KT Tunstall heads to Geneva's Smith Opera House in April

The Scottish songwriter's April 24, 2027 show at the Smith is her first in the Rochester area since 2024, after a year spent on arena stages and anniversary tours.

Spring in the Finger Lakes has a new date to circle. KT Tunstall is coming to Geneva, and for Rochester fans the drive down to Seneca Lake is a small price for a show that's been two years coming.

Tunstall plays the Smith Opera House on Saturday, April 24, 2027, at 8 p.m. Tickets run $45 to $65 through Eventbrite. The show was announced Oct. 28, as FingerLakes1 reported that week, with tickets going on sale that Friday. It's her first show in the Rochester area since April 27, 2024, when she played The Theater at Innovation Square.

A lot has happened for her in between. According to Music Week, which reported her signing with UTA across live and brand partnerships, her recent run has included an Australia and New Zealand tour, U.S. stops alongside O.A.R. and Gavin DeGraw, and a slot as special guest on Brandi Carlile's UK and European arena tour. The Australian and New Zealand dates were billed as a 20th-anniversary celebration of *Eye to the Telescope*, according to Mixdown, the debut album that introduced her to most of the world.

That's the useful context for the Smith show. Arena support slots and amphitheater co-bills are one way to see an artist; a historic theater of about 1,400 seats is another entirely. Tunstall built her early reputation as a one-woman show, live-looping her own rhythm parts and stacking them into full arrangements, and a room the size of the Smith is where that kind of performance makes the most sense. You can watch the songs get built in front of you.

It also makes sense as a destination. The Smith Opera House sits in downtown Geneva, and an April Saturday there pairs easily with an early dinner and a drive through wine country before the show. For Rochester people, that's a night out that feels like a trip without requiring a hotel.

The 2024 Innovation Square show drew Tunstall into a room in the city proper; this time Rochester fans are the ones doing the traveling. Two years isn't the longest gap in the world, but for an artist whose last stretch has been spent on other people's arena bills and overseas anniversary runs, getting her back in a theater of her own is worth the effort.

What to expect: the songs most people know, including the ones that made *Eye to the Telescope* a breakout two decades ago, alongside material from a catalog that runs through her 2023 release *NUT*, which Pollstar covered. The rest of the setlist is hers to decide.

Tickets are at the Eventbrite link above, and the prices are reasonable for a theater show of this size. Book early, plan the drive, and give yourself time to find parking before the lights go down.

Sources: KT Tunstall to play Smith Opera House April 24; tickets go on sale Friday — FingerLakes1 (fingerlakes1.com); UTA signs KT Tunstall across live and brand partnerships — Music Week (musicweek.com); KT Tunstall announces Eye to the Telescope 20th anniversary tour for Australia and New Zealand — Mixdown (mixdownmag.com.au); KT Tunstall's 'Golden State' Of Mind — Pollstar (news.pollstar.com); KT Tunstall at Smith Opera House — Eventbrite (eventbrite.com); Smith Opera House history (thesmith.org)