49 Winchester brings the Change of Plans Tour to Ting Pavilion April 17

The band's 2027 headline run, built around its sixth album, stops at Charlottesville's downtown amphitheater on a Saturday in April. Tickets are on sale now.

It's late October, the Downtown Mall is cooling off, and Ting Pavilion's season is winding down. Still, one of next spring's best Saturday nights is already on the calendar: 49 Winchester plays Ting Pavilion on Saturday, April 17, 2027, on the Change of Plans Tour.

The facts. Live Nation lists the show at 7:30 p.m. at Ting Pavilion, 700 E. Main St. The artist presale ran Oct. 21, and general on-sale opened Friday, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m. local time through Ticketmaster. Resale prices are already showing up, but the face-value seats are on the official listing, so start there.

The tour is named for the record. Change of Plans, the band's sixth studio album, came out May 15, 2026, on New West Records. The 2027 headline run supporting it opens Feb. 5 at The Eastern in Atlanta and runs through May 8 at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth, with stops including the Fillmore in Charlotte on Feb. 20. Charlottesville comes late in that run, so by April the new songs will have had a full winter on the road.

The band hails from Castlewood, Virginia. Before the tour reaches Virginia, 49 Winchester plays a homecoming headline show at Freedom Hall in Johnson City, Tennessee, on Dec. 12, a date coverage has called the cap on a year of record-breaking success. Charlottesville gets the band in the spring, after that homecoming and two months into the new run.

The room suits them. Ting Pavilion holds 3,500 at the east end of the Downtown Mall, so you can have dinner downtown, walk over in a few minutes. In mid-April, the weather can go either way, so bring a layer for after sunset.

Local radio has already gotten behind the date. 96.9 WSIG ran a "win 'em before you can buy 'em" ticket giveaway for this show the week of Oct. 20. That window is closed, but it's a sign of how much the station expects people to want this one.

Practical notes: Ticketmaster is the official seller, and the show is listed at 7:30 p.m. (one listing says 8, so check your ticket).

Spring in Charlottesville means the first outdoor shows of the year, and this is one of the first ones worth planning around. Buy your tickets now, while the leaves are falling, and thank yourself in April.

Sources: Live Nation: 49 Winchester: Change of Plans Tour at Ting Pavilion, Apr 17, 2027 (livenation.com); Ticketmaster: 49 Winchester Change of Plans Tour, Charlottesville, 04-17-2027 (ticketmaster.com); uDiscover Music: 49 Winchester Announces 2027 Change of Plans Tour (udiscovermusic.com); Wikipedia: Change of Plans (album) (en.wikipedia.org); Holler: 49 Winchester announce homecoming headline show in Tennessee (holler.country); 96.9 WSIG: Win 'Em Before You Can Buy 'Em to See 49 Winchester at Ting Pavilion (969wsig.com)