Top concerts coming to Ohio in 2024

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — From Madonna and Olivia Rodrigo to Zach Bryan and Bruce Springsteen, more than two dozen top artists are performing in Ohio’s arenas and stadiums in 2024.

Travis Scott | Circus Maximus Tour

Schottenstein Center in Columbus at 8 p.m. on Jan. 24

• Scott has announced a number of additional tour dates for 2024, including a stop in Columbus.

Playboi Carti | Antagonist Tour

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4, Schottenstein Center in Columbus at 7:30 p.m. on March 5

• The Playboi Carti show originally scheduled for October 5 at the Schottenstein Center has been rescheduled for March 5.

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Madonna | The Celebration Tour

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland at 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 8

• The Celebration Tour will take guests on Madonna’s artistic journey through four decades and pays respect to the city of New York where her career in music began.

Drake | It’s All A Blur Tour

Schottenstein Center in Columbus at 8 p.m. on Feb. 20 and 21, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland at 8 p.m. on Feb. 24 and 25

• Originally, Drake announced he would perform twice at the Schottenstein Center with shows on July 1 and 2 with 21 Savage as the guest artist. After his July 2 concert was canceled in May due to a scheduling conflict, his July 1 show was rescheduled for Oct. 9. In September, Ticketmaster listed the Oct. 9 show as postponed with no date or time listed.

Sam Hunt | Outskirts Tour 2024

Nationwide Arena in Columbus at 7:30 p.m. on March 2

• Dubbed “the most innovative mainstream Nashville performer” by The New York Times, the five-time Grammy nominee and Diamond-selling Hunt sets course for his arena headlining tour with a Feb. 22 kickoff in Grand Rapids, plus stops in Louisville, Nashville, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and more.

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Avenged Sevenfold | Life is But A Dream… North American tour

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland at 6:30 p.m. on March 9, Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati at 6:30 p.m. on March 13, Nationwide Arena in Columbus at 6:30 p.m. on March 26

• Avenged Sevenfold has announced the third leg of their Life is But A Dream… North American tour, featuring Poppy and Sullivan King.

Dan + Shay | 2024 The Heartbreak On the Map Tour

Nationwide Arena in Columbus at 7 p.m. on March 15

• Grammy-award-winning singers Dan + Shay are returning to Columbus for their 2024 The Heartbreak On The Map Tour, four years after their first sold-out stop at Nationwide in March 2020. The 19-city tour kicks off February 29, 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina while making several stops in Chicago, Austin and Grand Rapids.

Olivia Rodrigo | Guts World Tour

Nationwide Arena in Columbus at 7:30 p.m. on March 22

• Following the success of her 2022 debut tour, “Guts” will be Rodrigo’s first arena tour, taking her to iconic venues around the world including Madison Square Garden, Kia Forum, Sportpaleis, The O2 and more.

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Tim McGraw | Standing Room Only Tour

Nationwide Arena in Columbus at 7 p.m. on March 23

• McGraw boasts 69 Top 10 singles and holds the Mediabase record for the most weeks, 73, with songs atop the charts at No. 1. He also has the second most Number 1 albums in the United States. McGraw’s Standing Room Only album was released on Aug. 25 and its title song ranks in the top 10 at Country Radio.

Andrea Bocelli

Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati at 8 p.m. on April 7

• The new tour includes eleven show dates in major cities across the US and Canada including Orlando, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Toronto, Montreal, and Detroit.

Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday 2 World Tour

Schottenstein Center in Columbus at 8 p.m. on April 12

• The Columbus concert will be the only one in Ohio but she will have other stops in the Midwest in Detroit and Chicago. The hip-hop star is the first woman to have 100 songs feature in the Billboard Hot 100 list, which includes three different No. 1 songs.

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Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band

Nationwide Arena in Columbus at 7:30 p.m. on April 21

• The concert was originally supposed to take place on March 9 of this year. It was then postponed to Sept. 21 before he canceled the remainder of his tour for the calendar year “out of an abundance of caution,” according to a September press release.

MercyMe | Always Only Jesus Tour 2024

Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati on April 20

• MercyMe was named Top Christian Artist at the Billboard Music Awards. Since their debut in 2001, the band has sold more than 9 million units in CD, single and DVD sales, garnered more than 49 No. 1 multi-format radio singles, and had four consecutive mainstream radio hits.

The Postal Service & Death Cab for Cutie

Schottenstein Center in Columbus at 7:30 p.m. on April 30

• To celebrate two decades of ‘Give Up’ and ‘Transatlanticism’, The Postal Service & Death Cab for Cutie have joined forces for an unprecedented 20th anniversary co-headline tour.

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Lauren Daigle | The Kaleidoscope Tour

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland at 7 p.m. on May 30

• Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Lauren Daigle announced the spring 2024 leg of The Kaleidoscope Tour, a continuation of her highly successful 2023 US arena tour.

Melanie Martinez | The Trilogy Tour

Nationwide Arena in Columbus at 7 p.m. on June 13

• The Trilogy Tour will see the evolution of Martinez’s alter ego “Cry Baby” performed live. It will include hits from all three of her albums.

Buckeye Country Superfest

Ohio Stadium in Columbus at 3 p.m. on June 22 and 23

• The annual Ohio Stadium event will now play June 23, 2024 in addition to the original June 22 show, marking a two-night event with Grammy-nominated artist Zach Bryan headlining both nights. Bryan, who previously served in the U.S. Navy, garnered more 6.8 billion global steams in 2022 and his debut album, “American Heartbreak,” bowed at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart and in the Top 5 of the Billboard 200.

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Chris Stapleton | All-American Road Show

Schottenstein Center in Columbus at 7 p.m. on July 19

• Stapleton is performing in Columbus at the Schottenstein Center on July 19, 2024, with special guests Marcus King and Nikki Lane. The “All-American Road Show” is coming after Stapleton releases his new album “Higher.”

Foo Fighters | Everything Or Nothing All

Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati at 5:30 p.m. on July 25

• Foo Fighters’ 2024 stadium dates will mark the band’s biggest U.S. headline shows since the release of “But Here We Are,” which has landed on the best of lists of Entertainment Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, among others.

AJR | The Maybe Man Tour

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland at 7:30 p.m. on June 27, Nationwide Arena in Columbus at 7:30 p.m. on June 28, Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati at 7:30 p.m. on July 23

• AJR will embark on The Maybe Man Tour this spring, a 43-city arena tour across the continent.

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Hozier | Unreal Unearth Tour

Schottenstein Center in Columbus at 8 p.m. on Aug. 7

• Award-winning songwriter Hozier’s most extensive headlining run in North America, The Unreal Unearth Tour, will continue into 2024 adding a whopping 37 new shows.

Blink-182 | One More Time Tour

Schottenstein Center in Columbus at 7 p.m. on Aug. 13

• The band will be joined by special guest Pierce The Veil for the performance, which is scheduled to be the penultimate concert as part of the North American leg of the tour.

Green Day | The Saviors Tour

Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati at 6 p.m. on Aug. 22

• The tour will be a larger-than-life, career-spanning celebration of one of the biggest musical acts of all time and some of the most important albums in history.

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New Kids on the Block | The Magic Summer 2024 Tour

Nationwide Arena in Columbus at 7 p.m. on Aug. 23

• Reimagining the smash 1990 tour of the same name, Donnie, Joey, Jordan, Jonathan & Danny will bring back the magic for fans old and new, this time with very special guests Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff.

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