Jeff Daniels Tickets go on sale this Friday, September 25, 2026, at 10 a.m.
St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) welcomes Jeff Daniels back to the Royce Auditorium Stage on Tuesday, December 8, 2026. Daniels, who charmed SCMC’s audience with his intimate acoustic guitar performance and storytelling at his sold-out concert in 2025, is the newest addition on the Acoustic Café Folk Series. Jeff Daniels who is known for his many acting performances including the hit TV series’ Newsroom, Godless, Looming Tower, The Comey Rule, American Rust, and a yearlong run as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway, also has a deep love for the guitar and performing on stage as a musician.
According to Daniels, “In 1976, I moved to New York City to become an actor. What I didn’t plan on was being so influenced by so many Off Broadway playwrights. In particular, Lanford Wilson, who would later go on to win a Pulitzer Prize for his play TALLEY’S FOLLY. Lanford taught me so much about the writing process, imagery, the love/hate relationship one has with such a solitary pursuit and the endless rewriting as you search for a better way to say it. In Hollywood, the joke is if you ask any actor what he really wants to do, he’ll say, “Direct.” Not me. I wanted to write. So, I did. With a guitar in my hands.”
Executive & Artistic Director of SCMC Cathy Holbrook says, “We are so excited to have Jeff Daniels back on stage at St. Cecilia Music Center this season. We absolutely loved his performance last summer (2025), and we know our audience will be thrilled to have him here again on December 8th.
Concert tickets for Jeff Daniels will go on sale this Friday, September 25, 2026, starting at 10 a.m. at www.scmcgr.org or by calling 616-459-2224. Contact the Box Office Manager at tickets@scmcgr.org or 616-459-2224 x201 with questions.
Note: Nine previously announced Acoustic Café Folk Series concerts for the 2026 – 2027 season are now on sale at www.scmcgr.org or by calling 616-459-2224. Dan Tyminski Band on October 20, Béla Fleck – My Bluegrass Heart on November 5, Sarah Jarosz with special guest Jordan Tice on December 5, Aoife O’Donovan & Chris Thile – Wassail! Christmas Show on December 11, Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland on January 28, 2027, Tommy Emmanuel on January 29, 2027, Shovels and Rope on February 21, 2027, Foy Vance performing from his newest album The Wake on April 20, 2027, and Judy Collins, award-winning singer-songwriter, bidding adieu to the road on her “SWEET JUDY BLUE EYES” Farewell Tour on May 19.
Additional Acoustic Café Folk Series concerts may be announced later in the season.
Jeff Daniels Bio:
Since 2000, Jeff Daniels has played such venues as The Birchmere, Club Passim, Café Lena, New York City’s 54 Below and Birdland, the City Winery in New York and Nashville, The Barns at Wolf Trap, Austin’s Cactus Café, Ram’s Head Tavern in Annapolis, Houston’s Mucky Duck’s, the Dakota Room in Minneapolis, The Ark in Ann Arbor, Chicago’s Old School of Folk Music, Seattle’s Third Door, Alaska’s Latitude 62 in Talkeetna, as well as numerous other opera houses and PACs throughout the country. With his son’s band, the Ben Daniels Band, he has toured both coasts. He has shared the stage with Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Joe Ely, Cheryl Wheeler, Guy Clark, Christine Lavin, Keb Mo’ and Bruce Hornsby. He performed at David Bromberg’s 70th Birthday Bash at NYC’s Town Hall. In 2012, the Martin Guitar Company began selling the OM Jeff Daniels Custom Artist Edition Guitar. He also narrated their award-winning documentary, “The Ballad Of The Dreadnought.”
Single tickets have a $5.00 per ticket fee.
Acoustic Café Folk Series Tickets including ticket fees
October 20, 2026
Dan Tyminski Band
A section $55
B section $40
C section $25
November 5, 2026
Béla Fleck - My Bluegrass Heart
A section $95
B section $80
C section $65
December 5, 2026
Sarah Jarosz with special guest Jordan Tice
A section $70
B section $55
C section $40
December 8, 2026
Jeff Daniels
A section $70
B section $55
C section $40
December 11, 2026
Aoife O'Donovan & Chris Thile - Wassail! A Christmas Show
A section $100
B section $85
C section $70
January 28, 2027
Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland
A section $60
B section $45
C section $30
January 29, 2027
Tommy Emmanuel
A section $60
B section $45
C section $30
February 21, 2027
Shovels and Rope
A section $55
B section $40
C section $25
April 20, 2027
Foy Vance
A section $61
B section $46
C section $31
May 19, 2027
Judy Collins
A section $65
B section $50
C section $35
Individual Tickets and Series Subscription Tickets for the Spectacular Jazz Series and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Series for the 2025 – 2026 season are also available at www.scmcgr.org or by calling 616-459-2224. Contact the Box Office Manager at tickets@scmcgr.org or 616-459-2224 x201 with questions.
