15 New Rock + Metal Tours Announced This Past Week (Aug. 14-20, 2026)

It was a pretty active week for smaller rock and metal tours. We've got 15 new tours to reveal along with details on when the next Inkcarceration Festival will be held.

Leading the way this week, we've got a killer double bill featuring Quicksand and Fucked Up. The two veteran acts will hit the road in mid-September carrying over into early October.

Jim Ward will be front and center with Sparta for a series of November shows that will feature support from Public Opinion.

Meanwhile guitar great Jared James Nichols is getting in a short post-Thanksgiving run that carries over into early December.

As previously stated, this week brought the reveal of the 2027 Inkcarceration Festival dates and pre-sale info. Plus we got news on the Fall 2026 Vegas Rocks Awards. See all the big tour announcements from the past week below.

The Allman Betts Band

Tour Dates: Nov. 28 - Dec. 20
Support Acts: None listed.
Notes: 10th Anniversary dates.
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Big Ass Truck I.E.

Tour Dates: Oct. 10 - Nov. 25
Support Acts: Chamber, Mugshot, Load tha Nine, Restrictor Plate, Surfaced, Lie
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Cavetown

Tour Dates: Sept. 21 - Oct. 25
Support Acts: Chloe Moriondo
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Distant

Tour Dates: Nov. 16 - Dec. 17
Support Acts: Heavy//Hitter, Katywentmissing, Torn Open, Squelching
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Evil Island

Tour Dates: Aug. 29 - Dec. 18
Support Acts: None listed.
Notes: Supergroup with members of Blood Brothers, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, OFF! and Glassjaw.
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Failsafe

Tour Dates: Aug. 20 - 22
Support Acts: None listed.
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Havok

Tour Dates: Oct. 21 - Nov. 20
Support Acts: Hellripper, Slackjaw, Xoth
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Many Eyes

Tour Dates: Sept. 17 - 21
Support Acts: None listed.
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Andrew McMahon

Tour Dates: Jan. 16 - Feb. 19, May 7
Support Acts: None listed.
Notes: "Strings Attached" symphony shows
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Misfire

Tour Dates: Aug. 24 - 30
Support Acts: Raider
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Michael Monroe

Tour Dates: April 29 - May 11
Support Acts: None listed.
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Jared James Nichols

Tour Dates: Nov. 27 - Dec. 5
Support Acts: None listed.
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Quicksand / Fucked Up

Tour Dates: Sept. 22 - Oct. 4
Support Acts: None listed.
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Sparta

Tour Dates: Nov. 3 - 21
Support Acts: Public Opinion, Tribes
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Static Dress

Tour Dates: Nov. 4 - Dec. 6
Support Acts: I Promised the World, Car Underwater, septemberistheonlytimeidontthinkofyou, Sherane, Concealer
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New Rock + Metal Festivals + Special Shows Announced This Past Week

* The Inkcarceration Tattoo + Music Festival will return to the  Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio the weekend of July 16-18, 2027. Pre-sales start today (Aug. 21) at 12N ET.
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READ MORE: 2026 Rock + Metal Festival + Cruise Guide

* The 8th Annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music Awards will take place Sept. 20 at the Orleans Showroom in the Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Among those honored will be Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, Michael Anthony, Mitch Malloy, DJ Ashba, Chris Kael, Craig Gass, Eddie Trunk, Franky Perez, Gilby Clarke, Zowie Bowie, Armored Saint, Heroine Honey and Pure Sport. Sammy Hagar is also set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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* EvilDead have announced a pair of SoCal shows. The group will play 1720 in Los Angeles Aug. 28 with Whiplash, Fueled By Fire and High Command. That will be followed by an Aug. 29 date with Whiplash at The Observatory / Constellation Room in Santa Ana, Calif.
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Below, see other big rock and metal bands touring in 2026.