Garth Brooks Sets 2027 Arena Dates as Choir Performs Vaughan Williams

Live concert announcements, community choral ensembles, and independent electronic releases are filling the winter calendar as country star Garth Brooks books his first 2027 arena dates in North Little Rock, more than 100 voices and 45 instrumentalists gather at Antioch College in Yellow Springs for Ralph Vaughan Williams' cantata Dona Nobis Pacem, and Edmonton artist Leyna Sky prepares the November 20 debut of the tropical house single "It Is Me."

According to Hoodline, Garth Brooks will perform two nights at Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on Friday, February 5, and Saturday, February 6, 2027—the first city announced for 2027 on his Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour, which sold more than 500,000 tickets in 2026 after launching on August 21 and 22 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis (with Indiana tickets going on sale July 17 at 10 a.m. Eastern). Tickets for the North Little Rock shows—marking Brooks' first return to the venue since playing multiple nights in late 2014 when it was called Verizon Arena—go on sale Friday, November 20, 2026, at 10 a.m. Central through Ticketmaster at a uniform price of $154.50 before local sales taxes, consisting of a $140 ticket price, a $4.50 venue fee, and a $10 service fee. THV11 noted the concerts will feature both end-stage and in-the-round seating along with the in-the-round drum pod from Brooks' March 12, 1996, to November 2, 1998 world tour of more than 300 shows.

Yellow Springs Chorus and Orchestra Present 'Dona Nobis Pacem'

In Ohio, Hoodline reported via The Yellow Springs News that the World House Choir will join the Yellow Springs Community Chorus and Orchestra at Antioch College's Foundry Theater from Friday, November 13 (starting at 7 p.m.) through Sunday, November 15, for a concert titled "Study War No More." Bringing together more than 100 choral voices, 45 instrumentalists, and soprano and baritone soloists, the program features Ralph Vaughan Williams' 40-minute cantata Dona Nobis Pacem ("grant us peace"), which premiered in Huddersfield on October 2, 1936, under conductor Albert Coates and weaves together the Latin Mass, words from Isaiah, three Walt Whitman poems, and an 1855 Crimean War speech by British parliamentarian John Bright.

World House Choir director Catherine Roma—who previously conducted the cantata 35 years ago during the Gulf War era and again in 2003 at St. John's Unitarian Universalist in Cincinnati—will conduct the opening works, including Canadian songwriter Connie Kaldor's "Mother's Prayer," before singing in the tenor section while James Johnston conducts Dona Nobis Pacem. Choir members including Wright State University medical student Kana Wisniewski (who moved from Iowa in July after working with choir leader Mary Cohen) and veteran singer Ellen Bierhorst reflected on the work's enduring call for peace.

Edmonton Producer Leyna Sky Debuts Tropical House Single 'It Is Me'

In recorded music, Castro Valley Forum reported that Edmonton, Alberta solo artist Leyna Sky will release the debut single "It Is Me" on November 20, 2026, ahead of an EP of the same name arriving on January 17, 2027. Written and produced by Leyna Sky, mastered by Spasso Entertainment (with media contact Josh Shankowsky at 587-989-7736), and distributed via DistroKid with support on YouTube and social media, the track blends tropical house, future bass, and electropop with acoustic guitar, piano, and vocals inspired by a period of personal recovery. Before stepping into the studio, Leyna Sky hosted more than 300 nightlife events in Edmonton—beginning in February 2010 when 1,200 people attended an event at the 342-capacity St. Albert Community Hall—and performed at Red Deer's Lotus Nightclub in 2012 and alongside trance duo Myon and Shane 54 at Empire Ballroom, earning praise from Andrew O'Reily of stage-building collective Flociety.