Niko Moon returns to Portland on March 4, his first show here since 2022

After a 2022 stop at Aura, the Georgia country singer moves up to the 1,870-capacity State Theatre with new music from his 'Roots' era.

The last time Niko Moon played Portland was May 26, 2022, at Aura. It was a spring night, and he was playing a room downtown built for club-size shows. When he comes back in March, it will be to the State Theatre, a bigger room with a bigger stage and nearly five years of new songs between the two visits.

Niko Moon plays the State Theatre on Thursday, March 4, 2027, at 7 p.m. Tickets run $41.20–$183.50 through Ticketmaster. The date was announced Oct. 12. The State holds 1,870, which tells you something about where Moon's crowd has gone since the Aura show.

The ticket listing carries the name of his current run, Back To My Roots. That run launched this fall, after a spring announcement. It opened Sept. 11 in Youngstown, Ohio, and worked through cities including Columbus, Detroit and Milwaukee, with Blake Proehl as special guest on the 2026 dates. The Portland show extends that branding into 2027. If you have been waiting for Moon to come back to New England, this is the date.

The new music behind it is *Roots*, the follow-up to his *American Palm* project. Moon introduced it with the song "Rich Man" and followed with more of the new material, including a track called "Georgia Roots." The titles say where his head is: back home, back to basics, and still built on the easy, feel-good sound his fans come for. Country radio and playlists have kept his name in circulation between tours, but a full night in a theater is a different thing from a single on the drive home.

Moving from Aura to the State is a real step. The State is one of the grand old rooms of Congress Street, with a balcony and the kind of sightlines that make a sing-along feel like a whole-building event. A country show built on choruses is a good fit for a room like that, and a Thursday in early March is the sort of night Portland needs one.

Practically, the show is listed at 7 p.m. The price range runs from the low $40s to well over $150, so check which section you're buying before you click. March in Maine means dressing for the walk from the car as much as for the show. Leave a little extra time if there is snow on the ground.

Four years, give or take, is a long time between visits for an artist whose whole sound is about feeling at home. On March 4 Portland gets to find out what Niko Moon's roots sound like in one of the city's best rooms, and whether a few Maine towns get name-checked from the stage.

Sources: The Music Universe: Niko Moon announces 'Roots', shares 'Rich Man' (themusicuniverse.com); The Music Universe: Niko Moon returns with 'Georgia Roots' (themusicuniverse.com); Tribune Chronicle: Youngstown Amp announces Niko Moon date (tribtoday.com); Live Nation: Niko Moon events (livenation.com); Ticketmaster – Niko Moon: Back To My Roots, Portland, Maine, 03-04-2027 (ticketmaster.evyy.net); JamBase – Niko Moon at State Theatre (jambase.com)