{"id":40316,"date":"2025-11-08T00:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/40316\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T00:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:02:06","slug":"austins-npr-station-to-launch-kut-festival-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/40316\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin’s NPR station to launch KUT Festival in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, known his for laidback surf-rock music, will embark on the SURFILMUSIC Tour in 2026, which will include a stop at Germania Insurance Amphitheater in Austin on Saturday, August 29.<\/p>\n

The expansive 43-date North American tour, which starts on June 19 in Gilford, New Hampshire, will have three separate legs.<\/p>\n

The three Texas dates \u2014 The Woodlands on August 28, Austin on August 29, and Dallas on August 30 \u2014 will be part of the second leg, where Johnson will be joined by Lake Street Dive.<\/p>\n

The tour is Johnson\u2019s first since 2022 and will celebrate a new era of music, film, and environmental connection rooted in his 20-plus year career.<\/p>\n

Johnson is touring in support of a forthcoming soundtrack, scored by Johnson and Hermanos Guti\u00e9rrez for a new documentary, SURFILMUSIC<\/a>, that chronicles Johnson\u2019s evolution from surfer to filmmaker to musician.<\/p>\n

The film, which will be released in 2026, weaves through the making of his iconic surf films Thicker Than Water (1999) and The September Sessions (2000), which paved the way for his music career.<\/p>\n

It celebrates the lifelong friendships and ocean-driven community that shaped Johnson\u2019s path, and features many of the surfers who appeared in the original films, including Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, and the Malloy Brothers.<\/p>\n

Johnson released his first album, Brushfire Fairytales, in 2001, and he has gone on to put out eight other albums, most recently Meet the Moonlight in 2022.<\/p>\n

Fans can register for the Jack Johnson presale at jackjohnsonmusic.com<\/a>, now through Sunday, November 9. The presale begins Monday, November 10, 2025 at 10 am local time and runs through general on-sale date of Friday, November 14.<\/p>\n

Jack Johnson SURFILMUSIC 2026 Tour Dates<\/p>\n

June 19 \u2013 Gilford, NH \u2013 Bank of New Hampshire PavilionJune 20 \u2013 Mansfield, MA \u2013 Xfinity CenterJune 21 \u2013 Holmdel, NJ \u2013 PNC Bank Arts CenterJune 24 \u2013 Saratoga, NY \u2013 Saratoga Performing Arts CenterJune 26 \u2013 Columbia, MD \u2013 Merriweather Post PavilionJune 27 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA \u2013 Highmark Mann CenterJune 28 \u2013 Wantagh, NY \u2013 Northwell at Jones Beach TheaterJune 30 \u2013 Toronto, ON \u2013 RBC AmphitheatreJuly 1 \u2013 Canandaigua, NY \u2013 CMACJuly 3 \u2013 Burgettstown, PA \u2013 Pavilion at Star LakeJuly 4 \u2013 Noblesville, IN \u2013 Ruoff Music CenterJuly 5 \u2013 Grand Rapids, MI \u2013 Acrisure AmphitheaterJuly 7 \u2013 Cuyahoga Falls, OH \u2013 Blossom Music CenterJuly 8 \u2013 Cincinnati, OH \u2013 Riverbend Music CenterJuly 10 \u2013 Clarkston, MI \u2013 Pine Knob Music TheatreJuly 11 \u2013 Chicago, IL \u2013 Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly IslandJuly 12 \u2013 Shakopee, MN \u2013 Minnesota Quarry AmphitheaterAugust 18 \u2013 West Palm Beach, FL \u2013 iTHINK Financial AmphitheatreAugust 19 \u2013 Tampa, FL \u2013 MIDFLORIDA Credit Union AmphitheatreAugust 21 \u2013 Alpharetta, GA \u2013 Ameris Bank AmphitheatreAugust 22 \u2013 Raleigh, NC \u2013 Coastal Credit Union Music ParkAugust 23 \u2013 Charlotte, NC \u2013 PNC Music PavilionAugust 25 \u2013 Nashville, TN \u2013 Ascend AmphitheaterAugust 26 \u2013 Orange Beach, AL \u2013 The Wharf AmphitheaterAugust 28 \u2013 The Woodlands, TX \u2013 Cynthia Woods Mitchell PavilionAugust 29 \u2013 Austin, TX \u2013 Germania Insurance AmphitheaterAugust 30 \u2013 Dallas, TX \u2013 Dos Equis PavilionSeptember 1 \u2013 Riverside, MO \u2013 MORTON AmphitheaterSeptember 2 \u2013 Greenwood Village, CO \u2013 Fiddler\u2019s Green AmphitheatreSeptember 3 \u2013 Greenwood Village, CO \u2013 Fiddler\u2019s Green AmphitheatreSeptember 4 \u2013 West Valley City, UT \u2013 USANA AmphitheatreSeptember 6 \u2013 Stateline, NV \u2013 Lake Tahoe Amphitheatre at Caesars RepublicSeptember 26 \u2013 George, WA \u2013 The Gorge AmphitheatreSeptember 27 \u2013 Bend, OR \u2013 Hayden Homes AmphitheaterSeptember 28 \u2013 Troutdale, OR \u2013 McMenamins Edgefield AmphitheaterSeptember 30\u2013October 1 \u2013 Berkeley, CA \u2013 The Greek TheatreOctober 3 \u2013 Santa Barbara, CA \u2013 Santa Barbara BowlOctober 4 \u2013 Santa Barbara, CA \u2013 Santa Barbara BowlOctober 6 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ \u2013 Talking Stick Resort AmphitheatreOctober 9 \u2013 Chula Vista, CA \u2013 North Island Credit Union AmphitheatreOctober 10\u2013 Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Hollywood BowlOctober 11\u2013 Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Hollywood Bowl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, known his for laidback surf-rock music, will embark on the SURFILMUSIC Tour in 2026, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,727,6481,24747,2187],"class_list":{"0":"post-40316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news","11":"tag-festival","12":"tag-kut","13":"tag-kutx","14":"tag-radio"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}