Make Believe Concert History

Make Believe is 2003's touring version of Joan of Arc, consisting of singer Tim Kinsella, guitarist Sam Zurick, bassist Bobby Burg, and drummer Nate Kinsella. After 3 months of touring solidified their playing together, they returned home and decided to follow this impulse and write new songs with a more aggressive approach. But they all knew it had to be something different than Joan of Arc. For it to be represented as a true collaboration and reflect...

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Make Believe Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
Mar 25, 2026 –
Mar 29, 2026
Treefort Music Fest - 5 Day Festival
Magdalena Bay / Geese / flipturn / Father John Misty / Mother Mother / Amber Mark / The Beaches / INJI / Evan Honer / Built to Spill / St. Paul & the Broken Bones / hemlocke springs / JMSN / Machine Girl / Blondshell / Duckwrth / Samia / San Holo / Haute & Freddy / nimino / Tune-Yards / COBRAH / Maddie Zahm / Son Little / The Wonder Years / Yellow Days / Citizen / Billie Marten / The Army, The Navy / Andy Frasco and the U.N. / Hannah Cohen / Kishi Bashi / Rehash / Toody Cole / The Belair Lip Bombs / The Nude Party / Tokyo Tea Room / White Reaper / Anamanaguchi / Angel Du$t / Brijean / Chanpan / Hellogoodbye / John Craigie / Kaleena Zanders / Laurie Shook / Porches / The Early November / The Womack Sisters / Gelli Haha / Drug Church / Femtanyl / Ingrown / Sextile / Stomach Book / Surf Hat / Wine Lips / Ben Quad / Cat Clyde / Home Front / LSD and the Search for God / Wallice / Catie Turner / Eshu Tune / Kassa Overall / Pearly Drops / Big Sis / Cab Ellis / Cece Coakley / Chalk / Death Lens / Elise Trouw / instant crush / FIGHTMASTER / Initiate / Knuckle Puck / Liz Cooper / Mclusky / Mexican Slum Rats / Momma / Oh He Dead / sessa / Silverada / The Psycodelics / Abby Holliday / Girl Tones / Landon Conrath / West 22nd / Heaven For Real / Acopia / Ellis Bullard / Go Kurosawa / Kevin Devine / Macseal / Steinza / whitmer thomas / Angela Autumn / Béton Armé / Divorce / Eddie 9V / Future.Exboyfriend / Heathers / John Roseboro / LA Witch / Lots of Hands / Night Cap / Prism Bitch / runo plum / Saintseneca / Shady Nasty / SKORTS (NY) / Spoon Benders / SPY / Sword II / The Macks / The Two Lips / Tyler Ballgame / Venus & the Flytraps / Witch Post / Jens Kuross / Moon Owl’s Mages / Aren’t We Amphibians / Case Oats / corto.alto / DeLoyd Elze / Drook / dust / Improvement Movement / Ekko Astral / FOOTBALLHEAD / Fust / Gladie / Jeff Crosby / Kash'd Out / Merce Lemon / Odd Man Out / Piss / Riley! / Sam Burchfield / Soft Blue Shimmer / The Sophs / The Takes / The Velveteers / Vika and the velvets / Will Swinton / Willa Mae / Yuuf / Frankie Tillo / Blueprint / Lily Seabird / pancho and the wizards / Smokey Brights / The Thing / Trestles / VIAL / Walter Mitty & His Makeshift Orchestra / War on Women / Victor Jones / Buckets / Keddies Resort / Lex Leosis / MARO / The Dangerous Summer / Ashley Young / Ally Nicholas / Anna Moss / Bob Sumner / Chloe Gendrow / Connor Kelly & The Time Warp / Shadow Work / Emily Yacina / Meg Elsier / The Dirty Turkeys / Tobacco Road / Byland / COLE KNIGHT / fanclubwallet / Asi / Bad Tiger / BLXCKPUNKS / Cure for Paranoia / Hillfolk Noir / Jo Passed / LandLady / MX LONELY / Tom Hamilton / Tylor & the Train Robbers / Zookraught / Boot Juice / Forty Feet Tall / Night Heron / Teddy and the Rough Riders / Hemlock / Motherhood / Tispur / Wes Parker / With Child / Kiss the Tiger / Rudy Love and the Encore / Acapulco Lips / Afrosonics / Alex Vile / Amoeba Arena / Anyone Awake / aubory bugg / Barbara / Barn / Bonnie Trash / Brand New Champion / Buddy Wynkoop / Chief Broom / Chipped Nail Polish / Clarion / Dark Chisme / Dedicated Servers / The French Tips / Deep Heaven / Family Worship Center / Floating Witch's Head / Horror Hi-Fi / Hudson Powder Company / Jesse Blake Rundle / Jilly.Fm / John Gorbus / Kendall Lujan / Little Venom / Lobo Lara / Machine Country / Max Low / McKenna Esteb / MOS / Packaging / Papas / Pink Fuzz / Plum Vision / Pretty Jane / Radium Dolls / Red Caroline / Roxanne Roll / samwoy / Slow Teeth / Smoker Dad / St. Terrible / Starya / Still Depths / The Dead & Down / The Lowtimers / The Skurfs / Wins / 2ŁØT. / Johnny Franco and his Real Brother Dom / Matt Hopper & the Roman Candles / Nick Delffs / Raccoon Tour / Trauma Kit / Aaron Golay and the Original Sin / Andy Crosby and the Burning Roses / Bad Luck Brigade / Brad Parsons / Chuck Vibes / Clearframe / Coral Grief / Dan English / DeeOhGee / Degler / Ealdor Bealu / Floral Tattoo / generifus / Gully Boys / hate the way i am / Hayes Noble / Hurtado / Izze Azalea / Jay William Miller / Jesus Christ Taxi Driver / Jocelyn Guntar / Lasher / Lily DeTaeye / Madisun Proof / Melancholy Club / Mr Grant Olsen / Mylo Bybee / Porcelain Tongue / Proxi / REPOSADO / Rider and Rolling Thunder / Roshane / Slow Caves / Slow Exit / So sus / Social Cinema / Suturist / Tater Patch / The Bed Heads / The Other Room There / The Secret Beach / The Snares / The Whips / Timeworm / Town of Trees / Wes schlag & The Bad Quitters / Zap Pack / Buddy Devore & The Faded Cowboys / Guava Tree / Horse Bitch / Kokein / Dirt Russell / Ryan Curtis / The Rat Utopia Experiment / Adira Sharkey / Aggie Miller / aka Belle / Animals In The Attic / Bad Self Portraits / Blood Cannery / Cross Country / Crush the Monster / DJ Houseplants / Dozey Dubs / Eleven & Jason D / Erin Stereo / Fleeting Confidence / GATORBOYZ / Good Friends / Irvin Brown / Jughandle Parade / Mari / Massy Ferguson / Matt Mitchell Music Co. / Nicki Walters / Period Bomb / Pileup / Pink Lady Monster / Playdead / Rootbeer Richie & the Reveille / Talon Smartt / The Band Solstice / The BOMB Pulse / The Mall Goth Moths / The Retrograde / The Whags / Yaw Appiah / Fur Foxen / Mondo Pondo / Addie Addie Addie / Blu Marsi / Bull Market / Casual ana / Charlie Sutton / Dear Maryanne / Gosh / High Pine Whiskey Yell / L8 Bloomer / Lena Rich / Lucas Benoit / Maggie Halfman / Marcey Yates / Mindy Gledhill / Nightbrain / NOFO / Not Your Ex Lover / Orographic / Oscar / Pump Action / Samantha Henson / Sheep Bridge Jumpers / SUMDIM / Swanya / The Bees and Locusts / Throes / Trevor Sigler / Troubled Youth / Vertigo / winterforever / Witness Chamber / Asa Menlove's Family Band / Burl Haggard / Cat Valley / David Henry / Frooty Treblez / J. Graves / Jun / KLAXX / Marble / mini bear / Perreo Boys / Sam Henry / Sautrah / Being Hvman / Bone Haus / Brooke Would + Honey Bear / Child / Dela Freed / Earthlings Crew / Emilee Gomske / Far From Giants / hori bail / Ogre / Tears of Bliss / Trippy Hearts / Wend / Blanket Ghost / Bread & Circus / Cigarette Speedway / Cigs Inside / downcoast / Heather Meuleman / Horchatta / Hurdy Gurdy Girls / Kayristin / Leading Lines / Lee Penn Sky / Petal Party / Sergio León / Something Spicy / Save The Second / sportscourt / Star Chamber / Zack Q & The Frizz / Zman / Tyler John Kraehling / The Traveler / Monopines / Soot / You'res Braided Waves / A War in Me / Adam Ilko / Alex Sacknoff / Ana Lete / Aspect / Ann Tique / Blush / Bo Elledge / Boulder Hill / Brother Fantastic / Cactus Moon / Calvin Pineda & The Antacids / Canopy / Càrin / Carsten Kottraba / Charlietango / Charly Foxx / CHECKMVTE / Chico Detour / Cloudest Speaker / Con'spiracy / cryshadow / daddybaby / Dahlia, Dahlia / Dead, Dumb and Blind / Deeveaux / DJ Odie / DJ Phake / Don Hurt Band / Dr. Scott's Electric Hairbrush / Duhbreez / Dumpster Fire / El Kabong / Ella Rae Cole / emlo / esmé chewing gum / Ethel Rose / Eunoian / EvoluShawn / Faded Jinx / Flowstate / Good Morning June / Gregory Rawlins / Groove*Jet / Gwen Good / Hand Trembler / Hit Hit Hit / HLSTRM / Hot Pursuit / Houseboat / IFAA Creative Bands / Internet Explorer / Ivy Rosé / Izzy Taylor / Jackson Cole / Jan Reed / jdhix / Jesafarican / Jett Setter / Joshua Emara / Juliet in Wings / KANDERS10 / Khorvai / Laurance / Legz / Les Duck / Los Syringas / Low-Fi / Luke Herrin / LX / Maci Mattravers / Makayla King / Make Believe / MAPLO / Matt Rebar / Matty J and the Grays / Mercy Giant / Mike Johnston Band / MJD / Mobius Trip / Mortigi Tempo / NDLES / Neptune Moon / Nightskill / Nuppeppo / Órdel / Pace Jackson / Paxxwavez / Payette / Play The Fool / Polaruz / R.U.K.U.S. / Ranger / Rattlesnake Preachers / Reckless Rooster / Rediviva / Rhodes Hull's Magic Band / Rodeo Screams / Roller Dome / Rougarou Rounders / Rudy / Scare Lewis / Sean Atkins and Carrington / Semisoft / Serafima and the Shakedowns / SID3S / siso / Sojourn / Spudmother / Surf Green Machine / ten.17 / Tennvnt / Téo / The Apprentices / The Ben Graham Group / The Jaws of Brooklyn / The Last Wild Buffalo / The Mighty Deltaone / The Old One Two / The Ravenna Colt / The Shmuks / The Stone Popes / Thorn / Tilted Earth / TNYG / Turtle Poppers / ultra small ocean / Unko Mike / Up Is The Down Is The / Variant / Venus Love / Vexed Vixen / Walsy and the River Dogs / white hot velvet / White Pine Lightning / Withstand the Sands / Wy-Fy / Arcade Sarcasm / ИФΞMI Show all bands
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Treefort Music Fest Boise, Idaho, United States
Feb 09, 2017
Make Believe
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An Club Athens, Attica, Greece
May 02, 2015
Make Believe Hedon Kleine Zaal Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
Sep 21, 2014
Literature / Make Believe / DRGN KING The Low Beat Albany, New York, United States
Sep 05, 2013
Make Believe / Heavylight / Paramore

Paramore

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Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Feb 25, 2012
Achachay! / Lunice / Make Believe Bear Creek Saloon Pagosa Springs, CO, US
Sep 13, 2011
Make Believe / Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne

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Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Aug 09, 2010 –
Aug 16, 2010
Sziget Festival 2010
Calvin Harris / Muse / Major Lazer / Deadmau5 / Thirty Seconds to Mars / Papa Roach / Iron Maiden / Kasabian / Mika / UB40 / Yeasayer / The Hives / DJ Shadow / Die Antwoord / Faithless / Bad Religion / Madness / Billy Talent / The Specials / Buena Vista Social Club / Sander van Doorn / Boys Noize / Peaches / Simian Mobile Disco / Toots & The Maytals / Enter Shikari / Infected Mushroom / The Cribs / Children Of Bodom / Gotan Project / The Wailers / Foreign Beggars / Public Image Ltd / Fear Factory / Monster Magnet / Gentleman / Skindred / Aeroplane / Ill Niño / Ska-P / Charlie Winston / Danko Jones / Paradise Lost / Kamelot / The Skatalites / GWAR / K.I.Z / Shantel / Tony Allen / Andy Moor / Adam Beyer / Subsonica / Erol Alkan / The Aggrolites / The 69 Eyes / Skip the Use / Alan Fitzpatrick / Nina Hagen / Breakestra / Toy Dolls / Black Box Revelation / Vive La Fête / Bayonne / Oi Va Voi / Wildbirds & Peacedrums / george duke / Chapelier Fou / Hjaltalín / Rupa & The April Fishes / The Young Punx / Ez3kiel / Dennis Chambers / Mahala Rai Banda / Ляпис Трубецкой / Los de Abajo / Cloudchord / Baskerville / Joel Mull / zZz / The Picturebooks / C-Mon & Kypski / Tankcsapda / Zagar / Besh O Drom / Amparo Sanchez / Make Believe / The Duel / The Inspector Cluzo / Péterfy Bori & Love Band / Parno Graszt / Gary Willis / Madensuyu / Heaven Street Seven / Anna & the Barbies / Hrdvsion / Flat Earth Society / Dean Brown / 08001 / Gorillaz Sound System / Renata Rosa / Volkova Sisters / Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird / Серебряная Свадьба / Jaune Toujours / Rada / Flore / Fat Cat / Daniel Kahn / The Toobes / Superbutt / Loop Doctors / Klezmofobia / Napra / Fanfare Vagabontu / Ladánybene 27 / Skarbone 14 / Jazzékiel / Eslam / Dubians / Cankisou / Ambientium / JIP / Angie Taylor / Lord Bishop Rocks / Synus0006 / Painted Bird / Rogerio Jardim / Bea Palya / János Másik / Surbahar / Рада & Терновник / Dalkloid Sound / Kees Van Hondt / Tommy Campbell / The Kistehén Melanko / Budapest Jazz Orchestra / András Lovasi / Kaido Kirikmäe / Hudaki / Turbo Band / Etnofon Zenei Társulás És Palya Bea / Gyongyi Salla / Robotrock Dj's / Cry of Shits / Thirty Seconds to Mars Show all bands
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Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Mar 12, 2010
Destine / Only Seven Left / Make Believe
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P3 Purmerend, North Holland, Netherlands
Feb 17, 2010
Clueless / Make Believe / Only Seven Left / Destine Tivoli de Helling Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Feb 05, 2010
Destine / Only Seven Left / Make Believe Vera Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Jan 29, 2010
Breaker / Make Believe Slidebar Rock-n-Roll Kitchen Fullerton, CA, US
Sep 11, 2009
Benjamin Winter / Make Believe / Ari Vais Hotel Utah Saloon San Francisco, California, United States
Jan 15, 2009
White Lies / The Moood / Florian Wolff / The Sedan Vault / Drive Like Maria / Jean Parlette / Madensuyu / The Experimental Tropic Blues Band / The Coronas / Barbie Bangkok / Exposed / The Black Atlantic / Kakkmaddafakka / Gravity Co. / I Blame Coc...
White Lies / The Moood / Florian Wolff / The Sedan Vault / Drive Like Maria / Jean Parlette / Madensuyu / The Experimental Tropic Blues Band / The Coronas / Barbie Bangkok / Exposed / The Black Atlantic / Kakkmaddafakka / Gravity Co. / I Blame Coco / The Information / Yuko / Baskery / The New Wine / Nobody Beats The Drum / Kris Dane / General Fiasco / Automatic Eye / Huoratron / Dinosaur Pile-Up / Ghost / Motek / Baddies / Triggerfinger / Katzenjammer / Neimo / Casiokids / For a Minor Reflection / KILLTEAM / Lady Linn And Her Magnificent Seven / WWW / Our Broken Garden / Selah Sue / Pete Molinari / John & Jehn / Black Box Revelation / Haydamaky / Karoushi / Pilatus Pas / Le Titre / Tommy Ebben / Helgi Hrafn Jonsson / Billie The Vision And The Dancers / Doctor Scalpel & the incisions / Rosenkranz / Helgi Jónsson / Dse / DSA / LCMDF / Hjaltalín / Mama Loo / ottoboy / Universe217 / Beardyman / Daily Bread / Fatima Spar & the Freedom Fries / We Swim You Jump / Everything Everything / Waxdolls / Vox Von Braun / Lowline / The Ideal Husband / Murder Manifest / Hal Flavin / Pioneers of Love / DŸSE / Solange La Frange / The Mondrians / Disa / Hindi Zahra / Orka / Mutiny On the Bounty / Soap&Skin / You Me At Six / Turbo / Moriarty / Marit Larsen / Buraka Som Sistema / Shameboy / Baustelle / The Asteroids Galaxy Tour / Alain Clark / Moke / Errors / Lulu Rouge / Nina Kinert / Gisbert zu Knyphausen / Meg / Czesław Śpiewa / James Yuill / A Brand / Firefox AK / Russian Red / Ghinzu / Birdy Nam Nam / Girls in Hawaii / Emmy the Great / Data / Polarkreis 18 / Room Eleven / Milow / Deichkind / Kilians / Yuksek / Cocoon / Regina / Zita Swoon / Jon Hopkins / The Tallest Man On Earth / Frank Turner / Frankmusik / Novastar / Kid British / Venus In Flames / Tim Exile / Declan De Barra / Rita Redshoes / Hudson Mohawke / Jonquil / Joshua / P18 / LPG / Lucky Fonz III / Hollywood, Mon Amour / The Miserable Rich / Balthazar / Mongrel / The Mojomatics / Headphone / Malibu Stacy / Lonely Drifter Karen / Jackson and His Computer Band / The Legendary Tigerman / Heidi Happy / Jennifer Gentle / Aeroplane / The Subs / Micachu / Marching Band / Bonaparte / Fight Like Apes / Fake Blood / Grand Avenue / Esser / Amenra / Tone / Naive New Beaters / First Aid Kit / Natty / Rolo Tomassi / Finn / Filthy Dukes / Make Believe Show all bands
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Binnenstad Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Jan 10, 2009
Only Seven Left / Make Believe / Kensington / SoulLab* Villa 29 Barneveld, Netherlands
Oct 13, 2008
Pinback / Make Believe High Noon Saloon Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Oct 12, 2008
Pinback / Make Believe Bottom Lounge Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jul 29, 2008
DAM / Rachel Ranae / Make Believe
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Hero's Sports Lounge Modesto, California, United States
Jun 17, 2008
Make Believe / Paramore / The Hot Stewards

Paramore

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Melkweg Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
May 25, 2008
Make Believe / Maritime Double Door Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Tristeza / Isis / Make Believe / The Promise Ring / Tortoise on Nov 12, 2005 [390-small]

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Nov 12, 2005
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Jul 29, 2008
 Modesto, California, United States
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Purusa / Valhere / Make Believe
Dec 7, 2000
 Portland, Oregon, United States
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Latest Setlist (02/09/2017):

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  1. Hollow
  2. Stepping Out
  3. Shut Your Mind
  4. Secret
  5. Leave Me Alone
  6. Last Impression
  7. Travelling
  8. Mystify
  9. Not for Long
  10. All I Need

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 1 concert
2017 1 concert
2015 1 concert
2014 1 concert
2013 1 concert
2012 1 concert
2011 1 concert
2010 5 concerts
2009 3 concerts
2008 10 concerts
2007 27 concerts
2006 42 concerts
2005 83 concerts
2004 58 concerts
2003 3 concerts
2001 1 concert
2000 1 concert
1999 2 concerts
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