Matt Nelson Concert & Tour History (Updated for 2026)

Date

Concert

Venue

Location

Jun 05, 2026 –
Jun 06, 2026

50th Anniversary of KCM Celebration

Jackson Avenue Gospel Revival / Tommy Oaks / Jon K. Shell / Piobaireachd / Maspeth / Joseph Allred / Wayang Katalistrik / Out Series Improvisations / Bare Trees / Duck Butter / Sensor Ghost / Rubens Ghenov / Ari Clibanoff / Maddie McCollough / Matt Nelson / Loch Brown / Geonovah / Junie / John Kelly / Lots of Hands / Big Kitty / MSHR / Lintang Radittya / FKA ICE Show all bands

The Pilot Light

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Apr 02, 2026

Tatsuya Nakatani / Matt Nelson

The Pilot Light

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Mar 29, 2025

Big Ears Festival

Water Damage / Free Form Funky Freqs / AROOJ AFTAB / Larry & Joe / clipping. / Jenny Scheinman / Matt Nelson / Dougie Bowne / Waxahatchee / Carlos Niño / Lankum / DakhaBrakha / Claire Chase / Wendy Eisenberg / Helado Negro / Tyshawn Sorey / Melvin Gibbs / SML / Fay Victor / Julien Baker / Torres / Sun Ra Arkestra / Michael Rother / Maruja / Sylvie Courvoisier / William Basinski / Ganavya / Zeena Parkins / Joel Harrison / Joe Lovano / June McDoom / Tyshawn Sorey / King Britt / Meshell Ndegeocello (fka Me'Shell NdegéOcello) / Julia Holter / Beak> / Clarice Jensen / Steven Schick / Tucker Zimmerman / Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith / Chanel Beads / Allison de Groot / Tatiana Hargreaves / Carla Kihlstedt / tilt / Emel / Adam Rudolph / Chuck Johnson / Philip Glass / Steven Schick / Kris Davis / Kokayi Show all bands

Setlists

Downtown Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Show Duplicate for Mar 29, 2025

Mar 23, 2025

Lydia Lunch / Tim Dahl / Matt Nelson / Joseph Keckler

Lydia Lunch,Tim Dahl,Matt Nelson,Joseph Keckler at TV Eye

TV Eye

Ridgewood, New York, United States

Feb 14, 2025

Lydia Lunch / Tim Dahl / Matt Nelson

Murderous Again

Ground Control

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Nov 13, 2023

Matt Nelson / Child Abuse

Saint Vitus Bar

New York, New York, United States

Mar 25, 2022	Matt Nelson Big Ears Festival	Pilot Light	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Jul 10, 2019	Matt Nelson Lydia Lunch with Tim Dahl ..."Verbal Burlesque".. spoken word meets psychedelic funk	Berlin	New York, New York, United States
Oct 04, 2018	Matt Nelson	I-Beam	New York, New York, United States
Jul 10, 2018	Matt Nelson / Garrit Tillman / Jake Edward Smith	Pilot Light	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Jun 12, 2018	Matt Nelson / Garrit Tillman / Jake Edward Smith	Pilot Light	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
May 08, 2018	Matt Nelson / Garrit Tillman / Jake Edward Smith	Pilot Light	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Apr 10, 2018	Matt Nelson / Garrit Tillman / Jake Edward Smith	Pilot Light	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Mar 13, 2018	Matt Nelson / Garrit Tillman / Jake Edward Smith	Pilot Light	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Feb 25, 2018	Acoustica / Ben Trallido / Sonia Serin / Joyce Precher / Maja / Matt Nelson	Northcote Social Club	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Feb 13, 2018	Matt Nelson / Garrit Tillman / Jake Edward Smith	Pilot Light	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Jan 09, 2018	Matt Nelson / Garrit Tillman / Jake Edward Smith	Pilot Light	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Dec 27, 2017	Mike Baggetta / Matt Nelson / Garrit Tillman / Jake Edward Smith	Pilot Light	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Dec 12, 2017	Matt Nelson / Garrit Tillman / Jake Edward Smith	Pilot Light	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Nov 14, 2017	Matt Nelson / Garrit Tillman / Jake Edward Smith	Pilot Light	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States