Colorado-born, Nashville-based songwriter Jobi Riccio will make her UK and Ireland live debut in October 2026, bringing the songs from her recently released second album, Face The Feeling, to audiences across the UK and Ireland. Riccio will be supporting American songwriter John Craigie and the tour will include shows in London, Dublin, Manchester and Belfast.
Released on 15th May 2026, Face The Feeling sees Riccio stretch beyond the americana foundations of her 2023 debut Whiplash, embracing a more expansive, indie-rock-inflected sound without losing the intimate songwriting that first put her on the map. Reviewing the album, AUK’s Fred Arnold wrote: “This lovely album demonstrates a step forward in songwriting for this alumna of the esteemed Berklee School of Music in Boston, and winner of the John Prine Songwriting Fellowship, and it places her comfortably in the emerging talent pool of outstanding female singer-songwriters. A fine album of emotional depth and honest self-examination”.
On Face The Feeling, Riccio sought balance between extremes, indulging in the light and the dark, the subtle and the direct, the ecstatic highs and the mournful lows. “You have to chase what moves you, what’s exciting you,” she says. Riccio received the John Prine Songwriters Fellowship Award at the Newport Folk Festival, earned an Americana Honours & Awards Nomination for Emerging Artist of the Year, and played the legendary Grand Ole Opry. She’s toured with major acts including Lucius, Jason Isbell, and Iron & Wine.
“I’m beyond excited to finally get out to the UK and Ireland, and to head back out on the road again with my pal John Craigie!” says Riccio. “I’ve heard only the most shining reports of the audiences of music lovers there, and I know it will be an incredible adventure. I tend to get the most excited on tour in the US to play cities where my favourite bands are from, and this will be two whole countries where so many of my all time favourites bands and songwriters are from; so it really can’t come soon enough!”
Tickets for the shows listed below can be found at this link. Meanwhile as a taster you can see Riccio performing Buzzkill earlier this year at the foot of this article.
Jobi Riccio 2026 Tour Dates:
07/10/26 – Bush Hall, London
09/10/26 – Sound House, Dublin
10/10/26 – The Deer’s Head, Belfast
12/10/26 – Stereo, Glasgow
14/10/26 – Yes, Manchester
15/10/26 – Voodoo Daddy’s, Norwich
17/10/26 – Alphabet, Brighton & Hove
