Keznamdi’s Blxxd & Fyah era isn’t over yet!

The 2026 recipient of the best reggae album Grammy officially announced the full slate of U.S. dates for his upcoming tour, billed Blxxd & Fyah Live, on Monday (June 1). The five-date trek will begin in San Francisco’s Café du Nord on Oct. 4, playing several shows across California and Pennsylvania before concluding with a Brooklyn Bowl show on Oct. 15 in New York. Fans can now access the pre-sale for all dates via Keznamdi’s official website.

“The production is going to be bigger; we’re going to raise the bar in reggae and dancehall,” Keznamdi promises Billboard the morning after his jam-packed S.O.B.’s show. “Reggae music can’t exist without the live aspect because it’s music that speaks about life. And that direct human connection, especially with [the rise of] AI, is something that cannot be replicated.”

Keznamdi celebrated his inaugural Grammy win with a pair of U.S. shows. He played the Hotel Café in Los Angeles on May 13, followed by a stop at New York City’s S.O.B.’s on May 20. Those two towering performances came just a month after storied hip-hop trio The LOX remixed “Bun Di Ganja,” a standout cut from Blxxd & Fyah, underscoring the impressive momentum Keznamdi has maintained since his show-stealing acceptance speech at the Grammy Premiere Ceremony (Feb. 1). Before his tour kickoff, Keznamdi will also headline a free concert at Eisenhower Park in New York’s Long Island on July 17.

“From the first song, people were in tune and locked in,” he reflects. “They sang the songs word for word, and that’s every artist’s dream: being able to share music you wrote by yourself and have people relate to it. My voice is still a little fatigued from the New York show, which had such a strong Caribbean community present. … The S.O.B.’s show was also the first time the industry came out to see me; they knew about me, but I don’t think they understood that I actually had a fan base. The word of mouth is going to be crazy after this show.”

According to the Kingston-born star, Live Nation wanted to handle his first post-Grammy win shows, but he really wanted to “do something special with S.O.B.’s.” As an independent artist, Keznamdi found that freedom of choice meant everything — and it also makes his upcoming Brooklyn Bowl show that much more special. Mounted in partnership with Live Nation, that concert will mark the reggae sensation’s largest New York headlining show to date.

Outside of music, Keznamdi has kept busy in the film world. Beach Inna Bondage: The Fight for Jamaica’s Coastline, a documentary short Keznamdi crafted in collaboration with Jamaican activist group JaBBEM, premiered at Kingston’s Café Rosa on May 2. The film traces the debilitating effects of beach privatization on Jamaica’s coastline, and the grassroots resistance efforts local communities are waging against large-scale tourism developments. Though he’s setting up some stateside screenings for the short, Keznamdi is already hard at work on his next album.

“There have been a lot of big features that have reached out since the [Grammy] win; a lot of big international and U.S. acts, and also some from across the Caribbean diaspora,” he teases. “I’ve been doing a lot of features, which should be coming out on other people’s albums within the next couple of weeks. I’m about 50% done with the new album; we did a live session recording before we left L.A., and it’s finally sounding like an album now. Hopefully, we can keep the momentum going and drop another album this year.”

Check out the U.S. dates for Keznamdi’s Blxxd & Fyah Live and watch the official tour announcement below.

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