Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band will indeed be returning to Cincinnati this summer. This is not a repeat from 1989, 1995, 2003, 2016… at this point, it would be much more newsworthy if Buffett wasn’t coming to Cincinnati in the summertime.
Riverbend Music Center has announced that the local favorite will play the venue once again on July 18. Tickets go on sale next Friday (Jan. 18) at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster.
In a press release, Riverbend/MEMI’s Mike Smith said Buffett is the venue’s “top selling artist of all time.”
“Summer fun in Cincinnati doesn’t begin until Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band come to town,” Smith said.
Buffett continues to maintain his especially large following in Cincinnati — where the term for his fan-following, Parrotheads, was allegedly coined — but excitement over his summertime visits has lessened somewhat over the years.
This article appears in Jan 9-16, 2019.