Better Than Ezra Concert History

Better Than Ezra is an alternative rock trio based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The band was formed in Baton Rouge in 1987 by Kevin Griffin while he and the other original members were attending college at Louisiana State University. By 1988 Better Than Ezra had released a demo cassette tape, Chime Street Studio Demo Tape. In 1989 the band released a cassette-only album, Surprise. They released their first nationally-distributed album Deluxe in 1993 (Swell Records / 1995 Elektra).

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Better Than Ezra Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026 - 2027)

Date Concert Venue Location
May 14, 2027
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra Schermerhorn Symphony Center Nashville, Tennessee, United States
May 13, 2027
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra Schermerhorn Symphony Center Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Oct 17, 2026
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra

Acadia Music Festival 2026

Acadia Plantation Town Center Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States
Oct 16, 2026
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra Hard Rock Live Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
Oct 15, 2026
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra Red River Revel Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Sep 27, 2026
Upcoming
Bourbon & Beyond
Dave Matthews Band / Hootie & the Blowfish / Counting Crows / Jesse Welles / Portugal. The Man / Max McNown / Fitz and the Tantrums / Sons of Legion / Better Than Ezra / Lisa Loeb / Daniel Donato / Uncle Lucius / Paula Cole / Vertical Horizon / Tonic / Joan Osborne / The Verve Pipe / Stella Lefty / Our Lady Peace / S.G. Goodman / Caleb & Reeb Country Band / Clover County / The Steel Wheels / RYMAN / Vickie Vaughn / Yächtley Crëw Show all bands
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Highland Festival Grounds, Kentucky Exposition Center Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Sep 25, 2026
Upcoming
Oceans Calling 2026 (Day 1 of 3)
Dave Matthews Band / Hootie & the Blowfish / Ludacris / O.A.R. / Yellowcard / Shaggy / Liz Phair / Everlast / Gavin DeGraw / Better Than Ezra / Sons of Legion / KT Tunstall / Shwayze / King Stingray / Linka Moja
Ocean City Inlet Beach Ocean City, Maryland, United States
Sep 25, 2026 –
Sep 27, 2026
Upcoming
Oceans Calling 2026
Twenty One Pilots / Gwen Stefani / Goo Goo Dolls / The Head and the Heart / Third Eye Blind / Jet / Everclear / Everlast / Hanson / Better Than Ezra / Cory Wong / Dishwalla / Dave Matthews Band / Hootie & the Blowfish / Ludacris / O.A.R. / Yellowcard / Shaggy / Liz Phair / Gavin DeGraw / Sons of Legion / KT Tunstall / Shwayze / King Stingray / Linka Moja / All Time Low / 311 / Violent Femmes / Dashboard Confessional / Corinne Bailey Rae / GoldFord / Cassandra Coleman / Mumford & Sons / Matchbox Twenty / CAAMP / My Morning Jacket / OK Go / Susanna Hoffs / Fastball / Nat Myers Show all bands
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Oceans Calling 2026 Ocean City, Maryland, United States
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Sep 24, 2026 –
Sep 27, 2026
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Bourbon & Beyond 2026
Foo Fighters / Foster The People / Queens of the Stone Age / The Flaming Lips / Kacey Musgraves / Father John Misty / The War on Drugs / Jet / Joan Jett & The Blackhearts / Lindsey Stirling / Gary Clark Jr. / St. Paul & the Broken Bones / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Better Than Ezra / Tonic / Jason Isbell / Amigo the Devil / Sawyer Hill / S.G. Goodman / Kaitlin Butts / Kitchen Dwellers / The Steel Wheels / Rainbow Girls / Fireside Collective / Jason Scott & The High Heat / Goose / The Stews / Jahfeeil Show all bands
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Highland Festival Grounds, Kentucky Exposition Center Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Sep 18, 2026 –
Sep 19, 2026
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra

Camp Leavenworth 2026

Leavenworth Landing Park Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
Sep 13, 2026
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra Hebron Harvest Fair Hebron, Connecticut, United States
Sep 05, 2026
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra The Muse Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
Sep 04, 2026
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra

New York State Fair

Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York, United States
Show Duplicate for Sep 04, 2026
Aug 15, 2026
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra / Vertical Horizon / Tonic

Concerts On The Slopes

The Amphitheater at Canyons Village Park City, Utah, United States
Show Duplicate for Aug 15, 2026
Aug 14, 2026
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra / Dave Hill Spokane Live Airway Heights, Washington, United States
Aug 13, 2026
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra / Dave Hill The Showbox Seattle, Washington, United States
Aug 09, 2026
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra Mayo Park Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Jul 25, 2026
Upcoming
Better Than Ezra / Tonic / Vertical Horizon The Bowl @ Sugar Hill Sugar Hill, Georgia, United States
Jul 04, 2026
Upcoming
Blues Traveler / Better Than Ezra / The Record Company Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, Colorado, United States
Jul 03, 2026
Better Than Ezra Telluride Mountain Village Plaza Telluride, Colorado, United States
Jun 27, 2026
Gin Blossoms / Lit / Better Than Ezra Sylvan Cellars Event Center Rome, Indiana, United States

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Better Than Ezra / Big Sam's Funky Nation / Eve 6
Apr 25, 2026
 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Better Than Ezra / Big Sam's Funky Nation / Eve 6
Apr 25, 2026
 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Better Than Ezra / Nine Days
Mar 20, 2026
 Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
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Better Than Ezra / Nine Days
Mar 20, 2026
 Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
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Better Than Ezra on Jul 3, 2010 [696-small]

Better Than Ezra
Jul 3, 2010
 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Better Than Ezra
Jul 3, 2010
 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Better Than Ezra
Jul 3, 2010
 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Better Than Ezra
Jul 3, 2010
 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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KWOD 105.6's Really Big Show 1998
Jun 21, 1998
 Sacramento, California, United States
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Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival 2019
Sep 21 - 22, 2019
 Franklin, Tennessee, United States
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Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival 2019
Sep 21 - 22, 2019
 Franklin, Tennessee, United States
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Better Than Ezra / Cowboy Mouth on Oct 3, 2002 [313-small]

Better Than Ezra / Cowboy Mouth
Oct 3, 2002
 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Genres:

Rock
Indie
Pop Rock
Alternative Rock
Alternative
Southern Rock
Post-Grunge
Jangle Pop
Adult Contemporary
Neo Mellow
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Latest Setlist (06/26/2026):

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  1. Good
  2. Rosealia
  3. Rolling
  4. The Great Unknown
  5. A Lifetime
  6. Happy Day MãMã / The Lion Sleeps Tonight
  7. King of New Orleans
  8. Extra Ordinary / I Can't Feel My Face / What I Got
  9. Crazy Lucky
  10. At the Stars
  11. Overcome / Fascination Street
  12. Live a Little
  13. Never Tear Us Apart
  14. Desperately Wanting
  15. Absolutely Still
  16. Laid
  17. Juicy / Rapper's Delight / O.P.P.
  18. In the Blood

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Concerts Per Year:

2027 2 concerts
2026 41 concerts
2025 25 concerts
2024 53 concerts
2023 53 concerts
2022 41 concerts
2021 32 concerts
2020 9 concerts
2019 26 concerts
2018 60 concerts
2017 47 concerts
2016 25 concerts
2015 50 concerts
2014 43 concerts
2013 18 concerts
2012 24 concerts
2011 33 concerts
2010 55 concerts
2009 85 concerts
2008 11 concerts
2007 37 concerts
2006 79 concerts
2005 119 concerts
2004 82 concerts
2003 75 concerts
2002 119 concerts
2001 79 concerts
2000 20 concerts
1999 70 concerts
1998 60 concerts
1997 68 concerts
1996 52 concerts
1995 80 concerts
1994 20 concerts
1993 16 concerts
1992 12 concerts
1991 1 concert
1990 1 concert
1988 1 concert
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