# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Robert Earl Keen - Then and Now Tour, with Race Ricketts
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 22 Aug, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Robert Earl Keen is bringing his Then and Now Tour to The Birchmere on August 21, 22, 23! Celebrate 25 years of Gravitational Forces and 15 years of Ready for Confetti along with other favorites. Tickets are on sale now!

‘Then and Now’ ain’t done just yet…

Fifteen years ago, grand and beloved Texas songwriter and recording artist Robert Earl Keen belted out his friend Todd Snider’s lyrics, “I’m a runaway locomotive out of my one track mind…play a train song,” on his then-new album Ready for Confetti.

Ten years before that, Gravitational Forces was released with one of the most sung-along-with lines of Keen’s entire catalog—“I got high, and I got in jail”—opening up the tune “Walkin’ Cane.”

What do these two albums have in common?

They’re both being celebrated on REK’s ‘Then and Now’ Tour.

By popular demand, we’re adding additional tour dates—keeping this run going through the summer celebrating 25 years of Gravitational Forces and 15 years of Ready for Confetti.

Y’all made the first round something special, so we figured we’d keep it rolling a little longer.

Artist Website: https://www.robertearlkeen.com/welcome

Sale Dates and Times:

Public Onsale : Fri, 27 Mar 2026 at 10:00 AM

Robert Earl Keen Presale : Wed, 25 Mar 2026 at 10:00 AM
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/alexandria/robert-earl-keen-then-and-now-tour-with-race-ricketts/200029990637803
- **Event Categories**: Art, Sports, Music, Entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Alexandria
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Birchmere
- **lat**: 38.840035788474
- **long**: -77.0614045579
- **full address**: The Birchmere, 3701 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22305-2408, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Robert Earl Keen - Then and Now Tour, with Race Ricketts being held?
  - **A:** Robert Earl Keen - Then and Now Tour, with Race Ricketts takes place on Sat, 22 Aug, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Sat, 22 Aug, 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Birchmere, 3701 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22305-2408, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Robert Earl Keen - Then and Now Tour, with Race Ricketts?
  - **A:** Robert Earl Keen - Then and Now Tour, with Race Ricketts is organized by The Birchmere.

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