There’s something quietly exciting about The Wallflowers showing up in Rutland, Vermont. Jakob Dylan’s band — the one responsible for one of the best rock records of the 1990s — doesn’t tour in small historic theaters as often as they should. On August 18, 2026, they’re doing exactly that at the Paramount Theatre, and anyone in the North Country or Upper Hudson Valley corridor should be making plans right now.
The Wallflowers hit their peak visibility with Bringing Down the Horse in 1996 — a record so well-constructed, so sonically perfect for its moment, that it could almost obscure how much craft was underneath it. But Jakob Dylan’s songwriting was never just commercial instinct. It was Americana-tinged alternative rock built on real bones: grinding guitars, dusty highway imagery, hooks that didn’t apologize for being hooks. Songs like “One Headlight” and “6th Avenue Heartache” are embedded in the memory of anyone who was listening to rock radio in the late ’90s.
The Paramount Rutland Is the Right Room for This
The Paramount Theatre in Rutland is a gem — a lovingly restored early 20th century house that puts you close to the stage and keeps the sound intimate. It’s the kind of venue that actually serves the music rather than dwarfing it. For a band like The Wallflowers, whose songwriting lives in nuance and texture, this is the ideal setting.
Rutland sits close enough to the Capital Region, the Adirondacks, and the broader North Country that this qualifies as a destination show worth the drive. The Vermont border region doesn’t get bookings like this every month. When it does, the room tends to fill up with people who know exactly what they’re there for — and that makes for a great night.
Tickets are available through the Paramount Theatre box office at paramountvt.org. Don’t wait — rooms this size sell through on name recognition alone, and Jakob Dylan still commands that.