Long-running Minneapolis jazz group The Bad Plus have announced that they’re calling it quits, but not before a farewell tour. They write: “The Bad Plus has been a band for 26 years. That’s quite a long time! As we enter into year 27 – after a great deal of soul searching and consideration – we have decided to bring this chapter to a close. 2026 will be the final year of The Bad Plus. We share this news with heavy hearts, but also with great pride in what we have accomplished. It has been a privilege to share our music with the world and we leave behind a body of work that we could not be more proud of.”
Their tour schedule currently runs through June and there’s no NYC show but hopefully that will change. “We look forward to performing our final shows throughout the coming year and hope to see as many of you as possible,” they write. “This band changed our lives. Thank you all for being a part of that.”
All dates are listed, along with a stream of The Bad Plus’ 2024 album Complex Emotions, below.
The Bad Plus – 2026 Tour Dates
Jan 14 – Jazz St. Louis (The Ferring Jazz Bistro) – St. Louis, MO
Jan 15 – Jazz St. Louis (The Ferring Jazz Bistro) – St. Louis, MO
Jan 16 – Jazz St. Louis (The Ferring Jazz Bistro) – St. Louis, MO (7:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
Jan 17 – Jazz St. Louis (The Ferring Jazz Bistro) – St. Louis, MO (7:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
Jan 18 – Jazz St. Louis (The Ferring Jazz Bistro) – St. Louis, MO (6:30 PM)
Jan 21 – The Blue Note – Columbia, MO
Mar 3 – Otis A. Singletary Center for the Arts – Lexington, KY
Mar 5 – Meridian Arts Centre (George Weston Recital Hall) – Toronto, ON
Mar 6 – Boulder Theater – Boulder, CO
Mar 7 – Yoshi’s – Oakland, CA (9:30 PM)
Mar 8 – Yoshi’s – Oakland, CA (7:00 PM)
Mar 10 – Blue Note LA – Los Angeles, CA (7:00 PM & 9:30 PM)
Mar 11 – Blue Note LA – Los Angeles, CA (7:00 PM & 9:30 PM)
Mar 12 – The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center – La Jolla, CA (5:30 PM & 8:00 PM)
Mar 13 – Lensic Performing Arts Center – Santa Fe, NM
Mar 23 – Auditorium Parco della Musica – Rome, Italy
Mar 27 – Auditorio Nacional de Música – Madrid, Spain
Mar 28 – Maison de la Radio et de la Musique (Studio 104) – Paris, France
Mar 29 – Monheimer Kulturwerke – Monheim am Rhein, Germany
Mar 30 – Barbican Centre – London, United Kingdom
Apr 3 – 30CC/Schouwburg – Leuven, Belgium
Apr 4 – Kulturhaus Karlstorbahnhof – Heidelberg, Germany
Apr 7 – L’Auditori – Barcelona, Spain
Apr 8 – Le Rocher de Palmer – Cenon, France
Apr 9 – TivoliVredenburg – Utrecht, Netherlands
Apr 10 – Muziekgebouw – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apr 11 – Cully Jazz Festival – Cully, Switzerland
Jun 26 – Festival International de Jazz de Montréal – Montréal, QC