Martin Sexton brings the Live Wide Open tour to Rams Head On Stage in March

The singer-songwriter's 25th-anniversary run for his double live album stops in Annapolis on Friday, March 5, in a 300-seat room.

Some songwriters make records. Martin Sexton's best-known record is a recording of a room full of people singing along, and on Friday, March 5, 2027, he brings that record's anniversary tour to Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis. The show starts at 8 p.m. It was announced Oct. 19, and tickets are on sale through AXS.

The tour is the Live Wide Open Tour, built around the 25th anniversary of Live Wide Open, the double live album that venues hosting this run describe as having captured what Sexton's concerts feel like from the floor (Peace Center, SHU Community Theatre). The shows have mixed songs from that record with newer material and a few covers.

The run started in 2026, with dates including City Winery stops in Chicago, St. Louis and New York this fall, and it has now stretched into the new year (City Winery). Annapolis is one of the earliest 2027 dates we can see. A week later, Sexton is booked at the Peace Center's Mockingbird room in Greenville, S.C., on March 11 and 12, then at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, Ga., on March 13. Put together, those dates look like a Southeast swing that starts in Annapolis.

On a record built on crowd noise, the crowd is half the band.

That's why the room matters. Rams Head On Stage holds 300, which on a Sexton night means nearly everyone is close enough to see his hands on the guitar. It's a listening room: people come to hear the songs, and a crowd that size can still carry a chorus. A live-album tour in a 300-seat room fits an artist whose calling card has always been the show itself.

If you're new to him, the album gives you a fair idea of what to expect: a voice that slides between soul, gospel and blues in the space of a verse, with the audience filling in the rest. If you've been coming to see him for years, this is a chance to hear the songs from that record again, in a room small enough that you'll actually hear them.

A note on timing. A 300-seat room gives you little margin for waiting. The tickets are already on sale on AXS, and March is four months off, so there's no need to scramble. Just don't put it off until February.

The details: Martin Sexton, Live Wide Open Tour, Rams Head On Stage, Annapolis, Friday, March 5, 2027, 8 p.m., tickets via AXS. Get a seat, get there in time for a drink, and plan on singing along.

Sources: AXS — Martin Sexton: Live Wide Open Tour, Rams Head On Stage (axs.com); JamBase — Martin Sexton at Rams Head On Stage (jambase.com); Peace Center — Martin Sexton: Live Wide Open Tour (peacecenter.org); SHU Community Theatre — Martin Sexton: Live Wide Open Tour (shucommunitytheatre.org); City Winery — Martin Sexton: Live Wide Open Tour (tickets.citywinery.com); Eddie's Attic listing via Catch Movement — Martin Sexton, Decatur (catchmovement.com)