Rock duo Hot Tuna will kick off their final “Electric Hot Tuna” tour on July 20, opening the Great South Bay Music Festival at Shorefront Park in Patchogue. The duo will stop in Upstate New York in September before wrapping up their tour at the Beacon Theatre in NYC.
The duo, which comprises Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen, originated in San Francisco and has been making music for more than 50 years. They released their self-titled debut studio in 1970, and have since their most recent studio album was 2011’s Steady as She Goes. While their last official album was released over a decade ago, Hot Tuna is still going strong, soon to begin a tour across the country this month.
Members of Hot Tuna have come and gone, but Casady and Kaukonen have been steady members since its inception, while also maintaining solo careers. Casady released a solo album, Dream Factor, in 2003, while Kaukonen begin his solo career early into Hot Tuna’s career, releasing a solo record, Quah, 1974.
Tickets are now available for Hot Tuna’s upcoming final tour.
Hot Tuna Tour
05/06/23 | Fur Peace Station Pomeroy, OH | Jorma Kaukonen and John Hurlbut | |
06/10/23 | Old Whaling Church Edgartown, MA | Jorma Kaukonen | |
06/16/23 | The Loft Oak Bluffs, MA | Jorma Kaukonen | |
06/22/23 | Narrows Center for the Arts Fall River, MA | Jorma Kaukonen | |
06/23/23 | City Winery Boston, MA | Jorma Kaukonen | |
06/24/23 | One Longfellow Square Portland, ME | Jorma Kaukonen | |
07/20/23 | The Great South Bay Music Festival Patchogue, NY | Electric Hot Tuna | also Dave Mason and Kerry Kearney Band |
07/28/23 | Tripple Door Seattle, WA | Jorma Kaukonen | |
07/29/23 | Tripple Door Seattle, WA | Jorma Kaukonen | |
07/30/23 | Alaaddin Theatre Portland, OR | Jorma Kaukonen | |
08/02/23 | State Room Salt Lake City, UT | Jorma Kaukonen | |
08/03/23 | Avalon Theatre Grand Junction, CO | Jorma Kaukonen | |
08/05/23 | The Amory Fort Collins, CO | Jorma Kaukonen | Venue Pre-sale:2/9 @10am MST. Code: GENESIS. Onsale 2/10 @10am MST |
08/06/23 | Boulder Theatre Boulder, CO | Jorma Kaukonen | |
08/06/23 | Boulder Theatre Boulder, CO | Jorma Kaukonen | |
09/15/23 | Kodak Center Rochester, NY | Electric Hot Tuna | |
09/16/23 | Flynn Theatre Burnlington, VT | Electric Hot Tuna | |
09/18/23 | Flynn Theatre Burlington, VT | Electric Hot Tuna | |
09/20/23 | The Egg Albany, NY | Electric Hot Tuna | |
09/21/23 | Upstate Performing Arts Centers Kingston, NY | Electric Hot Tuna | |
09/23/23 | The Beacon Theatre New York, NY | Electric Hot Tuna | |
09/25/23 | Portsmouth Music Hall Portsmouth, NH | Electric Hot Tuna | |
09/27/23 | College Street Music Hall New Haven, CT | Electric Hot Tuna | |
09/28/23 | Keswick Theatre Philadelphia, PA | Electric Hot Tuna | |
09/30/23 | Warner Theatre Washington DC | Electric Hot Tuna | |
10/01/23 | Mountain Stage Blacksburg, VA | Electric Hot Tuna | |
10/04/23 | Capitol Theatre Clearwater, FL | Electric Hot Tuna | |
10/05/23 | Parker Playhouse PAC Fort Lauderdale, FL | Electric Hot Tuna | |
10/07/23 | Suwannee Roots Revival Live Oak, FL | Electric Hot Tuna |
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