A new Zelda game means new Zelda music, which, in turn, means it’s time for The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses tour to update its playlist. Today the premier live videogame music experience announced its 2017 tour, which will feature a reconfigured program including music from Breath of the Wild for the first time, along with a new section based on 2011’s Skyward Sword and the return of the popular Ballad of the Wind Fish suite. The rest of the “reimagined score” will include familiar melodies from the full history of The Legend of Zelda, many of which were originally composed by Nintendo’s legendary Koji Kondo.
If you’re wondering what this symphony tour thing is, well, imagine a large orchestra and choir jamming out on some of your favorite videogame music, while a custom collage of Zelda footage plays in the background. With 66 musicians and 24 singers, this is a legitimate symphony experience, one that will absolutely play the chimes you first heard when you pulled that boomerang out of a treasure chest in that first eagle-shaped dungeon 30 years ago. It’s the power of music marshaled in full force to create something heavily steeped in nostalgia but not merely limited to it. It’s also probably just a good time, if you dig this kind of stuff, and if you dig good times.
Here are the dates for this year’s tour:
March
17—Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Theatre Coliseo
18—Santiago, Chile @ Cariola Theater
April
16—Birmingham, UK @ The NEC
May
20—Minneapolis, Minn. @ Orpheum Theater
June
11—Mexico City, Mexico @ Auditorio Nacional
30—Denver, Colo. @ Boettcher Concert Hall
July
1—Denver, Colo. @ Boettcher Concert Hall
7—Austin, Texas @ Long Center
21—San Diego, Calif. @ San Diego Civic Theatre
22—Vienna, Va. @ Wolf Trap
August
4—San Francisco, Calif. @ Davies Symphony Hall
September
9—Quebec City, Quebec, Canada @ Grand Théâtre de Québec
15—Toronto, Ontario, Canada @ Sony Centre
22—Seattle, Wash. @ Paramount Theatre
23—Portland, Ore. @ Keller Auditorium
30—Los Angeles, Calif. @ Dolby Theater
October
6—Kansas City, Mo. @ Kansas City Music Hall
7—Memphis, Tenn. @ The Orpheum Theatre
8—Des Moines, Iowa @ Des Moines Civic Center
20—New York, N.Y. @ United Palace Theatre
21—Boston, Mass. @ Wang Theater
27—San Antonio, Texas @ Majestic Theatre
November
3—Baltimore, Md. @ Lyric Theatre
4—Cleveland, Ohio @ State Theatre
5—Columbus, Ohio @ Ohio Theater
6—Phoenix, Ariz. @ Phoenix Symphony Hall
9—Jacksonville, Fla. @ Times Union Center
10—Durham, N.C. @ Durham PAC
11—Norfolk, Va. @ Chrysler Hall
16—Atlanta, Ga. @ Cobb Energy PAC
17—Knoxville, Tenn. @ Knoxville Civic Auditorium
17—Chicago, Ill. @ Chicago Auditorium Theatre
21—London, England @ Eventim Apollo
24—Dusseldorf, Germany @ Mitsubishi Electric Hall
25—Barcelona, Spain @ Auditori Forum
26—Florence, Italy @ Mandela Forum
30—Vancouver, BC, Canada @ Queen Elizabeth Theater
December
1—Edmonton, AB, Canada @ Northern Jubilee Auditorium
2—Calgary, AB, Canada @ Southern Jubilee Auditorium
3—Milwaukee, Wis. @ Riverside Theater
8—Montreal, QB, Canada @ Place des Arts
9—San Jose, Calif. @ City National Civic
14—Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Heinz Hall
15—New Orleans, La. @ Saenger Theater
16—Miami, Fla. @ The Arsht Center
29—Oklahoma City, Okla. @ Civic Center Music Hall
30—Salt Lake City, Utah @ Abravenal Hall