Beloved Canadian music icon Alan Doyle, one of the busiest touring artists for more than three decades, has announced an extensive 42-date tour that will take him across Canada and the U.S. in the new year. Doyle’s “Already Dancing” tour begins February 28 at home in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and is set to wrap May 17 in Edmonds, Washington. Doyle has also announced today the upcoming release of his new EP, Already Dancing, coming February 20, 2026. The foot-stomping, fiddle-fueled first single “Nancy” is out today featuring The East Pointers, JUNO-winning PEI folk duo joining Doyle on all dates.
Alan Doyle is a multifaceted singer-songwriter, going on three decades strong as a musician – first as a member of the much-celebrated band Great Big Sea and now as an internationally acclaimed solo artist. His CV is extensive — he is a published author of four books, a film and TV actor-producer with multiple major credits, and star and co-writer of the musical Tell Tale Harbour. Yet the wildly popular musician from Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, remains most electrifying before a live audience, abetted by his ace band. “I am the luckiest guy in the world,” Doyle says. “It’s such a privilege to stand among those players on stage.”
2026 ALREADY DANCING TOUR DATES:
February 28 St. John’s, NL JAG Soundhouse
March 3 Halifax, NS Light House Arts Centre
March 4 Halifax, NS Light House Arts Centre
March 5 Halifax, NS Light House Arts Centre
March 6 Halifax, NS Light House Arts Centre
March 7 Moncton, NB Casino New Brunswick
March 8 Saint John, NB Imperial Theatre
March 10 Ottawa, ON National Arts Centre
March 12 Kitchener, ON Centre In The Square
March 13 Montreal, QC L’Olympia
March 14 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
March 17 Thunder Bay, ON Community Auditorium
March 19 Saskatoon, SK TCU Place
March 20 Regina, SK Conexus Arts Centre
March 21 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
March 22 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
March 24 Trail, BC Charles Bailey Theatre
March 25 Vancouver, BC Orpheum
March 26 Kelowna, BC Community Theatre
March 27 Victoria, BC Royal Theatre
April 22 Brownfield, ME Stone Mountain Arts Center
April 23 Boston, MA The Wilbur Theatre
April 24 Newport, RI Jane Pickens Theater
April 25 Nashua, NH Center for the Arts
April 26 New York, NY City Winery
April 28 Sellersville, PA Sellersville Theater
April 29 Alexandria, VA The Birchmere
May 1 Buffalo, NY Buffalo State Performing Arts Center
May 2 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
May 3 Pittsburgh, PA City Winery
May 5 Cleveland, OH Music Box
May 6 Chicago, IL Athenaeum Center
May 7 Madison, WI Atwood Music Hall
May 8 St Paul, MN Fitzgerald Theater
May 9 Omaha, NE Holland Performing Arts Center
May 10 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater
May 12 Phoenix, AZ Musical Instrument Museum
May 13 Phoenix, AZ Musical Instrument Museum
May 14 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
May 15 Novato, CA HopMonk Tavern
May 16 Portland, OR The Aladdin Theater
May 17 Edmonds, WA Edmonds Center for the Arts
Tickets on sale October 24 at 12pm visit https://alandoyle.ca/tour/ for details!
About The East Pointers
JUNO Award-winners The East Pointers are innovators within the ever-evolving genre of modern folk, crafting a joy-conjuring, dancefloor-shaking, roof-rattling fusion of folk, pop, and dance music. In the studio, six records have captured the furious energy of their live shows, adding to the legacy of East Coast folk while lighting a path for a new generation of music lovers.
Already internationally acknowledged as musical trailblazers, on their newest offering, Schoonertown, The East Pointers have come home. Equal parts origin story and statement of craft, Schoonertown captures the moments that shaped their youth: nights out with the boys, the dizzy romance of first love, sprawling families and small towns, two weeks on in a bleak winter, kitchen parties and vinyl records and tape decks, every mistake, every late night, every long drive, beer and cigarettes and fights, laughing until you can’t breathe, ambition rising like a king tide, the piss and vinegar of youth, the sun emerging so bright over the horizon you have to shield your eyes–the devastation and exhilaration of all of it.
Since their debut album, Secret Victory, took home the 2017 JUNO Award for Traditional Album of the Year, The East Pointers have cemented their place as a defining voice in contemporary folk music. Their music, streamed millions of times over each month, has been featured on television, film, and broadcast, and their acoustic performances on social media have been shared by the likes of Ed Sheeran and Mumford & Sons. They regularly light up stages across Australia, Japan, the UK, Europe, Mexico, New Zealand, the USA, and Canada, and each fall they bring that energy back home to Prince Edward Island, where they host Goolaholla!, a festival celebrating music, community, and the spirit of the East Coast.
