Dierks Bentley is heading “off the map” in 2026, when he launches his headlining six-week run of summer shows with the Off the Map Tour in June.
The trek will launch June 12 in Rogers, Ark., and will visit cities including Colorado Springs, Colo., and Charleston, S.C., before wrapping July 18 in St. Augustine, Fla.
Joining Bentley on the trek is a mix of legendary bluegrass figures and rising bluegrass, country and Americana artists. Fourteen-time Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs and his legendary band, Kentucky Thunder, will join the tour as as special guests, as will Kaitlin Butts, who had a breakthrough last year with her viral hit “You Ain’t Gotta Die (To Be Dead to Me).” Also on the bill are Cole Goodwin, Owen Riegling and Mountain Grass Unit.
Tickets for Bentley’s Off the Map Tour will go on sale Feb. 20 at 10 a.m. local time on his website.
“‘Off The Map’ is a song about going to that place where you take a break from it for a little bit, whether it’s a bar stool sipping something cold, or a back porch down a back road,” Bentley said in a statement. “I like to think that our shows are a place where our fans can go off the map for a few hours, and recharge the batteries. The band and I are so excited about sharing the road with the one and only Ricky Skaggs, as well as with the other guys and girls on the shows with us this summer. They were all handpicked, as I am big fans of theirs. Can’t wait to get out there and watch their shows before we get to go out and do our thing. Going to be some great onstage collaborations this summer.”
Bentley celebrated the upcoming tour by teaming up with Skaggs recently to perform a rendition of Bentley’s 2006 song, “Free and Easy (Down The Road I Go).” See the clip below, along with the tour announcement and show dates:
Ricky Skaggs, Kaitlin Butts and more will be the opening acts on the summer trek named after his song. Billboard