Author David Sedaris to Tour to 44 Cities Promoting "Happy Go Lucky"

Starting March 30, author David Sedaris ("Me Talk Pretty One Day") will begin on a 44-city world tour. The tour will be promoting his latest book, "Happy Go Lucky."

Sedaris appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" this week to promote the upcoming tour.

From Sedaris' website:

Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to feed to ants, and telling his nonagenarian father wheelchair jokes.

But then the pandemic hits, and like so many others, he’s stuck in lockdown, unable to tour and read for audiences, the part of his work he loves most. To cope, he walks for miles through a nearly deserted city, smelling only his own breath. He vacuums his apartment twice a day, fails to hoard anything, and contemplates how sex workers and acupuncturists might be getting by during quarantine.

As the world gradually settles into a new reality, Sedaris too finds himself changed. His offer to fix a stranger’s teeth rebuffed, he straightens his own, and ventures into the world with new confidence. Newly orphaned, he considers what it means, in his seventh decade, no longer to be someone’s son. And back on the road, he discovers a battle-scarred America: people weary, storefronts empty or festooned with Help Wanted signs, walls painted with graffiti reflecting the contradictory messages of our time: Eat the Rich. Trump 2024. Black Lives Matter.

In Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about these recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all. If we must live in interesting times, there is no one better to chronicle them than the incomparable David Sedaris.

Tour dates listed below:

THU, MAR 30 AT 4:30 PM PDT

Frederick MD An Evening with David Sedaris

Weinberg Center for the Arts

FRI, MAR 31 AT 4:30 PM PDT

Lebanon NH An Evening with David Sedaris

Lebanon Opera House

SAT, APR 1 AT 4:30 PM PDT

New Bedford MA An Evening with David Sedaris

Zeiterion Theatre

SUN, APR 2 AT 4 PM PDT

Boston MA An Evening with David Sedaris

Symphony Hall Boston

MON, APR 3 AT 5 PM PDT

Patchogue NY An Evening with David Sedaris

Patchogue Theatre

TUE, APR 4 AT 4:30 PM PDT

New Brunswick NJ An Evening with David Sedaris

State Theatre New Jersey

THU, APR 6 AT 5 PM PDT

Ashland KY An Evening with David Sedaris

Paramount Arts Center

FRI, APR 7 AT 4 PM PDT

Knoxville TN An Evening with David Sedaris

Bijou Theatre

SAT, APR 8 AT 5 PM PDT

Nashville TN An Evening with David Sedaris

Polk Theatre

TUE, APR 11 AT 4 PM PDT

Chattanooga TN An Evening with David Sedaris

Tivoli Theatre • Walker Theatre • Memorial Auditorium

THU, APR 13 AT 4:30 PM PDT

Greenville SC An Evening with David Sedaris

Peace Center

FRI, APR 14 AT 5 PM PDT

GPB PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS

Miller Theater

SAT, APR 15 AT 8 PM PDT

An Evening With David Sedaris

The BJCC

SUN, APR 16 AT 5 PM PDT

Dallas TX An Evening with David Sedaris

McFarlin Memorial Auditorium - Southern Methodist University

TUE, APR 18 AT 4:30 PM PDT

An Evening With David Sedaris

The State Theatre

State College

WED, APR 19 AT 6:30 PM PDT

David Sedaris

Fisher Theatre

Detroit

THU, APR 20 AT 5 PM PDT

Alpena MI An Evening with David Sedaris

Alpena High School

FRI, APR 21 AT 5:30 PM PD

Iowa City, IA An Evening with David Sedaris

The Englert Theatre

Iowa City

SAT, APR 22 AT 5:30 PM PDT

Iowa City, IA An Evening with David Sedaris

The Englert Theatre

SUN, APR 23 AT 1 PM PDT

Glen Ellyn, IL An Evening with David Sedaris

McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage

MON, APR 24 AT 5 PM PDT

Little Rock AR An Evening with David Sedaris

Robinson Center Music Hall

TUE, APR 25 AT 5 PM PDT

Fayetteville AR An Evening with David Sedaris

Walton Arts Center

WED, APR 26 AT 6:30 PM PDT

Durango CO An Evening with David Sedaris

Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College

THU, APR 27 AT 6:30 PM PDT

Denver CO An Evening with David Sedaris

Paramount Denver

FRI, APR 28 AT 8 PM

Carmel CA An Evening with David Sedaris

Sunset Cultural Center

SAT, APR 29 AT 8:30 PM

Los Angeles CA (Night 1) An Evening with David Sedaris

The Theatre at Ace Hotel DTLA

SUN, APR 30 AT 7:30 PM

Los Angeles CA (Night 2) An Evening with David Sedaris

The Theatre at Ace Hotel DTLA

MON, MAY 1 AT 8 PM

Irvine CA An Evening with David Sedaris

Irvine Barclay Theatre

TUE, MAY 2 AT 8 PM

San Diego CA An Evening with David Sedaris

Balboa Theatre - San Diego

WED, MAY 3 AT 7 PM

Astoria OR An Evening with David Sedaris

Liberty Theatre

THU, MAY 4 AT 8 PM

Napa CA An Evening with David Sedaris

Uptown Theatre Napa

FRI, MAY 5 AT 7 PM PDT

David Sedaris

The Egyptian Theatre

Boise

SAT, MAY 6 AT 6 PM PDT

St. Cloud, MN | An Evening with David Sedaris

Paramount Center for the Arts

MON, MAY 8 AT 6 PM PDT

Eau Claire, WI | An Evening with David Sedaris

Pablo Center at the Confluence

TUE, MAY 9 AT 5 PM PDT

Viroqua WI An Evening with David Sedaris

The Historic Temple Theatre

WED, MAY 10 AT 5:30 PM PDT

An Evening with David Sedaris

Meyer Theatre

FRI, MAY 12 AT 5 PM PDT

An Evening with David Sedaris

Butler Arts & Events Center

SAT, MAY 13 AT 4:30 PM PDT

Pittsfield MA An Evening with David Sedaris

The Colonial Theatre

THU, MAY 18 AT 7 PM

New York, NY (Night 1) An Evening with David Sedaris

The Town Hall

FRI, MAY 19 AT 7 PM

New York, NY (Night 2) An Evening with David Sedaris

SAT, MAY 20 AT 7 PM

New York, NY (Night 3) An Evening with David Sedaris

The Town Hall

TUE, JUN 27 AT 10 AM PDT

Amsterdam Netherlands An Evening with David Sedaris

DeLaMar

· Amsterdam

TUE, JUN 27 AT 10 AM PDT

David Sedaris | Amsterdam

DeLaMar

· Amsterdam

WED, JUN 28 AT 10 AM PDT

Copenhagen Denmark An Evening with David Sedaris

Bremen Teater

SAT, JUL 1 AT 10 AM PDT

Ein Abend mit David Sedaris | Berlin

Urania Berlin

WED, JUL 19 AT 7 PM

Beaver Creek CO An Evening with David Sedaris

Vilar Performing Arts Center

FRI, JUL 21 AT 7 PM

Telluride CO An Evening with David Sedaris

721 W Colorado Ave, Telluride, CO 81435-9145, United States

SAT, OCT 28 AT 6 PM PDT

Fargo, ND | An Evening with David Sedaris

The Fargo Theatre

MON, OCT 30 AT 6 PM PDT

Sioux Falls, SD | An Evening with David Sedaris

Sioux Falls Orpheum Theater Center

THU, NOV 9 AT 7:30 PM

Flagstaff AZ An Evening with David Sedaris

NAU Prochnow Auditorium

FRI, NOV 10 AT 7:30 PM

Portland OR An Evening with David Sedaris

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall