Mat Kearney returns to Ridgefield Playhouse with a new album behind him

Mat Kearney's first Fairfield County show since August 2024 is back at Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, April 24, 2027.

Mat Kearney's last Fairfield County show was at Ridgefield Playhouse on Aug. 15, 2024. He's going back to the same 500-seat room next spring, with a new album since that visit.

Mat Kearney plays Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, April 24, 2027, at 7 p.m. The date was announced Oct. 28, and tickets are sold through the Playhouse's own site.

The new album is *Hanging by a Heartstring*. Kearney announced it in June for an Oct. 9 release, according to his Wikipedia entry, and Local Spins said the same in an interview ahead of a Michigan show. That makes the April date one of Ridgefield's first chances to hear the new songs live, after a winter of listening to the record at home.

The Playhouse suits him. Kearney writes songs that blend rock, folk and pop, and they sound best somewhere people can hear the words. In a room with about 500 seats, everyone is close to the stage, and on a Saturday night the crowd is there to listen. He has played intimate formats like this before: a February 2026 date in Sun Valley was billed as The Acoustic Trio Tour, a stripped-back setup built for theaters.

Coming back to the same venue says something too. Plenty of artists move through a region on whatever route is open that year. Kearney is returning to the room he played last time, and the people who were there in August 2024 will know what to expect: a seated house, no cavernous arena echo, and a songwriter who can work a small crowd.

Tickets are on sale through ridgefieldplayhouse.org. With roughly 500 seats on a Saturday night, buy early rather than late.

A new record, a room he knows, and a spring Saturday night: April 24 looks like a good one.

Sources: Mat Kearney — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Tunesmith Mat Kearney set for Meijer Gardens show — Local Spins (localspins.com); Argyros presents Mat Kearney: The Acoustic Trio Tour — Visit Sun Valley (visitsunvalley.com); Ridgefield Playhouse (ridgefieldplayhouse.org); JamBase listing (jambase.com)