Keznamdi maps out five-city U.S. tour for October
Keznamdi lined up five October U.S. shows in San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York, a routing that points to where his crowd is strongest.
Keznamdi mapped out five U.S. stops for October, opening at Café du Nord in San Francisco on October 4 and closing at Brooklyn Bowl in New York on October 15. The run also includes Winston’s Beach Club in San Diego on October 8, The Peppermint Club in Los Angeles on October 9 and MilkBoy in Philadelphia on October 14, with tickets available through his official website.
The routing is the clearest sign yet of where Keznamdi’s U.S. audience is concentrated right now. San Francisco, Southern California, Philadelphia and New York are all markets with deep Caribbean followings and proven reggae turnout, and the compact span from October 4 to October 15 gives the dates the feel of a focused campaign rather than a loose series of one-offs.
Jamaica Observer said the shows marked the first U.S. dates for the BLXXD & FYAH Live World Tour in partnership with Live Nation, following back-to-back sold-out concerts in Los Angeles and New York. Keznamdi has also already been set for a free concert at Eisenhower Park on Long Island on July 17, giving him another U.S. stage ahead of the October stretch.
The fall run lands in the middle of a major career surge. Keznamdi won the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album for BLXXD & FYAH at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on February 1, 2026, after the album was released independently in August 2025. He also picked up two 2026 International Reggae and World Music Awards nominations, for Best Album and Best Song for “Forever Grateful” featuring Masicka.
Keznamdi has been talking about that momentum in live terms. In remarks relayed by Reggaeville and Jamaica Observer, he said, after recent Grammy celebrations and sold-out rooms in Los Angeles and New York, that it is time for “the next chapter” and that the BLXXD & FYAH live experience is returning “in bigger rooms.”
His path helps explain why the rollout feels deliberate. His official bio says Bridging the Gap reached No. 1 on both iTunes Top Reggae Albums and the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart in 2013, and that “As Crazy As It Is,” his 2015 collaboration with ZHU and A-Trak, passed 10 million Spotify streams. Raised in Kingston, with roots in the Chakula family and years spent in Tanzania, Ethiopia and California, Keznamdi has spent years building a transnational audience. This October routing shows that audience is now being turned into a live run with clear stakes and real momentum.
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