Yasmin Williams returns to Nelsonville with a string quartet on April 10

Two summers after her Snow Fork show, the Nonesuch guitarist plays Stuart's Opera House with the Dream Quartet, her first tour with strings.

The last time Yasmin Williams played the Athens area, it was at Snow Fork Event Center in July 2024. Her next visit moves to the main hall on Public Square and adds a string quartet: Yasmin Williams plays Stuart's Opera House in Nelsonville on Saturday, April 10, 2027, with the Dream Quartet.

Stuart's announced the show this month. Tickets are on sale through the venue's Tixr page, and at first only Stuart's Opera House members can buy them, so check the event page for when the public sale opens if you aren't a member. The hall holds about 395 people, which is the right size to hear a fingerstyle guitarist with a string quartet without a lot of amplification in the way.

The quartet is why this is more than a repeat visit. The venue's listing says it's Williams' first time teaming up with a string quartet, and the arrangements are new. The Dream Quartet is Maggy Simon and Elizabeth Hendy on violin, Dwayne Beach on viola and Malachi Brown on cello. According to the tour notes, the set draws on reworked songs from the deluxe reissue of her debut album, *Unwind*, plus fan favorites and new songs with Williams singing, which is something new for a player mostly known for instrumentals.

It's her first time teaming up with a string quartet, with fresh arrangements.

Williams released her third studio album, *Acadia*, on Nonesuch Records in 2024. Her Wikipedia discography also lists a self-released 2026 score for the film *Saving Etting Street*. The quartet tour has been working its way across the region, and the Cleveland Museum of Art has the same pairing booked on April 7, 2027, three nights before Nelsonville.

Stuart's Opera House is an old theater on Nelsonville's Public Square that runs its own calendar of concerts, open mics and community nights, along with the Snow Fork Event Center where Williams played last time. A booking like this is what the room does best: an artist with a national label behind her, playing to a few hundred people close enough to watch her hands.

The practical part: if you're a Stuart's member, this is your window. If you aren't, it may be worth becoming one, or at least keep an eye on the Tixr page for the general sale. Plan dinner before the show.

Sources: Stuart's Opera House — Events (stuartsoperahouse.org); Tixr — Yasmin Williams with the Dream Quartet, Stuart's Opera House (tixr.com); Stuart's Opera House — Snow Fork Event Center (stuartsoperahouse.org); Yasmin Williams — official site (yasminwilliamsmusic.com); Wikipedia — Yasmin Williams (en.wikipedia.org); Cleveland Museum of Art — Yasmin Williams with the Dream Quartet (clevelandart.org); Visit Indy — Yasmin Williams (visitindy.com); Stuart's Opera House - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)