With her annual Mexico resort festival Girls Just Wanna Weekend in the books, Brandi Carlile is making her next destination bash official. The folk-singing rock \u2018n\u2019 roller has announced her highly anticipated return to the Gorge Amphitheatre this year.<\/p>\n
After taking a two-year hiatus, citing the need for a break in her ridiculously busy schedule, Carlile\u2019s Echoes Through the Canyon concert series takes over the landmark Washington venue May 29-30.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve missed the sunsets, dancing under the stars, and the power of coming together in this sacred place,\u201d she wrote, announcing the shows in a social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n The hometown hero is slated to perform headlining sets both nights, with a stacked all-women supporting cast of friends and personal heroes. On the first night, Carlile will be joined by folk rock pillars Indigo Girls and I\u2019m With Her \u2014 an Americana all-star trio comprised of Sarah Jarosz, Nickel Creek fiddler Sara Watkins and Aoife O\u2019Donovan of Crooked Still. Night 2 features Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt and singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles.<\/p>\n Various presales<\/a> will be available<\/mark> through Carlile\u2019s fan club, Live Nation and Ticketmaster at staggered times Jan. 21-22. A venue presale opens at 10 a.m. Thursday using the code \u201c26GORGEAMP.\u201d<\/p>\n Headlines, puzzles and death notices from the Valley delivered to your inbox 7 a.m. daily.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The general public onsale begins 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23. Prices have not yet been revealed.<\/p>\n Before taking a well-earned break from planning the multi-night Gorge blowout, Carlile delivered a weekend for the books<\/a> in 2023, when she brought in music icon Joni Mitchell<\/a> for her first proper ticketed headlining concert in ages.<\/p>\n \u201cThat show moved me in ways I\u2019ll never be able to fully explain to anyone who wasn\u2019t there,\u201d Carlile wrote of the \u201conce in a lifetime, magical weekend\u201d in the social media post.<\/p>\n Ahead of her gigs at the oft-gusty venue, Carlile has plenty of wind in her sails this year, having released a pair of sterling records in 2025, including her first solo album in four years, \u201cReturning to Myself<\/a>.\u201d Her team-up with Elton John has the duo nominated for two Grammy awards at the Feb. 1 ceremony in Los Angeles, one week before Carlile will give her biggest televised performance yet singing \u201cAmerica the Beautiful\u201d at the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n