Devendra Banhart returns to Italy with two dates

Devendra Banhart announces his return to Italy with two dates on the Solo Summer Tour 2026. The American singer-songwriter, one of the most recognizable names in freak folk and the scene dubbed New Weird America, will play on Saturday 27 June at the Anfiteatro del Venda in Galzignano Terme (Padua) and on Tuesday 30 June at the Casa del Jazz in Rome. Tickets will be available online via Vivo Concerts starting Tuesday 28 April 2026 at 11am, while sales at authorized outlets will begin on Sunday 3 May.

Banhart's latest studio effort remains “Flying Wig” (2023), an album that brought more pronounced 80s-inflected elements into his sonic vocabulary. Produced by Cate Le Bon, the record alternates suspended ballads with more stripped-down passages, drawing on post-punk and a sparser sonic aesthetic than in the past.

Banhart's debut dates back to the early 2000s on Young God with "Oh Me Oh My... The Way The Day Goes By The Sun Is Setting Dogs Are Dreaming Lovesongs Of The Christmas Spirit", an emblematic title for an early phase marked by lo-fi recordings and fiercely instinctive songwriting. Over the years Banhart has forged collaborations with figures such as Vashti Bunyan, Yoko Ono, Os Mutantes, ANOHNI, Caetano Veloso and Beck.

Alongside his musical career, Devendra Banhart has always pursued a parallel visual output: his distinctive drawings, meticulously rendered in ink and often enigmatic, have been exhibited in galleries around the world, including Art Basel in Miami, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, as well as the Nicodim Gallery. San Francisco left an indelible mark on Banhart: his eccentric, flamboyant style, which has also captivated the fashion world, was partly inspired by the subversive cross-dressing culture of the legendary performance troupe The Cockettes.

Banhart has embraced a strikingly broad range of musical ideas, from folk to blues all the way to the avant-garde. Among his influences is Arthur Russell, an eclectic artist who defies classification, and he has helped bring forgotten figures like Vashti Bunyan back into the spotlight, championing her psychedelic folk

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