Gregory Alan Isakov (US) Returning to New Zealand in February 2026

Last here in Aotearoa at the beginning of 2024, touring his acclaimed latest studio album Appaloosa Bones, South Africa-born / Philadelphia-raised songwriting star Gregory Alan Isakov will soon be wending his way back down under, treating fans to headline dates at Tāmaki Makaurau's Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre and Te Whanganui-a-Tara's The Opera House in February 2026.

Achieving breakthrough success with his melancholic hit 'Big Black Car', which was prominently featured in a 2012 McDonalds advert — "he donated the proceeds to various causes including Seed Savers Exchange, an organisation that tries to preserve the genetic make-up of plants in the US" — the golden-toned singer / guitarist went on to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album for his 2018 long player Evening Machines. Gregory Alan Isakov will be here this summer playing a pair of intimate performances, promising "stripped-down acoustic arrangements of favourites" from across his globally beloved oeuvre, here's the official lowdown... 

Gregory Alan Isakov - New Zealand Tour 2026

Tuesday 10th February - Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Auckland
Thursday 12th February - The Opera House, Wellington

Fans can access priority tickets through the exclusive
Early bird presale from 2pm, Thursday 14th August
General tickets go on sale 2pm, Tuesday 19th August
Register for the presale and find full tour details HERE

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Press release:

GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Gregory Alan Isakov announces a run of Australian and New Zealand headline dates performing in an intimate acoustic format. This will be Isakov’s third tour in Australia and second tour in New Zealand. Confirmed stops include Sydney’s State Theatre, Auckland’s Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, and Melbourne’s Palais Theatre, among others.

The shows will offer audiences a special opportunity to experience stripped-down acoustic arrangements of favourites from Isakov’s full-length studio albums including his most recent, the acclaimed ‘Appaloosa Bones’, ’Evening Machines’, ‘The Weatherman’, ‘This Empty Northern Hemisphere, and ‘That Sea, the Gambler’. Isakov will be joined by a musician and friends throughout the performance.

Beloved by his devoted community of fans and critics alike, Isakov has garnered over 1 billion streams to date. Of his most recent record, ‘Appaloosa Bones’, the Associated Press praised, “His new songs are relentlessly majestic, a kind of musical morphine,” while Paste declared, “he’s continuing to make expertly-tooled music…it’s reliably beautiful and starkly self-possessed throughout.” Additionally, Isakov collaborated on recently released songs with Noah Kahan, Shovels & Rope, Nathaniel Rateliff and Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers.

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and raised in Philadelphia, Isakov now calls Colorado home. When he isn’t on the road, he spends much of his time writing and recording songs in his barn studio, as well as running Starling Farm (his farm in Boulder County).