Tortoise Concert History

Tortoise's almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization. The group gained significant attention from their early career. The members have roots in Chicago's fertile music scene, playing in various indie rock and punk groups. Formed in 1990, Tortoise was among the first American indie rock bands to incorporate styles closer to Krautrock, dub, minimalism, electronica and various jazz styles, rather than the standard rock and roll and punk that had dominated indie rock for years.

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Tortoise Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 6)

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 11, 2017
Festival Aurora (MX)
"Festival Aurora" (MX) / Bomba Estéreo / Spiritualized / Thurston Moore / Tortoise / Vaya Futuro / Has A Shadow
Pepsi Center WTC Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
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Sep 30, 2017 –
Oct 01, 2017
Tortoise Fulton Market Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sep 29, 2017
Cut Copy / Emancipator / Tortoise / Com Truise / Nosaj Thing / Blockhead / The Gaslamp Killer / Bottin / Hot Sugar / Cleopold / NERVE / The Beatings / Square Peg Round Hole / The Royal Noise / Risky Disko / Speakerbot / Wax Future / Face Plant / M...
Cut Copy / Emancipator / Tortoise / Com Truise / Nosaj Thing / Blockhead / The Gaslamp Killer / Bottin / Hot Sugar / Cleopold / NERVE / The Beatings / Square Peg Round Hole / The Royal Noise / Risky Disko / Speakerbot / Wax Future / Face Plant / Malakai / Digital Davy Show all bands
Camp Ramblewood Darlington, Maryland, United States
Jul 22, 2017
Tortoise Constellation Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jul 19, 2017
Tortoise / Gentle Brontosaurus High Noon Saloon Madison, Wisconsin, United States
May 21, 2017
Greenroom Festival
"Greenroom Festival" / Tortoise / Jake Bugg / YOUR SONG IS GOOD / never young beach / Cicada / Nao Yoshioka
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Red Brick Warehouse Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
May 19, 2017
Tortoise Billboard Live Osaka Osaka, Ōsaka, Japan
May 17, 2017
Tortoise
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Billboard Live - Tokyo Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
May 15, 2017
Tortoise
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Billboard Live - Tokyo Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Apr 22, 2017
Tortoise / 1939 Ensemble The Shakedown Bellingham, Washington, United States
Apr 21, 2017
RJD2 / Tortoise / 1939 Ensemble

RJD2 / Tortoise at The Showbox

The Showbox Seattle, Washington, United States
Show Duplicate for Apr 21, 2017
Apr 20, 2017
"Soul'd Out Music Festival" / RJD2 / Tortoise / 1939 Ensemble

Soul'd Out Music Festival

McMenamins Crystal Ballroom Portland, Oregon, United States
Apr 19, 2017
Tortoise
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Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California, United States
Apr 18, 2017
Floating Points / Tortoise / 1939 Ensemble
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The Atrium Santa Cruz, California, United States
Apr 17, 2017
Tortoise The Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, California, United States
Mar 26, 2017
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Empty Bottle 25th Anniversary

Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mar 24, 2017
Alvin Curran / The American Contemporary Music Ensemble / Carla Bley Trio / Claire Chase / Colleen / Frederic Rzewski / Frode Haltli / Johann Johannsson / Laetitia Sadier / Lisa Moore / Matmos / Maya Beiser / Meredith Monk / Michael Hurley / Nief-...
Alvin Curran / The American Contemporary Music Ensemble / Carla Bley Trio / Claire Chase / Colleen / Frederic Rzewski / Frode Haltli / Johann Johannsson / Laetitia Sadier / Lisa Moore / Matmos / Maya Beiser / Meredith Monk / Michael Hurley / Nief-Norf / Nils Økland / Richard Teitelbaum / Shane Parish / Stale Storlokken / Arve Henriksen / The Magnetic Fields / Tortoise / Wilco / Wu Fei Show all bands
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Downtown Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Mar 23, 2017
Tortoise
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Terminal West Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Mar 23, 2017 –
Mar 26, 2017
Big Ears Festival 2017
Wilco / Blonde Redhead / The Magnetic Fields / Deerhoof / Tortoise / My Brightest Diamond / Xiu Xiu / Johann Johannsson / Colin Stetson / Laetitia Sadier / Aoife O'Donovan / Matmos / Colleen / Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith / Yasmine Hamdan / Six Organs of Admittance / Julian Lage / Anna Meredith / Michael Hurley / DM Stith / Joan Shelley / Gavin Bryars / Meredith Monk / Yuki Numata Resnick / DJ Rupture / Arve Henriksen / Shye Ben Tzur / Xylouris White / The Rajasthan Express / Rachel Grimes / Dakha Brakha / Sir Richard Bishop / White Magic / Oliver Coates / Philip Jeck / Theatre of Voices / Shara Worden / Maya Beiser / Carla Bley / Dave Harrington / Supersilent / Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge / Glenn Kotche / Ahleuchatistas / Nathan Salsburg / Acme / Horse Lords / Deathprod / Sarah Kirkland Snider / Frederic Rzewski / Theo Bleckmann / Rangda / Alvin Curran / Gavin Bryars Ensemble / Steve Lehman / Lisa Moore / Dave Harrington Group / Nils Økland / Junun / On Fillmore / Claire Chase / Frode Haltli / Matthew Shipp Trio / Henry Threadgill's Zooid / Emilia Amper / Wu Fei / The American Contemporary Music Ensemble / Knoxville Jazz Orchestra / Sélébéyone / Henry Grimes / Stale Storlokken / Padma Newsome / Shane Parish / Richard Teitelbaum / Musica Elettronica Viva / Nils Økland Band / Nief-Norf / Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner Show all bands
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Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Mar 22, 2017
Tortoise / Tara Jane O'Neil / Just Neighbors
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High Dive Gainesville, Florida, United States
Mar 21, 2017
Tortoise / Tara Jane O'Neil / The Soft Rock Renegades
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Crowbar Ybor City, FL, US

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  1. Night Gang
  2. Monica
  3. In Sarah, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven There Were Women and Men
  4. Layered Presence
  5. I Set My Face to the Hillside
  6. Gesceap
  7. Promenade à deux
  8. Glass Museum
  9. Works and Days
  10. Ten-Day Interval
  11. The Equator
  12. Crest
  13. Tin Cans & Twine
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Concerts Per Year:

2026 56 concerts
2025 12 concerts
2024 5 concerts
2023 10 concerts
2022 5 concerts
2020 3 concerts
2019 6 concerts
2017 33 concerts
2016 118 concerts
2015 2 concerts
2014 11 concerts
2013 13 concerts
2012 35 concerts
2011 16 concerts
2010 55 concerts
2009 64 concerts
2008 15 concerts
2007 31 concerts
2006 10 concerts
2005 43 concerts
2004 76 concerts
2003 19 concerts
2002 12 concerts
2001 81 concerts
2000 3 concerts
1999 12 concerts
1998 78 concerts
1997 12 concerts
1996 62 concerts
1995 14 concerts
1994 14 concerts
1993 2 concerts
1992 1 concert
1968 1 concert
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