The Carnival Tour (Wyclef Jean)

The Carnival Tour was a U.S./Mexico concert tour by Haitian hip-hop musician Wyclef Jean. The tour began on February 9, 2018 and ended on October 26, 2018.[1] The Tour was announced on December 25, 2017 on Wyclef's social media accounts[2]

The Carnival Tour
Tour by Wyclef Jean
Associated albumsCarnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee and J'ouvert
Start dateFebruary 9, 2018
End dateOctober 26, 2018
Legs2
No. of shows56
Wyclef Jean concert chronology
  • "From the Hut, to the Projects, to the Mansion World Tour"
    (2010-11)
  • "The Carnival Tour"
    (2018)

Background

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The tour is in support of Wyclef's seventh studio album Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee. The tour will feature other artists such as Beards, Victory Soul Orchestra, The Age, DJ Trumpmastr, and The Knocks.[3] In four of Wyclef's shows, a full orchestra will be featured just as it did at his show at Carnegie Hall in 1998. On December 25, 2017, he announced that he would be teaming up with Live Nation Entertainment Company to feature a full orchestra in Omaha, Columbus, St. Louis, and Dallas.[4] The four shows will each be considered a leg and be called "A Night of Symphonic Hip Hop," and will feature some of the Philadelphia Orchestra.[5] Wyclef has already announced that at these shows he will perform his hit solo song "Gone till November," and his hit song with the Fugees "Killing Me Softly with His Song."[6]

Shows

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, and number of available tickets

Date City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance
North America Leg 1[7]
February 9, 2018 Montclair United States Wellmont Theater TBD/ 2,555
February 16, 2018 Cincinnati OTR Live
February 17, 2018 Columbus Ohio Theatre Philadelphia Orchestra TBD/ 3,000
February 18, 2018 St. Petersburg Jannus Live Roots of Creation

Grateful Dub

TBD/ 2,000
February 23, 2018 Harrisburg Sunoco Performance Theater
March 1, 2018 Boston Wilbur Theatre TBD/ 1,093
March 2, 2018 Saratoga Springs Putnam Place The Age

DJ Trumpmastr

Victory Soul Orchestra

The Beards

TBD
March 3, 2018 Providence Fete Music Hall
March 6, 2018 Iowa City Englert Theater
March 9, 2018 St. Louis Power Hall Philadelphia Orchestra
March 10, 2018 Jacksonville Daily's Place
March 11, 2018 Emporia Granada Theater
March 14, 2018 Denver Summit Music Hall The Knocks
March 17, 2018 Orlando Central Florida Fairgrounds
March 19, 2018 Boise Knitting Factory Culture Crew
March 21, 2018 Salt Lake City Metro Music Hall DJ Juggy
March 23, 2018 San Francisco 1015 Folsom
March 24, 2018 Los Angeles Regent Theater
March 25, 2018 Scottsdale BLK Live
March 26, 2018 Cabo San Lucas Mexico O Club
March 28, 2018 Redway United States Mateel Community Center
March 29, 2018 Davie Broward College Irie

Walshy Fire

March 31, 2018 Ardmore Ardmore Music Hall
April 6, 2018 Tucson Rialto Theater
April 7, 2018 Albuquerque El Rey Theater
April 8, 2018 Cincinnati OTR Live
April 11, 2018 Urbana Canopy Club
April 12, 2018 Eau Claire The Metro Irie Soul
April 13, 2018 Minneapolis The Pourhouse
April 15, 2018 Chicago The Metro
April 19, 2018 Port Chester Capitol Theater
April 20, 2018 San Diego Embarcadero Marina Park
April 21, 2018 Seattle Showbox Market
April 22, 2018 Portland Wonder Ballroom
April 27, 2018 Stuart Downtown
April 28, 2018 Asbury Park The Stone Pony
May 2, 2018 Dallas Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House TBD/ 4,300
Leg 2
June 15, 2018 Mount Clemens United States Emerald Theater
June 22, 2018 Revere Wonderland Ballroom
June 23, 2018 Portland Aura
June 24, 2018 Hampton Bernie's Beach Bar
June 30, 2018 Pointe-Calumet Canada Beach Club
July 13, 2018 Providence United States Fete Music
July 27, 2018 Albuquerque El Rey Theater
July 28, 2018 Atlantic City Harrah's Atlantic City
August 3, 2018 Chicoutimi Canada Racine Street
August 17, 2018 Baltimore United States Power Plant Live Edjacated Phools
August 24, 2018 Kansas City Crossroads KC
August 25, 2018 The Colony Lava Cantina
August 31, 2018 Pelham The Caverns
September 6, 2018 New York City Sony Hall
September 7, 2018 Washington, D.C. Howard Theater
September 14, 2018 Revere Wonderland Ballroom
September 15, 2018 Saratoga Springs Putnam Place
October 16, 2018 Newark NJPAC
October 26, 2018 Providence Fete Music

References

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  1. ^ Union, Wonderful. "Wyclef". Wyclef. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  2. ^ "Instagram post by Wyclef Jean • Dec 25, 2017 at 5:18pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  3. ^ Union, Wonderful. "Wyclef Jean at Putnam Den". Wyclef. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  4. ^ "Instagram post by Wyclef Jean • Dec 25, 2017 at 7:43pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  5. ^ "Legendary band the Roots to play 'symphonic hip-hop' concert in Irving". GuideLive. 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  6. ^ "A Night of Symphonic Hip Hop featuring Wyclef Jean | Columbus Symphony". www.columbussymphony.com. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  7. ^ Union, Wonderful. "Wyclef". Wyclef. Retrieved 2018-02-09.