Weezer return to Baltimore in February, their first local show since 2023

Weezer play RAC Arena on Wednesday, February 24, 2027, in the middle of a world tour behind their new album.

The last time Weezer played the Baltimore area, it was a summer night at Merriweather Post Pavilion in June 2023, the kind of lawn show where half the crowd sings the guitar riffs. The next one moves indoors, in the dead of winter, and the band arrives with a new album and a world tour in progress.

Weezer play RAC Arena on Wednesday, February 24, 2027, with the show starting at 7 p.m. The date was announced on October 28, and it's the band's first Baltimore show since that Merriweather date on June 23, 2023. Ticket details are on the JamBase listing and the band's own channels.

A lot has happened in between. On August 5, 2026, Weezer announced The Gathering, a world tour built around their new album, which was due August 21, according to Billboard and The Music Universe. The band rolled out the single "C.E.O." alongside the international dates, as Radio X reported.

The North American arena leg ran this fall, starting September 8 in Sacramento and wrapping in October at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena, with The Shins and Silversun Pickups in support. From there the tour turns international. Japan comes first, with a Tokyo show at Garden Theater on February 12, 2027, and the U.K. and Ireland follow in May, with Taking Back Sunday opening, at rooms including Leeds' First Direct Arena and Dublin's 3Arena, per Hot Press and Time Out. Baltimore's late-February date lands between those two legs.

From a summer lawn at Merriweather to a winter night at UMBC.

The room is a story in itself. RAC Arena is the Retriever Activities Center on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus, which opened in 1973 as the UMBC Fieldhouse and has hosted basketball, volleyball and commencement ceremonies over the years, according to its Wikipedia entry and UMBC Athletics. It's a long way in scale from the pavilion where they last played locally, and for fans, that's the appeal: a band with decades of singalong songs in a campus arena rather than a sprawling amphitheater.

JamBase files Weezer under rock and pop, and that's the balance a Weezer setlist usually strikes: heavy guitars, big hooks and choruses built to be shouted back. With a new album in the mix, expect the newer songs to sit next to the material that has kept the band filling rooms for years.

The Wednesday-night slot and 7 p.m. start make this a manageable school-night plan, and the campus setting means plenty of fans will be walking over rather than driving in. For everyone else, give yourself time to find parking and get in before the lights go down.

It has been more than three and a half years since Weezer played here. They're coming back with a new record, in a very different room, and in February. Dig out the blue album, find your warmest hoodie and get ready to sing.

Sources: Weezer dates 2026-2027 international Gathering tour, 'C.E.O.' video (Billboard) (ca.billboard.com); Weezer announces The Gathering 2027 World Tour (The Music Universe) (themusicuniverse.com); Weezer share C.E.O. single and announce The Gathering 2027 Worldwide tour (Radio X) (radiox.co.uk); Weezer announce 3Arena gig as part of The Gathering world tour in 2027 (Hot Press) (hotpress.com); Weezer 2027 UK tour dates (Time Out) (timeout.com); Retriever Activities Center – Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); RAC Arena – UMBC Athletics facilities (umbcretrievers.com); JamBase listing (jambase.com)