Dar Williams
Show Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026
Show Time: 7:30pm
Doors Open: 6:00pm
Ticket Price: $30-$45 plus applicable fees
Show Type: Folk
Restrictions: All Ages
“It’s a highway, filled with deep, exotic colors and beautiful delicate things as well as the perils that come from moving so fast,” says Dar Williams, describing modern life. On her 13th album, Hummingbird Highway, out September 12 on Righteous Babe Records, Williams celebrates the colors she glimpses from her vantage as a touring musician. “I was a kid from the suburbs who listened when her hippie teachers said to get out in the world,” Williams muses. Hummingbird Highway is the latest chapter in a richly unfolding story. Drawing on her experience as a playwright, Williams populates her latest album with nuanced characters that come alive in the space of a few minutes.
As hummingbirds and folk singers fly, they gain perspective and not just distance. She finds that wise perch on “Olive Tree,” a single out on August 26. With production of stirring percussion and twinkling keys, she considers everything that’s led up to our current moment. Williams observes “all of these strangers and friends” talking about world events at parties and dinner gatherings and thinks back to all the iterations of those conversations from Aristotle on. Longtime listeners know that Williams and her music are always up for those kinds of conversations that glimpse the brightest colors, woven into the larger context of time. “As I’ve gotten older, I feel more comfortable holding a lot of different threads in my hand to create more complicated patterns. Time has given me a better ability to hold a bunch of colors and temperaments and see what happens, where they become interesting new stories and also where I need to stop and untangle the themes and characters. It’s daunting, and I’ve learned that, you know, daunting is fine, just keep going.”
Opening the evening is Joy Clark, a New Orleans singer-songwriter and lyrical guitarist whose soulful compositions and intricate rhythms reflect a deep emotional core. Her music is rooted in the church traditions of her upbringing, shaped by a belief that intimacy is her superpower. Joy has toured with Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell, and The Indigo Girls, and received a Grammy for her work on The Returner. In 2023, she signed with Righteous Babe Records and released her debut album Tell it to the Wind the following year. Her songs have been described as “a healing balm to an anxious heart,” inviting listeners into spaces of peace, vulnerability, and joy.