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Turnpike Troubadours are making the trip to Artpark in Lewiston on August 14, 2026, with Muscadine Bloodline and The Creekers opening. If you have been waiting for real, unfiltered country music to land in Western New York this summer, this is the one.
There is a reason the Turnpike faithful are as devoted as any fanbase in country music. Evan Felker and the band came out of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, playing the kind of red dirt country that Nashville did not know what to do with — fiddle-driven, lyrically sharp, rooted in the honky-tonks and the hardscrabble towns that most Music Row writers only visit for songwriting retreats. Five albums deep, with A Cat in the Rain proving the band’s return from a three-year hiatus was the real deal, Turnpike Troubadours have cemented their place as one of the most important country acts working today.
About the Bill
Muscadine Bloodline brings Alabama-bred country with a Southern rock backbone — the kind of duo that sounds like a Friday night with the windows down and nowhere in particular to be. The Creekers round out the undercard. Together, this is a bill built from the ground up by people who actually live the music they play. No pop crossover, no stadium-country production. Just songs, stories, and the instruments that carry them.
The touring run that included Zach Bryan dates introduced Turnpike to a wider audience, but the core of what they do has not changed. Felker’s voice sits somewhere between a whiskey pour and a church hymn, and the band behind him plays with the loose precision that only comes from years on the road together.
Venue Info
Artpark sits on the edge of the Niagara Gorge in Lewiston, about fifteen minutes north of Niagara Falls. The outdoor amphitheater catches the breeze off the gorge and the sunset over the tree line, and there are few better settings in Western New York for a summer country show. The lawn spreads wide with clean sight lines to the stage, and the natural acoustics of the gorge setting give outdoor shows here a depth that flat-ground amphitheaters cannot match. Parking is on-site and straightforward for most shows.
Tickets & Pricing
This show has been announced. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. Show time is 7:00 PM. Turnpike Troubadours on the Niagara Gorge on an August evening — that is about as good as a summer night gets.