Hayes Carll brings "We're Only Human" to Duling Hall on Saturday, Nov 7

The Grammy-nominated Texas songwriter plays Fondren's 1927 schoolhouse hall with Joelton Mayfield opening. Tickets are $25 in advance.

Some Saturday nights in Fondren are built around one songwriter and a room that listens. Saturday, Nov 7 is one of them: Hayes Carll plays Duling Hall, with Joelton Mayfield opening.

The details from Ardenland, which presents the show: doors at 7pm, show at 8pm, all ages. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of show, plus fees. They're also on Ticketmaster. Duling Hall holds about 500 and is at 622 Duling Ave.

Carll comes to Jackson still touring the strongest stretch of his recent career. *We're Only Human* came out in August 2025 and spent 14 weeks in the Top 5 of the Americana Album Chart. In January he released a deluxe edition with three new songs: "If We Don't Try," a duet with Ashley McBryde, plus "Not There Yet" and "Blues Be Gone." So a Carll set in late 2026 has plenty to choose from: the new record, the deluxe additions, and a catalog of songs that have long made country, folk and roadhouse rock audiences laugh and wince in the same verse.

Jackson sits in the middle of a tight Southern run. His tour page has him in Asheville on Nov 4, Knoxville on the 5th and Birmingham the night before Jackson. After that he heads to Little Rock for three nights, Nov 9–11. A songwriter who books three nights in one town knows how to hold a room. Duling Hall gives him one that's easy to hold.

The building matters here. Duling Hall is in a 1927 building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It's the old Lorena Duling School auditorium turned into a concert hall, in the middle of the Fondren neighborhood's restaurants and bars. The room is big enough to feel like a night out and small enough that a quiet song can actually be quiet. For a writer whose best lines often show up between the jokes, that counts for a lot.

Big enough to feel like a night out, small enough that a quiet song can actually be quiet.

Know before you go: it's all ages and the Ardenland listing says it's standing room, so wear shoes you can stand in for a couple of hours. Buy in advance and save $5 over the day-of price. Doors are at 7, which leaves time for dinner in Fondren first. Joelton Mayfield opens at 8, so don't treat the opening set as optional.

Plenty of songwriters come through Jackson. Not many arrive with a record that spent three months near the top of the Americana chart, or with songs this good to sing along to on the drive home.

Sources: Ardenland: Hayes Carll w/ Joelton Mayfield (ardenland.net); Ticketmaster: Hayes Carll w/ Joelton Mayfield, Jackson, Nov 7, 2026 (ticketmaster.com); About Duling Hall (dulinghall.com); Hayes Carll — official site (hayescarll.com); Hayes Carll announces new album 'We're Only Human' and fall 2025 tour (hayescarll.com); All Eyes Media: Hayes Carll deluxe edition of 'We're Only Human' (alleyesmedia.com); Hayes Carll - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)