49 Winchester's homecoming night at Freedom Hall is Dec. 12

The band closes out a big year with a headline show at Johnson City's Freedom Hall Civic Center, with Sundy Best and The Local Honeys opening.

Some shows in Johnson City feel like a concert. This one is going to feel more like a family reunion with a sound system. On Saturday, Dec. 12, 2026, 49 Winchester headlines Freedom Hall Civic Center, a show the band and the press have called a homecoming from the day it was announced.

The details. Doors and showtime are listed for 7 p.m. at Freedom Hall, 1320 Pactolas Road. Sundy Best and The Local Honeys open. Tickets are sold through Etix. Resale listings have been talking about limited seats, so if you've been waiting, don't wait much longer, and buy from Etix rather than a third-party site.

This isn't a fresh announcement. The band revealed the date in July, and Holler and Grateful Web both covered it as a homecoming headline show. Coverage at the time framed it as the end of a year of record-breaking success, and the calendar backs that up. Change of Plans, the band's sixth studio album, came out May 15, 2026, on New West Records, and the touring around it has kept them on the road through the year.

There's already more on the books. 49 Winchester has announced a 2027 Change of Plans Tour that opens Feb. 5 at The Eastern in Atlanta and runs to May 8 at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth, with stops including the Fillmore in Charlotte on Feb. 20. For fans in the Tri-Cities, though, December is the date to have: no long drive, no hotel, just a short trip across town.

Freedom Hall is the right size for it. The civic center holds 8,500. A sold-out crowd there will have more neighbors in it than strangers. That's what a homecoming is supposed to look like: the band's people, plus everyone they've won over since.

The undercard makes it a full night. Holler describes Sundy Best and The Local Honeys as fellow Appalachian favorites of the band. Show up for the openers instead of hanging around the lobby.

Practical notes: it's an arena show in mid-December, so leave time for parking around the hall, check the bag policy on the venue's page before you go, and dress for a cold walk to and from the car.

Hometown shows remind you that a band that tours the country still comes from somewhere. Johnson City gets to be that somewhere for one Saturday night in December. Be there early, sing loud, and get ready to see a lot of people you know.

Sources: Etix: 49 Winchester, Johnson City, Freedom Hall Civic Center (etix.com); Holler: 49 Winchester announce homecoming headline show in Tennessee (holler.country); Grateful Web: 49 Winchester Announces Homecoming Headline Show at Historic Freedom Hall (gratefulweb.com); WCYB: 49 Winchester set to perform in Johnson City (wcyb.com); uDiscover Music: 49 Winchester Announces 2027 Change of Plans Tour (udiscovermusic.com); Wikipedia: Change of Plans (album) (en.wikipedia.org)