Darci Lynne won America’s Got Talent at 12, signed onto a 50-city 2018 tour that moved more than 100,000 tickets while she was still in middle school, and has since sold out the Ryman Auditorium twice and headlined Las Vegas. On October 15, the 2026 Growing Pains Tour brings her full variety show to North Tonawanda’s Riviera Theatre — ventriloquism, singing, comedy, and a puppet cast that has earned its own loyal following.
About the Show
The Growing Pains Tour runs in full variety-show format: fan-favorite puppet characters Petunia (a rabbit), Oscar (a mouse), Edna, and newcomer Andy all make appearances alongside Darci Lynne’s ventriloquism, singing, and the comedy routines that give her live shows their shape. The tour bills itself as “comedy, music, and showtime shenanigans,” and that description appears across every stop on the run.
The career that produced this show goes well beyond the AGT moment that launched it. The original Golden Buzzer performance has accumulated more than 90 million YouTube views. An NBC Christmas special in 2018 with Toby Keith and Kristin Chenoweth reached more than nine million households. She has appeared in feature films (Reagan and Cowgirl’s Song among them), alongside Disney Junior and Cartoon Network credits and appearances on TODAY and Ellen. Her music video “Push Our Luck” won Best Music Video at the Los Angeles Film Awards, and a follow-up single, “Someone Wake Me Up,” is forthcoming. She has performed at the Grand Ole Opry multiple times and has been credited with “transforming the face and popularity of ventriloquism, making the art form a female-driven force.”
This is Darci Lynne’s third run as a national headlining act. The Growing Pains Tour covers 32 dates from July 17 through December 19, 2026. No support acts are listed for the Riviera Theatre stop, and the show carries no age restriction.
Venue & Logistics
The Riviera Theatre is at 67 Webster St. in North Tonawanda, just north of Buffalo, and is a reliable anchor in the western New York concert calendar. At 1,100 seats, it is an intimate enough room that the puppet work registers without a video wall mediating it; that is the main reason to go to the theater and not wait for the streaming clips. Showtime is 7:00 p.m.
Tickets
Tickets are priced at $49–$64. Buy tickets