America plays the Castle Theater on Nov. 7: what to know before you go

The Happy Trails Tour brings Dewey Bunnell and the band to the MACC for one Saturday night, less than two weeks out.

Twelve days from now, the lights go down in the Castle Theater and America walks out on a Maui stage again. The classic rock band plays the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m., and if you have been meaning to get tickets, this is the week.

This one isn't a fresh announcement. The MACC put the date up in September, with members getting first crack and the general public sale opening Sept. 18, according to Maui Now. What's new is the calendar: the show is now less than two weeks out, and the Castle holds about 1,200.

The date is part of what the band is calling The Happy Trails Tour 2026, and Maui is one half of a two-night Hawaiʻi stop. America plays Honolulu's Blaisdell Concert Hall the night before, on Friday, Nov. 6, then crosses over for the Castle on Saturday.

Here is the part longtime fans will want to know before they go. Founding member Gerry Beckley retired from touring in 2024, Maui Now reports, though he remains an active member of the group. Dewey Bunnell continues to tour with the band, and he is the founder you will see on this run. There is even a documentary about that handoff, *I Need You: 53 Years of the Band America*, which follows Beckley and Bunnell through Beckley's step back from touring.

The songs are the same. The faces on the stage are part of the story now.

That makes this a different kind of America show than the ones Maui has seen before. The band has been a regular here. The MACC's own page shows America at the Castle on April 14, 2023, and Maui Now has covered earlier visits going back years. For anybody who was in those seats, November is a chance to hear the same catalog carried forward by the founder still on the road.

The Castle is the right place for it. It is a seated hall, the kind of room where a band whose songs lean on vocals can actually be heard, and at around 1,200 seats it is big enough to feel like an event and small enough that nobody is squinting at the stage.

Tickets are sold through the MACC at mauiarts.org, and that is the place to buy. A public radio calendar listing puts prices at $51, $71, $91 and $111, plus a limited number of Gold Circle seats at $171, all including taxes and fees. The MACC box office can also be reached at 808-242-SHOW, Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., if you would rather talk to a person about seats. We haven't seen an opener confirmed for this date, so check the MACC page before you go.

Make a plan for the drive into Kahului, eat early, and get there in time to settle in before 7:30. It's a Saturday night, the songs are ones half the room can sing, and the band only has the one night here. Don't be the one hearing about it on Sunday.

Sources: America - Maui Arts & Cultural Center (mauiarts.org); Maui Arts & Cultural Center events (mauiarts.org); Castle Theater - Maui Arts & Cultural Center (mauiarts.org); MACC Box Office (mauiarts.org); America tuned up to perform at MACC's Castle Theater on Nov. 7 (Maui Now) (mauinow.com); America - Hawaiʻi Public Radio community calendar (hawaiipublicradio.org); Grammy-winning rock group America returning to Maui for April show at MACC (Maui Now, 2022) (mauinow.com)