The Wood Brothers will start their 2027 tour at Duling Hall on Feb 4

Jackson gets the first night of the trio's winter run, in a former Fondren school auditorium that holds 500. Tickets went on sale Oct 23.

When the Wood Brothers mapped out their 2027, they put the very first show in Fondren. The Wood Brothers play Duling Hall on Thursday, Feb 4, 2027, at 7:30 p.m., and it's the opening night of their winter tour.

The dates were announced Oct 21, and tickets went on general sale Oct 23. They're $67.05 through Ticketmaster. With room for 500, Duling Hall is one of the smaller rooms on this run, so if you've been meaning to buy, don't wait.

The tour starts in Jackson and works across the Southeast, through Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, before heading up through Maryland, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts. It wraps March 13 at the Capitol Theatre in Rome, New York. It's a long winter on the road, and Jackson gets the first night, before the set has been played into a routine and while the band is still deciding what it'll be.

The trio is still touring on *Puff of Smoke*, the studio album it released in August 2025 and has been playing behind ever since. A year and a half in, those songs will have had time to loosen up and change shape on stage, which is the point of seeing a band like this live. The Wood Brothers' records are built on folk and roots, but onstage they lean on feel and groove.

Which is why the room matters. Duling Hall began as the auditorium of the Lorena Duling School, built in 1927 and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Since 2014 it has been run by Arden Barnett's ardenland, which has updated the building while keeping its historic character: stained-glass windows, a warm room and acoustics that people who've been there tend to rave about. Rolling Stone once named it among Mississippi's must-see music venues, calling it a former elementary school auditorium that has hosted national acts.

The tour starts in Fondren, before the set has been played into a routine.

Fondren on a Thursday night in February is a good night out. Be in by 7:30. Opening nights can be a little looser than the shows a month in, and with a band that values feel over polish, that's usually a good thing.

Get the ticket now and put the first Thursday in February on the calendar.

Sources: JamBase — The Wood Brothers Roll Out 2027 Winter Tour Dates (jambase.com); Jackson Free Press — Duling Hall (jacksonfreepress.com); Visit Jackson — Finding the Rhythm in JXN (visitjackson.com); Rolling Stone — These are Mississippi's Must-See Music Venues (rollingstone.com); Star-Herald — Discover Mississippi: City Soul, Jackson (starherald.net); Ticketmaster — The Wood Brothers at Duling Hall (ticketmaster.com); JamBase — The Wood Brothers at Duling Hall (jambase.com)