Dying Wish are not treating summer like a casual victory lap. The Portland metalcore crew have enough momentum to coast on festival slots, but this routing puts them back in the rooms where their songs actually do damage: tight floors, stacked support, no room for half-commitment.
The band has announced a July and August U.S. run with Guilt Trip, Holder and Contention appearing on select dates. Before the package fully locks in, Dying Wish will play Louisville and Joliet, then jump through Rock Fest, Inkcarceration and Upheaval Festival. From there, the tour digs into the Midwest, Southwest, West Coast and Plains before closing August 5 in Des Moines.
For tickets, use the Ticketmaster Dying Wish search as dates populate. Smaller club shows may route through venue ticketing first, so check the venue if a stop is not live on Ticketmaster yet.
Dying Wish 2026 Tour Dates
Dying Wish only / festival run:
- July 13 — Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
- July 14 — Joliet, IL @ The Forge
- July 15 — Cadott, WI @ Rock Fest
- July 17 — Mansfield, OH @ Inkcarceration
- July 18 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Upheaval Festival
With Guilt Trip, Holder and Contention:
- July 19 — Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
- July 20 — St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
- July 21 — Wichita, KS @ Wave
- July 22 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall
- July 24 — Albuquerque, NM @ Backstage at Revel
- July 25 — Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
- July 26 — Long Beach, CA @ Vans Warped Tour (Dying Wish only)
- July 27 — Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
With Holder and Contention:
- July 29 — Reno, NV @ The Alpine
- July 30 — Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
- July 31 — Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
With Contention:
- August 2 — Billings, MT @ Pub Station Taproom
- August 4 — Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
- August 5 — Des Moines, IA @ Wooly's
Why This Package Works
Dying Wish occupy a lane where metalcore still has teeth: huge hooks, sharp breakdowns, and enough hardcore backbone to keep the floor honest. Pairing them with Guilt Trip makes sense because it pulls the bill harder toward pit music instead of smoothing it into a clean streaming-era package. Holder and Contention add more pressure on the early slots, especially for rooms where the crowd shows up ready rather than waiting for the headliner.
That matters in 2026. Heavy tours are getting crowded, and not every package earns attention just by stacking names. This one has a clearer shape. It is built for sweat, not passive watching.
The run also keeps Dying Wish visible after several key festival looks. Rock Fest, Inkcarceration and Upheaval put them in front of broader heavy crowds, while the club dates let the band convert that attention into real community. That is how bands in this lane grow without sanding off the reason people cared in the first place.
That momentum already showed in a bigger room when Dying Wish opened Bring Me The Horizon's Hollywood Palladium one-off, a set we called out in our BMTH Palladium review for turning curiosity into attention.
There is also a smart geographic rhythm here. The routing does not just hammer the same predictable coastal stops. Indianapolis, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, Reno, Boise, Spokane, Billings, Omaha and Des Moines all get a piece of the run. For a band whose power lives in room-to-room conversion, that matters more than another glossy headline-market lap.
Metal Mantra has been tracking the heavier end of the 2026 tour calendar closely, from Terror's spring run to larger metal packages like Black Label Society's 2026 dates. Dying Wish sit in a different room than those legacy acts, but the same rule applies: the strongest tours have a point of view.
This one does. If you want polished nostalgia, look elsewhere. If you want a summer bill that feels like it could cave in a small venue floor, this is the one to watch.
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The Pomona stop is the one that jumps off the page. Coming right after the Long Beach Warped Tour appearance, it gives Southern California a club-sized pressure point instead of making fans settle for a festival field. That is where a band like Dying Wish can turn casual curiosity into a permanent bruise.
