Tucson is getting a double dose of hometown fave Ryanhood when the acoustic duo plays back-to-back shows at Hotel Congress on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1-2.
The show on Friday celebrates Ryan Green and Cameron Hood’s 20 years as a duo. The pair met in high school in Tucson when they were members of competing bands in local contests and became a duo after college; Hood graduated from the University of Arizona, Green from Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Saturday’s show, the holiday-themed “A Winter’s Evening with Ryanhood,” draws from their award-winning album, “On Christmas,” which earned them spots as finalists in the USA Songwriting Competition Christmas Song Contest. Expect to hear original Ryanhood holiday compositions, wintry covers and reworked classics that the pair weaves in with holiday stories and memories.
If you’re expecting a gather-around-the-fireplace kind of pace this weekend, you might want to recall past Ryanhood performances. They may be acoustic, but they aren’t quiet. The pair puts on a high-energy show with sweet, big harmonies and dueling guitars that keep fans on their feet.
This is the second year that Ryanhood has come home for the holidays. Last year, Mother Nature spoiled their back-to-back December plans with rain, forcing them to postpone the concerts for a week. Good news: The early weather forecast calls for overcast skies but no chance of rain. Fingers crossed.
Both shows at Hotel Congress Plaza, 311 E. Congress St., begin at 7 p.m. with doors opening at 6:30. Tickets are $25 through hotelcongress.com.
Tucson is the first stop on Ryanhood’s monthlong “A Winter’s Evening with Ryanhood 2024” tour, which includes stops in Flagstaff on Dec. 15 and Phoenix on Dec. 22.
Tucson Landmarks: Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., opened in 1919 as a luxurious mainstay for visitors arriving in the Old Pueblo.
The downtown landmark has kept much of its history alive in the past century, while also bringing modern amenities to Tucson natives and tourists.
Video by Riley Brown / For the Arizona Daily Star
