{"id":47404,"date":"2025-09-24T15:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/eric-church-2026-free-the-machine-tour-dates-openers-tickets\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T15:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:06:06","slug":"eric-church-2026-free-the-machine-tour-dates-openers-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/eric-church-2026-free-the-machine-tour-dates-openers-tickets\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Church 2026 Free the Machine Tour: Dates, Openers + Tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/eric-church\/\">Eric Church<\/a>&#8216;s break from touring won&#8217;t last long. The singer just announced that his Free the Machine Tour will pick back up in 2026 with a whole new set of opening acts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Free the Machine Tour began on Sept. 12 with fall dates through Nov. 15.<\/li>\n<li>Twenty four new dates for 2026 were just announced, starting on Jan. 22 in Washington D.C.<\/li>\n<li>The tour is in support of his latest album, <em>Evangeline vs. the Machine<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Related<\/strong><\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/country-music-tours\/\">Country Music Tours Scheduled for 2025 + 2026 [Full List]<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Eric Church Free the Machine Tour Lineup<\/h3>\n<p>Six different artists will split dates as an opening act. <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/caylee-hammack\/\" target=\"_blank\">Caylee Hammack<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/ella-langley\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Langley<\/a>, 49 Winchester, <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/stephen-wilson-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Wilson Jr<\/a>., Kashus Culpepper and <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/ashley-mcbryde\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley McBryde<\/a> will play before Church as he tours the east coast, southeast, midwest and Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/eric-church-2025-free-the-machine-tour-dates\/\">first leg of the tour<\/a> focused on the west coast, with several shows in California, Washington and Oregon. See a full list of dates below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Eric Church Tour Poster<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Courtesy of Eric Church \/ EB Media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tickets for Church&#8217;s 2026 Free the Machine Tour go on sale via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericchurch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">his website<\/a> on Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<h3>Eric Church, 2026 Free the Machine Tour Dates<\/h3>\n<p>Jan. 22 \u2014 Washington D.C. @ The Anthem<br \/>Jan. 23 \u2014 Washington D.C. @ The Anthem<br \/>Feb. 5 \u2014 Omaha, Neb. @ CHI Health Center<br \/>Feb. 6 \u2014 Sioux Falls, S.D. @ Denny Sanford Premier Center<br \/>Feb. 7 \u2014 St. Paul, Minn. @ Grand Casino Arena<br \/>Feb. 12 \u2014 Toronto, Ont. @ Scotiabank Arena<br \/>Feb. 13 \u2014 Buffalo, N.Y. @ KeyBank Center<br \/>Feb. 14 \u2014 Albany, N.Y. @ MVP Arena<br \/>Feb. 19 \u2013 North Little Rock, Ark. @ Simmons Bank Arena<br \/>Feb. 20 \u2013 Kansas City, Mo. @ T-Mobile Center<br \/>Feb. 21 \u2013 St. Louis, Mo. @ Enterprise Center<br \/>Feb. 26 \u2014 Tulsa, Okla. @ BOK Center<br \/>Feb. 27 \u2014 Forth Worth, Texas @ Dickies Arena<br \/>Feb. 28 \u2014 Austin, Texas @ Moody Center<br \/>March 5 \u2014 Knoxville, Tenn. @ Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center<br \/>March 6 \u2014 Greensboro, N.C. @ First Horizon Coliseum<br \/>March 7 \u2014 North Charleston, S.C. @ North Charleston Coliseum<br \/>March 19 \u2014 Birmingham, Ala. @ Legacy Arena at the BJCC<br \/>March 20 \u2014 Atlanta, Ga. @ State Farm Arena<br \/>March 27 \u2014 Hollywood, Fla. @ Hard Rock Live<br \/>April 3 \u2014 Greenville, S.C. @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena<br \/>April 4 \u2014 Charlotte, N.C. @ Spectrum Center<br \/>April 10 \u2014 Jacksonville, Fla. @ VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena<br \/>April 11 \u2014 Tampa, Fla. @ Benchmark International Arena<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Top 50 Eric Church Songs: His Greatest Hits and Best Deep Cuts<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/eric-church\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Church<\/a>\u2019s best song fall into rows. There\u2019s the sullen heartbreakers and the grateful lovers. There are the snarling social statements and buoyant bops. OK, there are only a <em>couple<\/em> of buoyant bops on this list of Church&#8217;s 50 greatest songs, but they exist.\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>He&#8217;s been known to sample R-Rated burners and sage truth-tellers \u2014 and then there are two songs about murder. So, Eric Church\u2019s songs fall into rows, but there are a lot of rows in his 15-year-plus catalog.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His best song? Taste of Country asked fans, staff and the industry to weigh in and then looked at chart success, sales data pop culture importance to choose No. 1 from No. 50. Songs with strong lyrical content rank high. Songs with creative production rank high. Songs with both ended up in the Top 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/author\/billydukesgmail-com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=70&#038;gver=6&#038;bid=204&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DGbJ4PR9JZzdxdLXzJnfIG9ZgkXSFQNevIcIY&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/eric-church-2026-free-the-machine-tour-dates\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Church&#8216;s break from touring won&#8217;t last long. 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