North Pearl Street in downtown Albany has a good Friday night coming. On November 13, 2026, Wyatt Flores rolls through on his Drive All Night Tour with an 8:00 PM show at Empire Live — and if you have been paying any attention to what is happening at the younger end of country music, this is the one to put on the calendar before the seats are gone.
About Wyatt Flores
Flores is a Mexican-American singer-songwriter from Stillwater, Oklahoma — the same town that produced Garth Brooks and The All-American Rejects — and that Midwest-rooted, emotionally honest sensibility runs straight through everything he makes. His debut album Welcome to the Plains (MCA/Island Records, fall 2024), produced by Beau Bedford, earned an 8.2/10 from Saving Country Music, which praised his ability to channel “roiled and unraveling emotions into coherent and confident songs.” Fiddle and steel guitar, Red Dirt bones, writing that actually lands.
His breakout single “Please Don’t Go” went RIAA Platinum and charted on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs. “Before I Do,” a collaboration with Jake Kohn, appeared on the Twisters movie soundtrack. He has accumulated over 325 million streams while logging a Grand Ole Opry debut, an NPR Tiny Desk Concert, and an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Rolling Stone tapped him for their “Future of Music” designation.
His spring 2026 single “Runnin’ On E” — produced by the team that has worked with Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, and others — marks a new artistic direction. Flores described it as “a part of the story of my last two years, being old enough to know better, too young to care.” The Drive All Night Tour is his largest headlining outing yet, spanning clubs and theaters across North America.
About Empire Live
Empire Live is a standing-room venue with a 1,000-person capacity at 93 N. Pearl Street in downtown Albany. For a songwriter at this stage of the game, that room size hits the right note — big enough to feel like an event, close enough that you are actually in it with him. It sits in the heart of the Albany / Capital District, so if you are driving in from outside the city on a Friday night, build in extra time for downtown traffic.
Tickets
Tickets are available now. Worth noting: $1 from every ticket on this tour goes to Music Health Alliance through the PLUS1 program, supporting healthcare and mental health services for music professionals. No opener has been announced for this date yet — check back closer to the show.
Get Tickets → Wyatt Flores at Empire Live, Friday November 13