There is a particular symmetry to Wynonna Judd and Melissa Etheridge sharing a stage at Bethel Woods. Two artists whose careers were shaped by radio — by the intimacy the medium demanded and the breadth it permitted — performing at a venue whose entire identity rests on a single weekend in 1969. The Raised On Radio Tour lands there on Sunday, June 28, 2026.
About Wynonna Judd & Melissa Etheridge
Wynonna’s credentials are not in dispute. Rolling Stone called her “the greatest female country singer since Patsy Cline.” As the vocal half of The Judds — the most commercially successful duo in the history of country music — she helped define an era before launching a solo career that produced five consecutive platinum albums. She is a five-time Grammy winner, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2022 alongside her mother Naomi. “The radio was my teacher, my comfort, my escape,” she has said of the tour’s central idea.
Etheridge brings a different weight to this billing. Her 1993 album Yes I Am — featuring “Come to My Window” and “I’m the Only One” — remains a cornerstone of that decade’s rock canon, and it still sounds like it was written for outdoor evenings. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024, and her 2026 album Rise, which includes a collaboration with Chris Stapleton, suggests she is still writing with genuine purpose. She also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2007 for “I Need to Wake Up.” For every ticket sold, both artists donate $1 to The Etheridge Foundation, which funds opioid addiction recovery research, and $1 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The tour runs 27 dates from June 24 through September 11, 2026, with other notable stops at Wolf Trap, Red Rocks Amphitheatre (with the Colorado Symphony), Atlanta, and San Diego.
About the Venue
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts sits on the hillside where the 1969 Woodstock festival unfolded — the original field preserved beside the amphitheater that opened in 2006 on Max Yasgur’s former farm in Sullivan County. The venue holds approximately 15,000. Getting there from the Capital Region, Buffalo, or Syracuse means a deliberate drive into the Catskills and the Hudson Valley, but the Museum at Bethel Woods, documenting the festival and its cultural context, makes it worth the trip on its own terms. For anyone who cares about live music history, Bethel Woods is a pilgrimage.
Tickets & Show Info
Wynonna Judd and Melissa Etheridge perform at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on Sunday, June 28, 2026. Showtime is 7:00 PM. Both artists perform full sets each night. Get tickets via Ticketmaster.