Tedeschi Trucks Band headlines the Future Soul 2026 Tour stop at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek on April 29, 2026, bringing a version of American music that critics usually land on as modern roots—a big, elastic blend of blues, gospel, Southern soul, jazz harmony, and improvisational rock that actually earns the word “ensemble.” This is a road band in the old sense: two drummers, horns, backing vocals, and a rhythm section that breathes. Susan Tedeschi’s singing is still grounded in blues phrasing without leaning on revivalism, while Derek Trucks’ slide work stays lyrical and modal, more Duane Allman by way of Coltrane than guitar-hero flash. The tour runs a broad North American arc with select international dates, hitting major sheds and amphitheaters where the band’s long-form approach makes sense. Recent releases continue to define where they are right now—expansive, patient, and grown—building on their ambitious I Am the Moon project and subsequent live recordings that foreground dynamics over volume. Accolades are baked in at this point (multiple Grammys, festival headlining slots worldwide), but what matters more is how consistently they reinvest in music education and community work through Derek Trucks’ foundation. This is a band still recording and touring because the music keeps changing.
Official site: https://www.tedeschitrucksband.com

Support comes from JJ Grey & Mofro, whose sound critics tend to frame as Southern soul filtered through swamp funk and front-porch blues—less retro exercise, more regional truth. Grey writes like someone raised inside the music, not adjacent to it: horn-driven grooves, gospel-leaning choruses, and lyrics that deal in place, class, and weather without cosplay. The band’s touring history mirrors that ethos, crisscrossing the U.S. and periodically heading overseas where American roots music still travels well, and this tour keeps them in rooms where sweat and space coexist. Their most recent studio work, Olustee, is a clear statement of late-career confidence—leaner songwriting, deeper pocket, and arrangements that trust restraint. Recognition has followed over the years through chart success in the blues and roots lanes and a fiercely loyal live audience, but Grey’s reputation is really built on consistency and quiet philanthropy tied to Florida communities and working musicians. As an opener, Mofro doesn’t soften the night; they set the table with grit and warmth before the long arc of the headliner takes over.
Official site: https://www.mofro.net