Weedeater announce 2026 U.S. fall tour with Zeke, Royal Thunder & Yes Ma’am!

Photo credit: Scott Kinkade

After lighting up the ol’ dusty trail with Conan and Telekinetic Yeti, Weedeater are re-upping with a fresh supply of U.S. tour dates. This fall, the Cape Fear Legends will smoke stages from coast to coast with their buds in Zeke, Royal Thunder and Yes Ma’am.

To pour more Evan Williams onto the fire, along the way, for three special dates, the Weed metal trio will join forces with the mighty GWAR before headlining Day 4 of Emissions From The Monolith.

Get tickets at tonedeaftouring.com/weedeater

Weedeater 2026 U.S. Fall Tour Dates
with Zeke, Royal Thunder & Yes Ma’am + dates supporting GWAR

September 17 – Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern %
September 18 – St. Louis, MO @ Golden Record #
September 19 – Davenport, IA @ Capitol Theatre $
September 20 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection $
September 22 – Memphis, TN @ Satellite Music $
September 23 – Austin, TX @ Far Out Lounge #
September 24 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace #
September 25 – Tuscon, AZ @ 191 Toole #
September 26 – Jacumba Springs, CA @ Jacumba Hotel #
September 28 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah #
September 29 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Wayfarer #
September 30 – Fresno, CA @ Mario’s #
October 1 – San Jose CA @ The Ritz*
October 2 – Sacramento, CA @ Colonial Theatre *
October 4 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon *
October 5 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Ballroom *
October 7 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep *
October 8 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck *
October 10 – Chicago, IL @ WC Social Club *
October 11 – Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl ^
October 13 – Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall *
October 14 – Reading, PA @ Reverb *
October 15 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
October 17 – Chattanooga, TN @ The Boneyard *

% with Royal Thunder
$ supporting GWAR
# with Royal Thunder & Yes Ma’am
* with Zeke, Royal Thunder & Yes Ma’am
^ Weedeater only at Emissions From The Monolith

Weedeater’s discography is available now on Season Of Mist.

Order HERE.

More praise for Weedeater:

“Weedeater has grown its fanbase with dogged touring, a reputation for punishingly loud shows and Dixie Dave’s kinetic, near cartoonish onstage performance that never fails to entertain” – CBS News

“rattles chest cavities to hypnotic effect” – INDY Week

“their superpower lies in their ability to get honest-to-god blasted…and then step onstage and absolutely kill it, every damn time” – VICE

“…a synthesis of toxic elements to perfectly balances that the end result is an irradiated automaton, a shambling mass of rock and blues and metallic elements that is so stuffed with bacterial life that the whole seems alive” – Pop Matters

About »Goliathan«:

Those infamous sludge outlaws Weedeater finally return with their long-awaited fifth full-length »Goliathan«. Their new album marks the crossroads where true Southern rock and metal meet raw humour, old religion, as well as weed and whiskey. »Goliathan« embodies the band’s trademark shuffle and swagger at their fullest. Syrupy slow riffs are buoyed by canyon-deep bass and some of the hardest-hitting drumming since Keith Moon. Full-on bruisers such as »Cain Enabler«, »Claw Of The Sloth«, and the aptly-named »Bully« demonstrate that »Goliathan« is delivering a vintage Weedeater and the soon-to-be gold standard of Southern sludge metal. At its founding, the band rose like a doobie phoenix out of the ashes of Buzzov•en.

When the cult sludge act called it a day, bass player Dave “Dixie” Collins teamed up with guitarist Dave “Shep” Shepherd and founded Weedeater in the harbor town of Wilmington about the year 1998. Their crushing and massive first full-length »…And Justice For Y’all« (2001) created an immediate buzz, while critics were struggling to put a tag on their sound. Nearly everybody agreed that stoner rock, doom, sludge and some crusty elements were part of the mix, which the band simply calls “weed metal”. The debut was produced by renowned engineer Billy Anderson (EyeHateGod, Neurosis) as well as sophomore album »Sixteen Tons« (2002). Weedeater went out to perform live with Corrosion Of Conformity and Alabama Thunderpussy among others.

After some detours of Dixie Dave, who played shortly with Bongzilla and Sourvein, third album »God Luck And Good Speed« hit the world in 2007 and shifted the band’s focus slightly towards the stoner side. The latest full-length »Jason… The Dragon« got delayed when vocalist Dixie Dave lost a toe due to an incident with his favourite shotgun. When the sludge driven album finally came out in 2011, shows in the US and Europe cemented the band’s reputation as a fierce live entity. After signing to Season Of Mist, Weedeater reissued their full back-catalogue on their new label. Yet the Bible Belt state of North Carolina, USA remains a fertile ground for hemp and stoner rock. »Goliathan« makes the South smoke again. Lean back and let this monster record blow your mind!

Line-up:
Dixie Dave – Bass, Vocals
Shep – Guitar, Vocals
Ramzi Ateyeh – Drums

Courtesy of Season Of Mist

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well