High Desert Queen Concert History

High Desert Queen was formed when singer Ryan Garney and guitarist Rusty Miller went looking for for a rhythm section to help complete some songs they had been working on. The stars aligned just right when Garney met drummer Phil Hook (Monte Luna) who quickly came on board. Now with HDQ adding Bobby Kirk to help with guitar and vocals, as well as Morgan Miller to hold it down on bass, HDQ is ready to elevate their play.

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High Desert Queen Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 08, 2026 –
Oct 11, 2026
Upcoming
Emissions from the Monolith Returns: Emissions 10 2026
Weedeater / Solace / Today Is The Day / Kowloon Walled City / Telekinetic Yeti / Rwake / Howling Giant / Sunrot / Cavity / Stinking Lizaveta / The Brought Low / High Desert Queen / Disengage / Generation of Vipers / Deadbird / Horseburner / Edhochuli / Rebreather / Thunderchief / Winds Of Neptune / Lake Lake Show all bands
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West Side Bowl Youngstown, Ohio, United States
Jul 29, 2026 –
Aug 02, 2026
Upcoming
Wacken Festival 2026
5th Avenue / 9mm Headshot / Ad Infinitum / Airbourne / Alcest / Alfahanne / Alestorm / Alien Ant Farm / Alien Rockin' Explosion / ALLT / Anaal Nathrakh / Angelus Apatrida / Animals as Leaders / Anneke van Giersbergen / Any Given Day / Arch Enemy / Arroganz / Asrock / Battlecreek / Bear McCreary / Black Label Society / Black Tish / Bleed From Within / Blood Command / Blood Fire Death / Blood Red Throne / Blaas of Glory / Broken by the Scream / Brunhilde / The Butcher Sisters / Castle Rat / Chaosbay / Corrosion Of Conformity / Craft / Crematory / Crimson Glory / Cruachan / Crypt Sermon / Cursed abyss / Danko Jones / Deafheaven / Def Leppard / Diabolisches Werk / Dieter Maschine Birr / Divlje Jagode / Dritte Wahl / Dubioza kolektiv / Einherjer / Electric Bassboy / Elakelaiset / Emperor / Employed To Serve / Europe / Evil Jared x Krogi / Expellow / Faun / Finsterforst / Firespawn / Fit For An Autopsy / Focus. (DE) / Future Palace / The Gathering / Grand Magus / Guilt Trip / Gutalax / Hackneyed / Hämatom / The Hardkiss / Hardline / Hatebreed / The Haunted / H-Blockx / Heavysaurus / High Desert Queen / In Flames / Insanity Alert / Judas Priest / Kadavar / Katerfahrt / Kim Dracula / Kittie / Kupfergold / Kärbholz / Lagwagon / Lamb Of God / Life Of Agony / The Limit / Lovebites / Luna Kills / Mambo Kurt / Manntra / Mantar / Metaklapa / Minotaurus / Misery Index / Misþyrming / Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen / Municipal Waste / Nevermore / Nita Strauss / Nothing More / Of Mice & Men / Orbit Culture / The Other / OUR PROMISE / Paleface Swiss / Paradise Lost / Phantom G.D.L. / Pig Destroyer / P.O.D. / Poison The Preacher / Powerwolf / PRESIDENT / Ricky Warwick / Rose Tattoo / Running Wild / Sabaton / Savatage / Saviourself / Saxon / Sepultura / Skyline / Skynd / Spectral Wound / Stonem / Storm Seeker / Svbway to Sally / Temple Of The Absurd / ten56. / Therapy? / Thrown / Thundermother / Thy Art Is Murder / Triptykon / Trold / The Troops Of Doom / Turbonegro / tuXedoo / Uli Jon Roth / Unzucht / Vanir / Velvet Rush / Vended / Visions of Atlantis / Vogelfrey / Wacken Firefighters / Würstenberg / Wytch Hazel / Year of the Goat / Yngwie Malmsteen / Zeltingerband Show all bands
Wacken Open Air Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
May 29, 2026
High Desert Queen Garagen Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
May 28, 2026
High Desert Queen Goldmark's Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
May 27, 2026
High Desert Queen Kranhalle, Feierwerk Munich, Bavaria, Germany
May 26, 2026
High Desert Queen Kinett Kusel Kusel, Germany
May 21, 2026
Nightstalker / High Desert Queen
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Pitcher Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
May 20, 2026
High Desert Queen / sloth temple
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La Bulle Cafe Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
May 19, 2026
High Desert Queen / Abrams
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The Gryphon Bristol, England, United Kingdom
May 16, 2026
High Desert Queen

Desertfest

The Black Heart London, England, United Kingdom
May 15, 2026 –
May 17, 2026
Desertfest 2026
Hermano / Causa Sui / Gnome / Capricorns / Rubber Snake Charmers / Hällas / Solace / Cwfen / Witchsorrow / Lorquin’s Admiral / Bismut / Cavity / Moloch / Daufødt / Praetorian / Kushthulhu / Iron Slug / Meatdripper / Hashtronaut / Supernaughty / Iron Rat / Superseed / Green Lung / Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs / Elephant Tree / Wytch Hazel / Inhuman Nature / 16 / Deaf Club / Khost / Harrowed / Omo / Instar Sling / High Desert Queen / Abrams / WAXY / Okay You Win / Isak / Molten Slag / Coffin Mulch / Liquid Shit / Dromos / Ian / Smouldering Tomb / Clutch / The Sword / Earthless / Truckfighters / Steak / Blackwater Holylight / Zig Zags / Howling Giant / The Grey / Red Eyed Cult / Midhaven / Komodor / Alunah / Moundrag / AlphaWhores / Teiger / Den Der Hale / Cult of Occult / Forlorn / Kannabinoid / Nomadic Reign / Troll Mother Show all bands
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Various Venues London, England, United Kingdom
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May 14, 2026
High Desert Queen

Desertfest

Columbiahalle Berlin, Berlin, Germany
May 14, 2026 –
May 16, 2026
Desertfest Berlin 2026
Earthless / Russian Circles / Hermano / The Sword / Acid King / King Buffalo / Truckfighters / Crippled Black Phoenix / Pelican / High Desert Queen / Zerre / Dope Purple / Red Fang / EF / Nebula / Blackwater Holylight / Fomies / Fuzz Sagrado / Rotor / Steak / The Dharma Chain / Skloss / Håndgemeng / Causa Sui / Greenleaf / Mother's Cake / Toundra / Yob / Abanamat / Dirty Mops - Berlin / BLKE / Menk / Electric Jugs / Earthbong / Karla Kvlt / Temple Fang / Zigzags Show all bands
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Columbiahalle & Columbia Theater Berlin, Berlin, Germany
May 12, 2026
High Desert Queen

Riffs As Big As Texas Tour

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Cafe Glocksee Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
May 11, 2026
High Desert Queen Schlachthof Wiesbaden Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
May 08, 2026 –
May 09, 2026
Desertfest Oslo 2026
Russian Circles / 16 / Håndgemeng / Nebula / Astralplane (NOR) / Blackwater Holylight / Bottenhavet / Conan / Daevar / Dopelord / Dozer / Earthless / Giöbia / Hexjakt / High Desert Queen / Howling Giant / King Buffalo / Kollaps (AU) / Moonstone / Mr Bison / Pelican / Primitive Man / Spelljammer / Sunface / The Big Rip (NO) / The Sword / Thulsa Doom / Undulathund / White Tundra / Wyatt E. Show all bands
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Desertfest Oslo 2026 Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Apr 16, 2026
Gran Moreno / High Desert Queen Raccoon Motel Davenport, Iowa, United States
Apr 15, 2026
High Desert Queen X-Ray Arcade Cudahy, Wisconsin, United States
Apr 13, 2026
High Desert Queen / Gran Moreno Sanctuary Detroit Hamtramck, Michigan, United States
Feb 01, 2026
Spaceslug / Westing / Bask / High Desert Queen / Familiars

Planet Desert Rock VI night 4

The Usual Place Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Jan 29, 2026 –
Jan 31, 2026
Planet Desert Rock Weekend VI in Las Vegas - Jan. 29-Feb.1, 2026 2026
The heavy eyes / Samsara Blues Experiment / The Atomic Bitchwax / the devil and the almighty blues / Freedom Hawk / Saturna / Kaiser / The Quill / Dirty Streets / Isaak / Slow Season / High Desert Queen / Throttlerod / Saint Karloff / Paralyzed / Westing / The Bone Church / Fuzz Sagrado / Phantom Hound Show all bands
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The Usual Place Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Jul 30 - Aug 2, 2025
 Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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 Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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May 19, 2026
 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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May 21, 2026
 Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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May 21, 2026
 Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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May 21, 2026
 Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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May 14 - 16, 2026
 Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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May 14 - 16, 2026
 Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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May 14 - 16, 2026
 Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Latest Setlist (05/12/2026):

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  1. Head Honcho
  2. The Mountain Vs. The Quake
  3. Tuesday Night Blues

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 20 concerts
2025 27 concerts
2024 23 concerts
2023 18 concerts
2022 13 concerts
2021 6 concerts
2019 3 concerts
2018 1 concert
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