49 Winchester moves up to Ting Pavilion for its Charlottesville return

Two and a half years after a Jefferson Theater night, the Virginia band brings its Change of Plans Tour to the downtown pavilion on April 17.

In October 2024, 49 Winchester played the Jefferson Theater on the Downtown Mall. Its next Charlottesville show is a few hundred steps and a few thousand seats away, at the Ting Pavilion, and that move says most of what you need to know about the last two years.

49 Winchester plays Ting Pavilion on Saturday, April 17, 2027, with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $38.60 to $68.70 through Ticketmaster, and the pavilion holds 3,500. The date was announced Oct. 20, and it's the band's first Charlottesville show since Oct. 22, 2024, at the Jefferson.

What changed? A new record and a bigger tour. In May 2026, 49 Winchester released Change of Plans on Lucille Records / MCA, with GRAMMY-winning producer Dave Cobb as executive producer. Singles like "Oh Savannah" led the way in. Now the band is taking it on the road with the Change of Plans Tour, a headline run that opens Feb. 5 at The Eastern in Atlanta and wraps May 8 at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth, with stops in Charlotte, Los Angeles, Boston and Austin along the way.

The band's 2027 calendar stretches well beyond the U.S., too. 49 Winchester is booked for CMC Rocks QLD in Australia, March 19-21, and for its only Danish concert of the year at Tønder Festival in August.

The next Charlottesville show is a few hundred steps and a few thousand seats away from the last one.

The Charlottesville date falls late in that headline run, after the band has had two months to sharpen the show. It's also a Saturday in mid-April, when an outdoor pavilion on the east end of the Mall is about as good a place to spend an evening as town has to offer.

The band plays a blend of country, rock and folk that has found a home in rooms across the South and beyond. Going from the Jefferson to the Ting is a real step up in size, and it's a sign the audience for that sound has grown here too.

When to buy: soon. A Saturday-night outdoor show in April, with a band on the rise, is the kind of ticket that moves, and the price range means the better spots will go first. Ticketmaster is the official seller and the link is on this page.

What to know: the show starts at 7:30 p.m. It's an outdoor venue in April, so bring a layer for after sunset.

Two and a half years ago, 49 Winchester was a Jefferson Theater band. On April 17, it's a Ting Pavilion band. Be there to see the difference.

Sources: 49 Winchester Announces 2027 'Change of Plans' Tour — uDiscover Music (udiscovermusic.com); 49 Winchester release new album Change of Plans — Universal Music Canada (universalmusic.ca); 49 Winchester release 'Oh Savannah' from forthcoming album Change of Plans out May 15 — Universal Music Canada (universalmusic.ca); The group supports its new album of the same name — The Music Universe (themusicuniverse.com); 49 Winchester giver eksklusiv dansk koncert på Tønder Festival 2027 — Ritzau (via.ritzau.dk); 49 Winchester at Ting Pavilion — Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.com)