John Moreland, who plays Safety Harbor Art & Music Center in Safety Harbor, Florida on March. 8, 2025. Credit: Photo by Angelina Castillo

John Moreland loves bringing Sallisaw to Safety Harbor. Outside of one show at the old New World Brewery location, the Okie songwriter has exclusively played his Bay area gigs at Safety Harbor’s quirky art and music center.

Moreland, 39, returns once again, still armed with a devastatingly sad—and life-affirming—songbook that spans 10 LPs unafraid to push the listening habits of Americana fans (the electronics on 2022’s Birds in the Ceiling make it one of that year’s sleeper hit LPs). Last year’s outing, Visitor, was recorded at his home in Bixby, Oklahoma, in just 10 days and even features his wife Pearl Rachinsky.

Moreland is headed for the Cayamo music-fest-as-cruise with the likes of Jeff Tweedy and Emmylou Harris and plays this long sold-out show you’re probably going to have to experience from outside the SHAMC gates.

Tickets to see John Moreland play Safety Harbor Art & Music Center on Saturday, March 8 are sold-out, but there is a waiting list.