Daniel Donato brings Cosmic Country to Appalachian Mountain Brewery on April 18

The guitarist's early-2027 tour runs through North Carolina, and Boone gets a Sunday-evening stop at the brewery on Boone Creek Drive.

By mid-April the High Country is finally thawing, and a Sunday evening at Appalachian Mountain Brewery with a guitar player who likes to stretch a song out sounds about right.

Daniel Donato plays Appalachian Mountain Brewery in Boone on Sunday, April 18, 2027, starting at 6 p.m. The show is billed as Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country. It is listed on Wholly Ticket, the brewery's ticketing page,. The date was announced Oct. 21.

JamBase reports that Donato's "Along the Trail" tour goes from January through May 2027 and opens with a three-night stand in Raleigh starting Jan. 28. An artist presale for the 2027 dates was underway when the tour was announced.

"Cosmic Country" is Donato's name for what he does, and the billing here uses it outright. It fits his genre tags, folk, rock and jam band all at once: country songs as the frame, with room to wander off and find something on the way. A crowd that knows Boone's jam scene will hear the link right away.

Cosmic Country, on a Sunday evening, on Boone Creek Drive.

Appalachian Mountain Brewery is the right kind of room for it. The brewery at 163 Boone Creek Drive runs a steady calendar that goes past pint nights. There is a Monday local bluegrass jam, a locals' night and High Country Oktoberfest. This fall it booked Yonder Mountain String Band on Oct. 2. Putting Donato in the same space carries that thread from string-band bluegrass to the electric, exploratory side of country. It is a far more casual setting than the theaters he plays in bigger cities. Here you are closer to the stage and holding a local beer.

The 6 p.m. start matters too. It is an early, all-ages-feeling time slot. You can be home at a reasonable hour on a Sunday, and the show starts with the mountains still light outside. Check the ticket page for the age policy before you plan around kids, since we couldn't confirm it.

Tickets are on sale now through Wholly Ticket, and the show is still six months off. Then put a reminder on the calendar for the third Sunday in April, and plan to get there early enough to grab a spot near the front.

Sources: Wholly Ticket: Appalachian Mountain Brewery upcoming events (whollyticket.com); Daniel Donato: Tour (danieldonato.com); JamBase: Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country Sets Along The Trail Tour For Early 2027 (jambase.com); Appalachian Mountain Brewery: Monday Local Bluegrass Jam (amb.beer); Appalachian Mountain Brewery: Yonder Mountain String Band (amb.beer)