Young the Giant at Moody Amphitheater | July 10, 2026
Young the Giant is back on the road as headliners for the first time in three years, and the Austin stop of the Victory Garden Tour lands them at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park on July 10 — a 5,000-seat outdoor room that signals clearly where the band sits in the alt-rock tier right now.
The occasion is Victory Garden, their sixth studio album — released May 1 on Fearless Records — produced by Brendan O’Brien at Henson Recording Studios. O’Brien isn’t a name you attach to a record you’re hedging on, and the result sounds like it: built from live sessions during band retreats in Idyllwild and Joshua Tree, the album breathes the way records do when a band trusts itself. Lead single “Different Kind of Love” was the top-added track at alternative radio on release, with frontman Sameer Gadhia pushing empathy as a kind of resistance. Opening track “Evergreen” sets the tone — quiet confidence unfolding into something bigger. After fifteen-plus years and six albums, Victory Garden sounds like the record where they stopped negotiating between intimate indie rock and stadium ambition and just made the thing.
The Austin show bills Cold War Kids and KennyHoopla in support. Cold War Kids — direct support for most of this run — are marking the 20th anniversary of their 2006 debut Robbers & Cowards, which gives their set its own reason to exist. KennyHoopla opens; he’s been one of the more interesting left-field picks in the alt/punk-adjacent space and is a real contrast to the headliner. Arrive at doors.
About the Venue
Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park — 1401 Trinity St, Austin — is a 5,000-capacity outdoor amphitheater adjacent to the Waterloo Greenway. For a band at Young the Giant’s current level, it’s the right fit: large enough for the songs to land, close enough that it doesn’t become an exercise in filling air. The show is presented by the 101X Concert Series. Browse more upcoming Austin concerts.
Tickets & Show Details
Doors open at 5:30 PM; showtime is 6:30 PM on Friday, July 10, 2026. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster. VIP packages include a private pre-show acoustic performance, a band Q&A, and a signed limited-edition event poster.