Revisiting Creedence books Oaklawn Event Center for Jan. 23

The CCR tribute band brings its winter tour to Hot Springs on a Saturday night in the middle of the racing season.

There are few easier Saturday nights to plan in Hot Springs than a winter evening at Oaklawn, and the resort just added one built around a songbook everybody already knows. Revisiting Creedence plays the Oaklawn Event Center on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2027.

The date was announced last Thursday, Oct. 22, the same day Oaklawn ran a presale for its Rewards Club members. That window has closed; remaining tickets are on Etix, Oaklawn's ticketer for the room, and the band lists the date on its own shows page.

Revisiting Creedence is a tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival, and the band's pitch is straightforward: it says it keeps the CCR legacy alive with "world-class vocals, guitar, and rhythm." That means the catalog — the swamp-rock singles that still own classic-rock radio — played as a full band show rather than a bar-band medley.

The band is out on a long theater run this season. Its calendar includes Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham, Wash., on Nov. 14, then the Bankhead Theater in Livermore, Calif., on Jan. 29 and the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, N.J., on Feb. 4 — the kind of mid-size, seated rooms where tribute acts of this level tend to live. Hot Springs slots in a week before the Livermore date.

A seated room, a songbook everyone knows, and a casino floor a few steps away.

The Event Center suits that profile. It's a 1,500-seat room inside Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. A January show also lands in Oaklawn's 2026–27 racing season, so a Saturday there can be a full day: an afternoon at the track, dinner, and a set of songs you can sing without the lyric sheet.

For a lot of Hot Springs and Garland County music fans, that's the appeal. You don't need to explain it to whoever you bring.

If you missed the Rewards Club presale, don't wait for the week of the show. Seated rooms of this size are the ones that sell from the front rows back, and a January Saturday at Oaklawn is not a quiet night.

Sources: Oaklawn Event Center Concerts & Comedy (oaklawn.com); Revisiting Creedence - Shows (revisitingcreedence.com); Revisiting Creedence (revisitingcreedence.com); Etix - Revisiting Creedence, Oaklawn Event Center (etix.com); Revisiting Creedence - State of Washington Tourism (stateofwatourism.com); Revisiting Creedence at Mayo PAC - New Jersey Stage (newjerseystage.com); Oaklawn 2026-2027 Stakes Schedule (oaklawn.com)