Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Gregory Alan Isakov will embark on a special headline tour next year, featuring Isakov and his band performing with full symphony orchestras in each city. Newly confirmed stops include Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Chicago’s The Auditorium, Asheville’s Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Charleston’s Gaillard Center, Atlanta’s Atlanta Symphony Hall (two nights) and Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall among others.
Tickets for these dates will go on-sale this Friday, December 6 at 10:00am local time. Full details can be found at www.gregoryalanisakov.com/tour.
The Asheville Symphony will join Gregory Alan Isakov in the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium at Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville on Tuesday, March 18, at 8:00 p.m.
The shows will include symphonic arrangements of favorites from Isakov’s six full-length studio albums including his most recent, the acclaimed Appaloosa Bones, Evening Machines, and Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony. The orchestral versions of these songs were arranged by Tom Hagerman (DeVotchKa) and Jay Clifford (Jump Little Children). The performances will be conducted by two renowned international conductors, Christopher Dragon (Nashville, Chicago, Greensboro, Asheville, Atlanta) and Morihiko Nakahara (Charleston & Tysons).
In addition to the symphony dates, Isakov will also perform several sold-out shows early next year, a stop at New York’s Madison Square Garden supporting Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and two nights headlining Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Beloved by his devoted community of fans and critics alike, Isakov has garnered over 1 billion streams to date and averages 7 million monthly Spotify listeners. Of his most recent record, Appaloosa Bones, the Associated Press praised, “His new songs are relentlessly majestic, a kind of musical morphine,” while Paste declared, “he’s continuing to make expertly-tooled music…it’s reliably beautiful and starkly self-possessed throughout.” Additionally, Isakov collaborated on recently released songs with Noah Kahan, Shovels & Rope, and Jeremiah Fraites (of The Lumineers).
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and raised in Philadelphia, Isakov now calls Colorado home. When he isn’t on the road, he spends much of his time writing and recording songs in his barn studio, as well as running Starling Farm (his farm in Boulder County), which provides produce to the farm’s CSA members, local restaurants, and Community Food Share (a Boulder County food bank).
$1 from the sale of each ticket purchased will be donated to Equal Plates Project, who source from local farmers, address food insecurity, and build community through the sharing of scratch-made meals in Western North Carolina.
About the Conductor
Christopher Dragon will act as a guest conductor for the performance with Asheville Symphony on March 18, 2025. Australian conductor Christopher Dragon is the Music Director of the Greensboro and Wyoming Symphony Orchestras and Resident Conductor of the Colorado Symphony. Dragon has a versatile portfolio ranging from live-to-picture performances including Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert, Toy Story in Concert and Star Wars in Concert, a wide variety of collaborations with artists such as Gregory Alan Isakov, Wu-Tang Clan, Nathaniel Rateliff, Violent Femmes, Lettuce, Cynthia Erivo, Joshua Bell, and Renee Fleming, to standard and contemporary orchestral repertoire; all areas of which he has become highly sought after.
Tickets to the March 18, 2025 show at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium will be available through the Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville box office on Friday, December 6, at 10:00 a.m. Click here for tickets or call the box office at (828) 259- 5736.
