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Twenty years ago, Charlyn Marie Marshall drove to Memphis and made a record that quietly rewired what indie music could sound like. The Greatest — spare, Southern-soaked, and aching in ways that sneak up on you — became one of those albums people return to for the rest of their lives. Now Cat Power is bringing it back in full, with the people who made it, and she’s stopping at one of the Finger Lakes’ most beautiful rooms to do it.
Cat Power’s The Greatest Tour — 20th Anniversary comes to the Smith Center for the Arts in Geneva, NY on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Showtime is 8:00 PM.
Why This Show Is Different
The reunion with the Dirty Delta Blues Band is the detail that makes this more than a nostalgia run. These are the same Memphis soul musicians from the original album sessions — not a tribute act, not a touring band handed charts. The people who played on The Greatest are playing it again, alongside the woman who brought them together in 2005. That kind of alignment doesn’t happen often, and it doesn’t happen twice.
If you’ve lived with this album — the way the title track opens, the restraint of “Where Is My Love,” the slow burn of “Could We” — hearing it performed intact, with those original players, is going to feel different from any other concert experience this summer.
You can pick up the album or Cat Power merch ahead of the show: browse Cat Power albums on Amazon or find Cat Power merch.
About The Smith
The Smith Center for the Arts — locally just “The Smith” — is a 1,400-seat historic opera house in downtown Geneva, right on the shores of Seneca Lake. It’s the kind of room that earns its own billing: ornate, intimate by arena standards, and acoustically suited to an artist who traffics in quiet intensity. Geneva sits at the northern tip of Seneca Lake, surrounded by Finger Lakes wine country — you can make a full evening or a full weekend out of this one.
If you’re coming in from Rochester or the Capital Region, build in time before the show. Geneva’s downtown has solid dining within walking distance of the venue, and this part of the Finger Lakes rewards the unhurried.
Tickets
Tickets are on sale now, priced from $44.18 to $65.69. A 1,400-seat opera house for a 20th anniversary album performance with the original band is not an oversized room — this will move.
Get your tickets here before they’re gone.