Blackberry Smoke at Artpark | July 15, 2026
Blackberry Smoke’s Rattle, Ramble and Roll Tour 2026 rolls into Artpark on Wednesday, July 15 — the Atlanta-born Southern rock band arriving at an outdoor setting that suits their music better than most: an amphitheater perched above the Niagara River Gorge, where the sky opens up and the air carries sound the way a room never quite can.
This is the kind of show Blackberry Smoke was built for. Not theaters with assigned seating and polite reverence. Open air, a warm July evening, a crowd that knows every word. This is their natural habitat, and they have been working it hard in 2026 — 28 documented performances logged through early May, with no sign of slowing.
About Blackberry Smoke
Formed in Atlanta in 2001, Blackberry Smoke spent years earning their reputation the old-fashioned way: relentless touring and records that kept getting better. The band — Charlie Starr on lead vocals and guitar, Paul Jackson on guitar, Richard Turner on bass, and Brandon Still on keyboards — achieved something genuinely rare in 2015 when Holding All the Roses made them the first independently released artist to reach number one on the Billboard Country Albums chart in the modern era. Like an Arrow repeated the feat in 2016. You Hear Georgia debuted atop the Billboard Americana/Folk Chart in 2021, confirming a creative consistency that most bands their age have long since traded for coasting.
Their collaborations with Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, and Gov’t Mule tell you something about how they’re regarded in Southern rock circles — invited into the room, not merely knocking at the door.
The 2024 loss of co-founder and drummer Brit Turner, who passed away in March after battling glioblastoma, was a blow the band and their community absorbed quietly. The road has continued — it always does — but the weight is there for anyone paying attention. These shows carry something extra now.
About Artpark
Artpark sits at 450 South 4th Street in Lewiston, overlooking the Niagara River Gorge — one of the more striking natural backdrops for an outdoor concert in Western New York. The venue operates as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in cooperative agreement with New York State parks, which gives it a public-summer-institution character that commercial amphitheaters rarely manage to replicate. Gorge views at showtime have a way of making even a midweek show feel like an occasion worth making the drive for.
Tickets
Blackberry Smoke at Artpark is on sale now. Showtime is 6:30 PM on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Tickets are available via the link below.