Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms & Spin Doctors at CMAC | August 9, 2026
When Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms, and Spin Doctors played together last summer, audience response was strong enough that all three agreed to go out again — 35 dates, July 6 through September 19, 2026. “As far as I know, it’s pretty unprecedented for the same tour to go out two summers in a row,” said Spin Doctors vocalist Chris Barron. He’s not wrong. The package lands at CMAC in Canandaigua on Sunday, August 9 — a show that functions as a snapshot of a specific moment in American rock history, assembled on an amphitheater lawn in the Finger Lakes.
About Blues Traveler
Blues Traveler formed in Princeton, NJ in the mid-1980s and relocated to New York City, where a Wednesday-night residency at the Wetlands club built the following that eventually launched their career. John Popper’s harmonica work attracted enough attention that David Letterman declared the band his personal favorite, resulting in more Late Show appearances than any other musical act. In 1992, alongside Phish and the Spin Doctors, they co-founded the H.O.R.D.E. Festival — establishing the template for what an alternative touring ecosystem could look like. The commercial turning point came with Four in 1994, which went quintuple platinum on the strength of “Run-Around,” a single that spent nearly a year on the charts. “Hook” and “But Anyway” have remained concert staples in the decades since.
Popper, on the touring package: “It’s rare when a package feels so much like home that it carries a spirit which becomes tangible to an audience.”
About Gin Blossoms & Spin Doctors
Gin Blossoms emerged from Tempe’s Mill Avenue indie-rock scene in 1987; New Miserable Experience eventually went quadruple platinum, with “Hey Jealousy” and “Found Out About You” both landing in the top 25 of the Billboard Hot 100 — world-weary lyrics carried on deceptively ebullient pop-rock arrangements. The Spin Doctors arrived on a parallel track. Pocket Full of Kryptonite landed in August 1991 and broke through the following summer on radio and MTV play; “Two Princes” reached #7 on the Hot 100 and earned the band a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms offered the plainest take on the whole arrangement: “We’re all friends, we’re gonna sell a lot of tickets, and it will be a blast.”
About CMAC
The Constellation Brands–Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center sits on the campus of Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua, roughly an hour southeast of Rochester. With a total capacity of approximately 15,000 — 5,000 covered seats and 10,000 on the lawn — it operates at a scale that suits exactly this kind of triple bill: substantial enough to feel like a destination, open enough that a clear August evening makes the whole thing feel effortless. Doors open at 4:30 PM. Note the clear bag policy (12” × 6” × 12” maximum) and the six-ticket-per-transaction limit. The venue is ADA accessible.
Tickets
Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms & Spin Doctors play CMAC on Sunday, August 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM. Buy Tickets.