Rhonda Vincent Just Announced a 32-Date World Tour and Bluegrass Is About to Take Over the Planet

In a sun-drenched barn outside Nashville, the undisputed Queen of Bluegrass stood on a hay bale and hollered the news every picker, jammer, and porch-sitter has been praying for: Rhonda Vincent is hitting the road in 2026 with 32 dates that will carry high lonesome sound farther than it has ever flown before.

At 62, with fifteen IBMA Female Vocalist crowns and a fresh Grammy still shining on the mantel, Rhonda Vincent is no longer just America’s bluegrass sweetheart; she’s becoming the genre’s global ambassador.
After decades of owning the Opry stage and selling out every festival from Bean Blossom to Telluride, she’s decided the world needs to hear what a mandolin can do when it’s played by the fastest, truest hands in the business. “Bluegrass was born in the hills,” she grinned, “but it was raised to travel.”

North America gets the first 16 helpings of pure mountain fire, kicking off February 20 at the mother church itself—the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.
From there the Rage rolls through Chicago’s Symphony Center, Austin’s ACL Live, Toronto’s Massey Hall, and a historic two-night stand at New York’s Town Hall. Expect blistering sets of “Kentucky Borderline,” “Jolene,” and the new album Back Home Again, recorded live on her Missouri front porch. Every show ends with the entire hall singing “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” like family at a Sunday pickin’.

Europe receives ten dates in May and June that will make the old continent fall in love with high lonesome harmony all over again.
London’s Royal Albert Hall (May 15) will host the tour’s only full-orchestra night, while Paris’s Philharmonie, Stockholm’s Cirkus, and Dublin’s 3Arena get the full Rage treatment—mandolin, banjo, fiddle, and Rhonda’s voice soaring like an Appalachian eagle. “They already know how to sing ‘Hit Parade of Love’ in twelve languages,” she laughed. “I’m just bringing the band to keep up.”

Australia and New Zealand close the journey with six sun-drenched shows in August, a heartfelt thank-you to fans who have streamed her music from the outback for years.
Sydney Opera House (August 10) will ring with bluegrass for the first time in its history, followed by Melbourne’s Hamer Hall and a bush-dance finale in Brisbane. Rhonda promises surprise guests—maybe Keith Urban sitting in on guitar—because “every Aussie knows at least one Bill Monroe tune whether they admit it or not.”

This isn’t just a tour; it’s a mission to prove bluegrass belongs everywhere a heart can break and heal.
Production keeps it pure—no smoke machines, no autotune—just hay-bale risers, vintage microphones, and a circle of musicians who play like their lives depend on it. A portion of every ticket plants a tree back in the Missouri Ozarks and funds music education in rural schools, because “kids deserve to know where the G-run comes from.”

Tickets crashed servers in seven countries within minutes, with #RhondaWorldTour trending higher than any bluegrass hashtag ever has.
Fans who once drove eight hours to see her at a county fair are now booking flights to London. VIP packages include pre-show “Porch Pickin’” sessions where Rhonda teaches you the mandolin break to “My Sweet Love Ain’t Around” whether you brought an instrument or not.

Rhonda Vincent’s 2026 World Tour isn’t a comeback.
It’s a coronation.
32 nights where the fastest mandolin on earth reminds the planet that some music doesn’t need a passport; it just needs a porch, a heart, and a voice like hers.

Get your dancing shoes and your crying towels ready.
Bluegrass is going global,
and Rhonda’s bringing the whole holler with her.