Paul Simon at Tanglewood | June 28, 2026

The last time Paul Simon announced a major touring cycle was 2018. So when Tanglewood placed two nights with him on the Popular Artist Series calendar for late June, it registered differently than the typical summer booking — and tickets have moved accordingly.

This is Night 2 of that stand. Sunday, June 28, with a 6:00 PM start at the Koussevitzky Music Shed in Lenox, Massachusetts. That is ninety minutes earlier than Night 1’s 7:30 PM curtain — a distinction worth noting if you are building your evening around it. An outdoor amphitheater in the Berkshires at 6:00 PM in late June means the light is still high when the show begins, and the sun will be dropping behind the treeline somewhere mid-set. For those making the drive from the Albany area, budget two hours down the Taconic on a summer Sunday, more on the return.

Tanglewood is the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra — a forested hillside campus in Lenox where the Koussevitzky Music Shed holds 5,700. The lawn extends past the shed for those who prefer open air, but the shed itself is where the room’s acoustic character reveals itself. Arrive before showtime.

Paul Simon does not require an extended introduction. Over six decades, he has built one of the most consequential bodies of work in American popular music — first alongside Art Garfunkel, then through a solo catalog that kept reinventing its own terms decade by decade. Graceland (1986) remains the landmark, but the range runs from Bridge Over Troubled Water to Stranger to Stranger. He holds 16 Grammy Awards, including three for Album of the Year. The Library of Congress named him the inaugural recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007. He is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice — once with Art Garfunkel, once under his own name.

VIP packages are available in four tiers, with reserved seating, exclusive merchandise, commemorative laminates, and dedicated on-site check-in. BSO policy caps purchases at eight tickets per person per performance. Secondary market pricing is tracking around $409.

Some shows you see because the timing is convenient. This is not that kind of show. Buy Tickets