Bahamas bringing his 2024 spring tour to Kelowna

One of Canada’s favourite singer-songwriters is coming back to Kelowna in the new year.

Bahamas, better known to his mother as Afie Jurvanen, announced a series of Canadian tour dates this morning as part of The Bootcut Tour.

The run of shows to support his new album of the same name includes a stop at the Kelowna Community Theatre on Monday, April 22, 2024.

🍁 NEW CANADA DATES w/ Leith Ross
🎟️ Presale at 12pm  local w/ pw BOOTCUT
📆 GA on sale Thursday at 10am local
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— Bahamas (@BahamasMusic) December 12, 2023

Bahamas’ latest album Bootcut is a classic-country influenced record that was released in mid-September.

Despite being a change of pace for the Ontario-born musician, it’s already received plenty of praise and that includes Rolling Stone calling it one of Nashville’s most country albums of the year.

Along with announcing new tour dates today, Bahamas also released a new music video for the song “Sports Car.”

"Twenty years ago, I tried to write a song about growing up without a father. One out of four kids grow up without a father in the home. The long-term effects on fatherless children are so severe, and there are decades of data now to support this. It's not an issue that gets much attention these days, but for me, it's personal,” he explained.

“The song tries to address this by singing about my mom. Huh? Confusing right?! Now, imagine how confused you would be when the person who's supposed to care about you abandons you before you're even born.”

Tickets to see Bahamas, with Leith Ross as the opening act, will go on sale at 10 am on Thursday, Dec. 14, through Live Nation.