Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson are returning to the road this summer to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Outlaw Music Festival, and they’re bringing along Sheryl Crow, Wilco, Billy Strings, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, the Avett Brothers, Lake Street Dive, Waxahatchee, Lucinda Williams, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, and more to join them at various stops along the way. The 35-date tour kicks off May 13 in Phoenix and wraps up Sept. 19 in East Troy, Wisconsin. Ticket sales begin Feb. 7.
“What an amazing lineup to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Outlaw Music Festival Tour,” Nelson said in a statement. “I can’t wait to join friends and family in bringing this celebration to the fans we love.” (The math is slightly fuzzy in regard to the “10th anniversary” — the first one was held in 2016.)
Other artists on the rotating lineup include Turnpike Troubadours, the Red Clay Strays, Charles Wesley Godwin, Trampled by Turtles, the Mavericks, Sierra Hull, Willow Avalon, Waylon Payne, Madeline Edwards, Lily Meola, Myron Elkins, and Tami Neilson. Much like the 2024 incarnation of the Outlaw Festival Tour, Dylan and Nelson are the only acts to appear on every bill.
The original Outlaw Music Festival was a one-day event in Scranton, Pennsylvania, that featured Nelson, Neil Young and Promise of the Real, Sheryl Crow, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, and Lee Ann Womack. It transformed into a tour in 2017 where Nelson was joined throughout the summer by acts like My Morning Jacket, Van Morrison, Eric Church, Jason Isbell, and Dylan.
The 2024 incarnation of the Outlaw Music Festival was the first time that Dylan signed on for the entire length of the tour. But Nelson was forced to miss several concerts due to health problems. Lukas Nelson stepped into his father’s shoes at those shows and played classics from throughout the family catalog.
Dylan’s nightly set was a stark departure from his standard Rough and Rowdy Ways show of the previous few years. He dropped every song from the 2020 LP, and instead played surprise covers like Chuck Berry’s “Little Queenie” and Dewayne Blackwell’s “Mr. Blue” in addition to originals like “Ballad of a Thin Man,” “Shooting Star,” “Love Sick,” and “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight.” He was joined at most stops by Nelson’s longtime harmonica player Mickey Raphael.
“It was not a cakewalk,” Raphael told Dylan fan Ray Padgett on his Flagging Down the Double E’s newsletter. “Every night was a little bit of tension of me just wanting to please him. It wasn’t like I even focused on the audience. I’m playing it for him, basically. It could have just been he and I in a room. That’s all I focused on, what he was doing. It wasn’t like, ‘OK, here’s your solo. Go play every hot lick you know.’ It was dead-on focused, creating art in real time. There was no showoff time.”
Here is a complete list of dates for the 2025 Outlaw Musical Festival along with the individual lineups.
May 13, 2025Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre, Phoenix, AZWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanBilly StringsSierra HullLily Meola
May 15, 2025North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CAWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanBilly StringsSierra HullLily Meola
May 16, 2025Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CAWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanBilly StringsSierra Hull
May 18, 2025Toyota Amphitheatre, Wheatland, CAWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanBilly StringsSierra HullLily Meola
May 20, 2025Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater, Nampa, IDWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanBilly StringsSierra HullLily Meola
May 22, 2025ONE Spokane Stadium, Spokane, WAWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanBilly StringsSierra HullLily Meola
May 24, 2025Cascades Amphitheater, Ridgefield, WAWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanBilly StringsLake Street DiveSierra HullLily Meola
May 25, 2025The Gorge Amphitheatre, Quincy, WAWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanBilly StringsLake Street DiveSierra HullLily Meola
June 20, 2025Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MIWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanNathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsTrampled by TurtlesMyron Elkins
June 21, 2025Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OHWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanNathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsBruce Hornsby & The NoisemakersMyron Elkins
June 22, 2025Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OHWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanNathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsTrampled by TurtlesMyron Elkins
June 25, 2025FirstBank Amphitheater, Franklin, TNWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanNathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsTrampled by TurtlesTami Neilson
June 27, 2025Radians Amphitheater, Memphis, TNWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanNathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsTrampled by TurtlesTami Neilson
June 28, 2025Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MOWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanNathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsTrampled by TurtlesTami Neilson
June 29, 2025Thunder Ridge Nature Arena, Ridgedale, MOWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanNathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsTrampled by TurtlesTami Neilson
July 5, 2025Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas, TXWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanThe Avett BrothersThe MavericksTami Neilson
July 6, 2025The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Presented By Huntsman, The Woodlands, TXWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanThe Avett BrothersThe MavericksTami Neilson
July 25, 2025Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GAWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanTurnpike TroubadoursCharles Wesley GodwinWillow Avalon
July 26, 2025PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NCWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanTurnpike TroubadoursCharles Wesley GodwinWillow Avalon
July 27, 2025Coastal Credit Union Music Park, Raleigh, NCWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanTurnpike TroubadoursCharles Wesley GodwinWillow Avalon
July 29, 2025Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VAWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanTurnpike TroubadoursWillow Avalon
August 1, 2025Northwell at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NYWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanWilcoLucinda WilliamsWaylon Payne
August 2, 2025Broadview Stage at SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NYWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanWilcoLucinda WilliamsWaylon Payne
August 3, 2025BankNH Pavilion, Gilford, NHWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanWilcoLucinda WilliamsWaylon Payne
August 8, 2025Darien Lake Amphitheater, Buffalo, NYWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanTurnpike TroubadoursThe Red Clay StraysWaylon Payne
August 9, 2025Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PAWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanTurnpike TroubadoursThe Red Clay StraysWaylon Payne
August 10, 2025Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse, NYWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanTurnpike TroubadoursThe Red Clay StraysWaylon Payne
September 5, 2025Maine Savings Amphitheater, Bangor, MEWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanSheryl CrowWaxahatcheeMadeline Edwards
September 6, 2025Xfinity Theatre, Hartford, CTWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanSheryl CrowWaxahatcheeMadeline Edwards
September 7, 2025Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MAWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanTBAWaxahatcheeMadeline Edwards
September 12, 2025Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden, NJWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanSheryl CrowWaxahatcheeMadeline Edwards
September 13, 2025PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanSheryl CrowWaxahatcheeMadeline Edwards
September 14, 2025Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MDWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanSheryl CrowMadeline Edwards
September 19, 2025Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WIWillie Nelson & FamilyBob DylanSheryl CrowWaxahatcheeMadeline Edwards
From Rolling Stone US.
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