Bulls, Bands & Barrels is saddling back up for Winston-Salem, with LJVM Coliseum set to host the rodeo-and-country mashup on January 30, 2027, as one stop on a newly announced 19-city national tour that opens January 9 in Evansville, Indiana. The event will feature Sam Barber and The Jack Wharff Band alongside the bull riding, barrel racing and freestyle bullfighting the tour is known for.
LJVM Coliseum revealed the announcement Friday morning, according to WFMY News 2. The event, officially presented as Bass Pro Shops Bulls, Bands & Barrels, combines western sports and country music entertainment under one roof. The tour has previously visited LJVM Coliseum.
Nationally, the 2027 tour announced its 19-stop run, opening January 9 at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, and continuing through June, according to a release carried by PR Newswire. The release's tour-dates table lists the Winston-Salem, N.C., stop for January 30 at LJVM Coliseum.
A Growing Tour With a Stadium Debut
The 2027 season marks a new partnership between Bulls, Bands & Barrels and Doussan Music Group, per the same release. Whiskey Riff reports the tour has been on an upward trajectory, expanding from 17 cities in 2026 to 19 stops for 2027.
Among the headline stops, a two-day event dubbed Battle in the Boot is scheduled for March 5-6, 2027, at Lourdes Stadium in Lafayette, Louisiana, marking what organizers call the tour's stadium debut, with Jason Aldean and Treaty Oak Revival headlining. Hunter Price, founder and CEO of Bulls, Bands and Barrels, said Lafayette brings the experience into a stadium for two days, with Aldean and Treaty Oak Revival leading the lineup. That Lafayette event is likewise billed as combining bull riding, barrel racing and freestyle bullfighting with live country music.
Ticket Timing Still Has a Wrinkle
Tickets are moving fast on the calendar: presale access begins November 12, with public on-sale tickets going live November 13. But exactly which stops that presale window covers is murky. PR Newswire's release describes the presale as covering select tour dates, while Whiskey Riff's report says the presale applies to all cities on the schedule. The presale begins at 10 a.m. local time on November 12, with public sales starting November 13.
The event's own website, bullsbandsandbarrels.com, describes the format succinctly: the site says the tour brings bull riding, barrel racing, freestyle bullfighting, and live country music together under one roof. That combination has proven durable in Winston-Salem specifically — Yes Weekly previously reported that Bulls, Bands & Barrels visited LJVM Coliseum on an earlier stop billed as a 21-city tour, the largest in the tour's history at that point, with performers Ian Munsick and Winston-Salem native Cooper Alan sharing the bill alongside the bull riding and barrel racing.
