Tyler Ballgame Announces 2026 Tour Dates

Tyler Ballgame, has announced new North American tour dates in support of his debut album For the First Time, Again, out now on Rough Trade Records. Following heavy touring throughout the spring and summer across Europe and the UK, including dates opening for St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Alabama Shakes, Belle & Sebastian, and The Head and The Heart, Tyler’s fall tour sees him hitting key US cities from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.

For the First Time, Again was recorded with acclaimed indie producer-multi-instrumentalists Jonathan Rado (Foxygen, Miley Cyrus, Weyes Blood) and Ryan Pollie (Los Angeles Police Department). Drummer Amy Aileen Wood (Fiona Apple) and bassist Wayne Whitaker contribute mightily to the pulse and character of the album.

Ballgame traces the genesis of For the First Time, Again to a pivotal moment that almost didn’t happen. Stuck in his native New England, depressed and isolated during the pandemic, living in his parents’ basement, Ballgame knew in his heart he was destined for a life in music. He’d known it since he was a child growing up with a classically trained music teacher mom, who encouraged him to joyfully perform anytime, anywhere – which he did, to great effect. He’d known it when he obsessively downloaded classic rock from Napster, and when more than one teacher at the prestigious Berklee College of Music told him he had the goods, as both songwriter and vocalist. As Ballgame says, “I think I’m meant to sing for people.”

Post-Berklee musical endeavors were fun, but nothing caught fire. Demons of doubt crept in. At his lowest point, Ballgame toiled on the cover band circuit, playing three nights a week in Rhode Island bars. Feeling he had little to lose, Ballgame applied online for an office job in Los Angeles, where he’d never set foot, and got the gig. With encouragement from a life-changing, body-positive-centric counselor, and the support of his family, Ballgame left the East Coast, he says, “in desperation to find myself.” As traveling companions, he carried books by philosophers Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now) and Alan Watts (The Way of Zen).

Tyler Ballgame
For The First Time, Again
Track Listing
Rough Trade Records

01) For the First Time, Again
02) I Believe in Love
03) You’re Not My Baby Tonight
04) Matter of Taste
05) Got a New Car
06) Down So Bad
07) Goodbye, My Love
08) Ooh
09) Sing How I Feel
10) I Know
11) Deepest Blue
12) Waiting So Long

Tyler Ballgame 2026 Tour Dates

April 7 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater^
May 6 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right (SOLD OUT)
May 7 – New York, NY @ WFUV Highline Bash
June 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium*
June 11 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic*
June 19 – Winnetka, IL @ Winnetka Music Festival
June 21 – Greenfield, MA @ Green River Festival
September 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
September 16 – Washington, DC @ DC9
September 18 – Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios
September 19 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
October 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Roon
October 16 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
October 17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
October 18 – Santa Fe, NM @ Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery
October 20 – Denver CO @ Globe Hall
October 22 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
October 24 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
October 25 – Portland, OR @ Holocene
November 5 – Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room at Third Man Records
November 6 – Asheville, NC @ Asheville Music Hall
November 7 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
November 8 – Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre
November 10 – Evanston, IL @ SPACE
November 11 – Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium
November 12 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry