Nick Cave will return to North America in spring 2027 with Conversations With Nick Cave: An Evening of Talk and Music, a 25-date run built around an unusually exposed concert format: questions from the audience and piano performances drawn from his catalog.
The itinerary opens April 9 at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre and ends May 21 at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans. Between those dates, Cave is scheduled to play the United States and Canada over roughly six weeks, with two-night engagements in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Boston and Brooklyn.
The setup is a return to Cave’s 2019 tour under the same title, arriving eight years later. Rather than presenting a conventional concert with a fixed set of scripted between-song remarks, these evenings are described as a mix of intimate solo material at the piano and audience questions that are not vetted in advance. That distinction matters: attendees should expect the conversation itself to be part of the event, not merely an introduction before a standard recital.
What the ‘Conversations’ format means
“Unvetted” means questions are not screened or preselected before they reach the stage. It is a simple term with substantial practical consequences for a live show. The subject matter may be serious, personal, playful, awkward or unexpectedly specific, and the balance between talking and music can naturally change from one night to another.
Cave has said the earlier American conversations began as an uncertain idea at a difficult point in his life, but that the exchanges became healing for him. He now sees a reason to revisit the format because the scope of his ongoing correspondence project, The Red Hand Files, has expanded and the range of possible discussions has broadened. His basic promise for the new dates is direct: a piano, songs and answers to questions—along with the possibility that the unpredictability could cause trouble.
That framing separates these appearances from a tour advertised around one album, a full-band production, or a greatest-hits package. The supplied details do not establish a setlist, the number of songs, a question procedure, or whether every performance will follow an identical structure. Anyone considering a ticket should therefore treat the piano-and-conversation concept as the confirmed centerpiece, while recognizing that the content of an individual night cannot be known ahead of time.
It also makes a two-night stand notably different from a repeated concert date. Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Boston and Brooklyn each have consecutive bookings. The itinerary does not promise different programs on those nights, but the unscripted-question premise strongly suggests that the spoken portions can vary with the room and its participants.
A route of theaters and repeat-city dates
The tour begins on the West Coast before moving through the Midwest and into Canadian and East Coast stops. It then heads south through Asheville and Atlanta, with dates in Nashville and Memphis before its New Orleans finale. The venues listed are theaters and halls, consistent with a format focused on a single performer, a piano and an audience conversation rather than a large-scale arena presentation.
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Vancouver is the opening stop, followed by Portland and the Seattle pair. San Francisco and Los Angeles each receive two shows later in April. Minneapolis, Chicago and Detroit form the next U.S. stretch before Toronto’s two nights at Massey Hall and a Montreal performance at Théâtre St-Denis.
In May, Cave is due in Boston for two nights, then Brooklyn for two more. Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., follow, ahead of Asheville, Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis and the New Orleans closing date. For readers tracking other music-related developments across pop culture, Jisoo’s expanded worldwide representation is another recent example of how live, recording and public-facing careers can develop through distinct formats and markets.
Ticket timing and what is confirmed
A registered pre-sale is scheduled to begin November 11 at 10 a.m. local time and last 24 hours. The general on-sale is set for November 13 at 10 a.m. local time. “Local time” means the onsale clock is tied to the time zone of the relevant venue, rather than a single North American release time.
Registration is required for access to the pre-sale. The details provided do not state ticket prices, venue seating configurations, purchase limits, support acts, accessibility arrangements, age policies, recording rules or the exact mechanics by which audience questions will be handled. Those are important practical details, but they should not be assumed from the tour’s name or from the 2019 run.
The clearest expectation is the event’s hybrid nature. A person attending for the songs should anticipate an evening in which conversation is fundamental rather than incidental. A person attending for the Q&A should likewise expect the piano performances to be an equally central component. The appeal is the shared space between those two modes, where the audience helps shape the discussion but Cave anchors the night with music.
Nick Cave 2027 North American dates
- April 9: Vancouver, BC — Queen Elizabeth Theatre
- April 12: Portland, OR — Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
- April 13: Seattle, WA — The 5th Avenue Theatre
- April 14: Seattle, WA — The 5th Avenue Theatre
- April 16: San Francisco, CA — Orpheum Theatre
- April 17: San Francisco, CA — Orpheum Theatre
- April 20: Los Angeles, CA — The Orpheum Theatre
- April 21: Los Angeles, CA — The Orpheum Theatre
- April 24: Minneapolis, MN — State Theatre
- April 26: Chicago, IL — The Chicago Theatre
- April 27: Detroit, MI — Masonic Jack White Theatre
- April 29: Toronto, ON — Massey Hall
- April 30: Toronto, ON — Massey Hall
- May 2: Montreal, QC — Théâtre St-Denis
- May 4: Boston, MA — Boch Center Shubert Theatre
- May 5: Boston, MA — Boch Center Shubert Theatre
- May 7: Brooklyn, NY — Kings Theatre
- May 8: Brooklyn, NY — Kings Theatre
- May 10: Philadelphia, PA — The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
- May 11: Washington, D.C. — Lincoln Theatre
- May 13: Asheville, NC — Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
- May 14: Atlanta, GA — Atlanta Symphony Hall
- May 16: Nashville, TN — Ryman Auditorium
- May 18: Memphis, TN — Orpheum Theatre
- May 21: New Orleans, LA — Saenger Theatre
With 25 dates across the U.S. and Canada, the 2027 schedule gives the revived concept a substantial footprint without losing the one-performer, one-piano premise. Its defining variable will be the one audiences supply themselves: the questions asked in each room.
