49 Winchester's Change of Plans Tour hits The Senate on night two

The Virginia band behind this spring's Dave Cobb–produced Change of Plans returns to Columbia on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2027, one night after the tour opens in Atlanta.

Columbia gets 49 Winchester early. When the band's 2027 Change of Plans Tour opens at The Eastern in Atlanta on February 5, the very next stop is The Senate on Saturday, February 6, 2027, with an 8 p.m. start. That puts Columbia on the second night of a run that stretches all the way to Billy Bob's in Fort Worth on May 8, which usually means a band at its hungriest: road-fresh, new set, nothing on autopilot yet.

The tour was announced October 20. The artist presale ran October 21, and general on-sale opened Friday, October 23, at 10 a.m. local time, so tickets are already moving through Ticketmaster. Saturday-night shows at a room this size don't tend to linger.

The reason for the tour is the record. Change of Plans came out May 15, 2026, on Lucille Records/MCA, executive produced by Dave Cobb at his studio in Savannah, according to the band's label announcement. Cobb's name carries weight in country and Americana circles, and pairing him with a band that has spent years earning its following in clubs and theaters was a natural fit. One retailer's notes say the album was cut in just eight days, which tracks with how 49 Winchester sounds live: a six-piece that plays like it learned in rooms, not in a computer.

The band comes out of Castlewood, Virginia, in the far southwest corner of the state, built around singer-songwriter Isaac Gibson and his childhood friend Chase Chafin, per the bio on New West Records. That Appalachian root runs through everything they do, a mix of country, Southern rock and folk that has found a big audience across the Carolinas.

Columbia has already seen it up close. The Senate hosted the band on its earlier Leavin' This Holler Tour, so this is a return to a room that knows them. The Senate, on Senate Street in the Vista, holds about 1,200, which puts it right in the sweet spot for where 49 Winchester is now: a headline crowd big enough to roar back the choruses, still close enough to see the faces on stage. Check the venue's show calendar for door times and age policy as the date gets closer.

The February routing also keeps the band in the region for a while. After Columbia, the tour heads to The Signal in Chattanooga on February 11 and two nights at The Orange Peel in Asheville on February 12 and 13, then circles back to The Fillmore in Charlotte on February 20, per the tour announcement. If you somehow miss the Senate date, Charlotte is the closest second chance.

No opener has been announced for Columbia yet.

Columbia gets the band on the second night of the run, before the road wears anything smooth.

A winter Saturday, a new record, and a band that already knows the room. Get in now.

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