will see Smith play his EP in full, in what will be a night of high intensity and celebration for everyone involved. Get your tickets here.

Listen below for the latest single from the ‘Nighttime Animal’ EP.