Tri-Cities this week: Twisted Sister with Sebastian Bach, Wynonna Judd and Jodeci

Hard Rock Live Bristol books four nights in a row, Thursday through Sunday, with a Saturday crowded enough that you'll have to choose.

Some weeks in the Tri-Cities you have to dig for a show. This isn't one of them. From Thursday to Sunday, Hard Rock Live Bristol has something on every night: a hair-metal institution with a new singer, a surf-pop legacy act, a country matriarch and a '90s R&B group. On Saturday, two smaller rooms put up a fight of their own.

Here's the week, night by night.

Thursday, Nov 12 — Twisted Sister with Sebastian Bach, Hard Rock Live Bristol, 7pm. This is the Twisted Sister nobody planned on. Dee Snider stepped away from the band in February after a run of health problems, and in March guitarists Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda confirmed they'd go ahead with select fall dates, with former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach out front. The first North American shows with Bach were announced in April, and more have been added since. Bristol is one of the few chances to see how it holds up.

Friday, Nov 13 — The Beach Boys, Hard Rock Live Bristol, 7:30pm. A night of harmonies in the same room, one night later. Bring whoever in the family taught you the words.

Saturday, Nov 14 — Wynonna Judd with Troubadour Blue, Hard Rock Live Bristol, 7pm, $68.10–$369.60. This is the week's headline booking, and it fits a town that sits on the state line and claims the birthplace of country music. Troubadour Blue opens.

Saturday, Nov 14 — Trapt, Stockyard, Bristol, Tenn., 7pm. If you'd rather have loud guitars in a smaller room, cross State Street to the Tennessee side for this one.

Saturday, Nov 14 — Journey From The Heart, Niswonger Performing Arts Center, Greeneville, 7:30pm. The Greeneville option, in a seated room of about 1,150. It's an easy Saturday for anyone south of the Tri-Cities who'd rather not drive to Bristol.

Sunday, Nov 15 — Jodeci, Hard Rock Live Bristol, 7pm. The casino closes its four-night run with '90s R&B. Ticketmaster bills it as the group's 35th Anniversary Tour of Forever. It's the most unexpected booking of the week, and maybe the one people will talk about longest.

Taken together, it's a good snapshot of what Hard Rock Live has become for the region: a 2,000-capacity room pulling in acts that used to mean a drive to Knoxville or Charlotte. Four nights running, at one address, is a lot of the week's music in one place.

Four nights, one room, four different decades of hits.

So plan around Saturday, because that's the night you'll have to choose. Wynonna is the safe bet, Trapt is the loud one, and Greeneville is the close one. Whichever you pick, eat first and get there early.

Sources: TWISTED SISTER to Continue 2026 Shows with SEBASTIAN BACH Following Dee Snider Retirement — The Metallist (themetallist.com); TWISTED SISTER Announces First North American Shows With SEBASTIAN BACH On Vocals — Blabbermouth (blabbermouth.net); Twisted Sister expand tour with Sebastian Bach — Loudwire (loudwire.com); Jodeci 35th Anniversary Tour of Forever, Bristol — Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.evyy.net); JamBase — Twisted Sister at Hard Rock Live Bristol (jambase.com)