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Joan Baez has announced a number of tour dates through Middle America in July and August.

Baez is continuing to promote her 2008 album “Day After Tomorrow,” which was the folk legend’s 24th studio album and first for five years. The tour will take in 17 cities, beginning in Reno, NV on July 6 and concluding in Saratoga, CA on August 12.

Joan Baez tour dates and ticket information

• July 6 – Reno, NV – Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater
  Tickets not yet available.

• July 7 – Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Garden
  Tickets not yet available.

• July 9 – Arvada, CO – Arvada Center
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• July 10 – Boulder, CO – Chautauqua Auditorium
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• July 13 – Apple Valley, MN – Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater
  Tickets not yet available.

• July 15 – Bayfield, WI – Big Top Chautauqua
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• July 16 – Fish Creek, WI – Door Community Auditorium
  Tickets not yet available.

• July 17 – Saint Cloud, MN – Paramount Theatre
  Tickets not yet available.

• July 22 – Torrington, CT – Warner Theatre
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• July 23 – Portsmouth, NH – The Music Hall
  Tickets not yet available.

• July 25 – Gettysburg, PA – Majestic Theatre
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• July 26 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Theatre
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• July 29 – Nashville, TN – Cheekwood Botanical Garden
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• July 30 – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Botanical Garden
  Tickets not yet available.

• August 1 – Raleigh, NC – North Carolina Museum of Art
  Tickets not yet available.

• August 11 – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s Concerts By The Bay
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• August 12 – Saratoga, CA – Montalvo Arts Center
  Tickets not yet available.

I’ll update the list above as tickets go on sale.

Joan is keeping herself busy before the tour. On April 23, Teatro ZinZanni celebrates its 10th anniversary in San Francisco, and Joan will be returning to the spiegeltent for one night only to join in the festivities as a special guest! Go to the Teatro ZinZanni website for more information.

On Sunday, April 25, Joan will be one of a host of international artists honoring the great Mercedes Sosa in a tribute concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. Click here for ticket information

Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound

Some of you may have seen the documentary “Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound,” which was shown on PBS in October 2009. An extended version of the documentary, with bonus content, is available on DVD and there is also a CD soundtrack.

“Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound” features rare performance footage, home videos and fascinating candid interviews with many artists, including Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, David Crosby and Roger McGuinn.

You can order the CD soundtrack of “Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound” and the CD/DVD deluxe combo from Amazon (US) or from CD (soundtrack) only or the DVD/CD deluxe combo online now from Amazon.

Here’s a preview of “Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound.”

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