Charles Wesley Godwin brings 'Christian Name' to the Charleston Coliseum, Friday, Nov 6

West Virginia's own takes his most personal record yet to the state's biggest room, with Benjamin Tod & Lost Dog Street Band and Nathan Bess along.

There will be people in the Charleston Coliseum next Friday who have followed Charles Wesley Godwin since he was playing much smaller West Virginia stages, and they are going to hear him sing about the hardest year of his life in a room that holds 13,500. Charles Wesley Godwin plays the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center on Friday, Nov 6, at 7 p.m., on The Christian Name Tour, with Benjamin Tod & Lost Dog Street Band and Nathan Bess opening, per Ticketmaster and Live Nation.

The tour takes its name from Christian Name, Godwin's fourth solo album, released July 24 on Big Loud Records. It follows 2023's Family Ties, and it is not an easy listen in the best sense: Godwin and his wife lost their stillborn son, Samuel, in 2024, and the record chronicles that loss and the healing that came after. He has said that coming out of it he recommitted to his faith "more so than I have at any point in my life." The title and the cover come from his late grandfather, Charles Godwin, a Methodist preacher.

"I recommitted to my faith in God more so than I have at any point in my life."

It is not a gospel record, as Saving Country Music's review points out, but it is a record about faith, made with care. Al Torrence produced the 13 tracks. The lead single, "Better That Way," features Luke Combs; "Hey There Son" features Wyatt Flores; and the songwriting circle includes Lori McKenna, Liz Rose and Travis Meadows.

For this market, the context matters. Godwin is from Morgantown, and when he played four hometown nights at the Metropolitan Theatre in December 2023, the Dec. 15 show sold out. A Coliseum date in the state capital is the next step up from that.

The openers make the bill worth arriving early for. Benjamin Tod & Lost Dog Street Band bring their own devoted following, and Nathan Bess rounds out the night. The run comes into Charleston from Detroit on Nov 5 and heads to Cincinnati the following night.

What to know before going: the Coliseum is at 200 Civic Center Drive. Tickets are on Ticketmaster via the link here; resale prices vary widely, so start at the primary page. It's a Friday downtown — leave time for parking and the security line.

Plenty of artists write about where they're from. Fewer bring the hardest songs they've written home and play them to the people who knew them first. That's what next Friday is.

Sources: Charles Wesley Godwin — The Christian Name Tour, Charleston, Nov 6, 2026 (Ticketmaster) (ticketmaster.com); Charles Wesley Godwin — 2026 Tour Dates (Live Nation) (livenation.com); Benjamin Tod & Lost Dog Street Band — Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.com); Charleston Coliseum — Ticketmaster venue page (ticketmaster.com); Charles Wesley Godwin Releases New Album Christian Name via Big Loud Records — BroadwayWorld (broadwayworld.com); Album Review — Charles Wesley Godwin's Christian Name — Saving Country Music (savingcountrymusic.com); Charles Wesley Godwin Unveils New Album Christian Name — Country Central (countrycentral.com); Charles Wesley Godwin — SOLD OUT — Morgantown Metropolitan Theatre (morgantownmet.com); Charles Wesley Godwin announces first round of 2024 headline tour dates — Big Loud (bigloud.com); Charles Wesley Godwin Teams Up With Wyatt Flores (Whiskey Riff) (whiskeyriff.com); Charles Wesley Godwin Announces Christian Name Tour Dates (countrycentral.com)