Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Says Goodbye To The Road With ‘All The Good Times: The Farewell Tour’

Renowned country rockers Nitty Gritty Dirt Band announced All The Good Times: The Farewell Tour. The Grammy-winning group behind songs like “Mr. Bojangles,” (originally released by author Jerry Jeff Walker) “Fishin’ In The Dark” and “An American Dream” launch the first leg of the farewell tour in March with dates stretching into July.

A press release noted that the band isn’t retiring from performing all together “but it will be the last fans see of multi-city runs and long bus rides from the group that helmed the multi-artist Will The Circle Be Unbroken series that featured the likes of Mother Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Levon Helm, and dozens more.”

“‘All The Good Times’ perfectly describes our career,” the band said in a statement. “Playing our music for Dirt Band fans all over the world has been an incredible experience for us. The most important part of that has been the connection to our audience—that beautiful communal give and take is like nothing else. That’s the very spirit we’ll be celebrating as we head into our farewell tour. We’re really looking forward to seeing you folks. Good times will be had by all!”

All The Good Times: The Farewell Tour gets underway on March 21 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Following Midwest dates, the band will make the first of two multiple night runs through Texas including Odessa, Abilene and Houston.

In May, the Dirt Band will hit Indianapolis, Raleigh (North Carolina) and Bristow (Virginia), the latter two dates with Hank Williams Jr. June will see the group returning to the Midwest for an extensive run in smaller markets while July has the Dirt Band back in Texas with stops in Lubbock, New Braunfels — with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — Fort Worth and Amarillo.

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band concludes the first leg of the farewell tour in Kansas City on September 14. More dates are expected to be announced soon.

Tickets for the first leg of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s All The Good Times: The Farewell Tour go on sale Friday, January 19 at 10 a.m. local time.

Find Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s current farewell tour routing below: