SOLOMONS — Country fans in Southern Maryland have six months to wait but only days to plan: Travis Tritt will open the 2027 Waterside Music Series at the Calvert Marine Museum on Saturday, May 15, 2027, and tickets go on sale next week.
The Calvert Marine Museum Society, the museum’s fundraising arm, announced the 7 p.m. show Tuesday. Tritt’s daughter, country artist Tyler Reese Tritt, will open.
Museum members get first access. The members’ presale begins Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 10 a.m., and sales to the general public open Friday, Nov. 20, at 10 a.m. Tickets run $55 to $95, a range the Society said reflects all-in pricing, meaning fees are included in the listed price. Both reserved seats and standing-room tickets will be offered.
The concert is in 2027, but the buying window is this month. That matters at a venue where the best seats have a history of going quickly. When Tritt last headlined in Solomons, in 2002, the show was the series’ first fast sellout, with all 4,500 tickets gone in six days, Bay Weekly reported in a 2005 look back at the series.
Where to buy, and where not to
Tickets are sold only through the museum’s Etix page. The Society said it cannot verify tickets bought from third-party resellers, a warning aimed at the resale listings that tend to appear within hours of an announcement.
Anyone who wants in on the Nov. 17 presale has to be a museum member first. Membership information is available at calvertmarinemuseum.com or by calling 410-326-2042, ext. 8063.
Key dates:
- Nov. 17, 10 a.m.: presale for Calvert Marine Museum members
- Nov. 20, 10 a.m.: public on-sale
- May 15, 2027, 7 p.m.: Travis Tritt with Tyler Reese Tritt
A ‘Class of ’89’ headliner
Tritt, a Marietta, Georgia, native, broke through as part of country music’s “Class of ’89” and has been touring for more than 35 years. His run of hits includes “Country Club,” “Help Me Hold On,” “I’m Gonna Be Somebody,” “Here’s a Quarter,” “Anymore” and “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive.”
According to the Society’s announcement, he has sold more than 30 million albums, won two Grammy Awards and three CMA Awards, and is a member of the Grand Ole Opry. His current schedule is posted on his tour page.
Tyler Reese Tritt tours with a full band and is expected to play songs from her forthcoming EP, “Wild at Heart,” the Society said.
Why the series matters to the museum
The Waterside Music Series is a fundraiser as much as a concert calendar. Proceeds support the county-owned museum, and the shows bring national touring acts to a stage on the Patuxent River that opened in 1998 and was rebuilt as a larger venue in 2014.
The 2026 season, announced in March, brought three headliners to Solomons: Warren Zeiders in July, Brothers Osborne in August and ZZ Top in September.
Tritt’s show will also be the first under a new name on the stage. The Society announced earlier Tuesday that First Home Mortgage is the pavilion’s new stage sponsor, and the venue is now billed as the First Home Mortgage Waterside Pavilion.
Other sponsors listed for the concert are Quality Built Homes, Bozick Distributors Inc., Blue Heron Bed and Breakfast, Constellation, Asbury-Solomons, Ledo Pizza and J. Calvin Wood. Businesses interested in sponsoring can reach Bonnie Barrett at 410-326-2042, ext. 8065.
The Society described Tritt as the first concert of the 2027 series and has not yet named the rest of the lineup. The museum, at 14200 Solomons Island Road South, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
