The ‘Baby Shark’ concert tour is bringing the popular viral song to life

Need a way to make your kids really, really, really happy? Here’s some news that just might do the trick: Every child’s favorite song is hitting a stage near you for a 100-city live tour. Yes, we’re talking about “Baby Shark.”

Baby Shark Live! is coming to a ton of U.S. cities (and Canada, eventually) and the first tour dates were just announced.

The pre-sale tickets go on sale this week! The tour kicks off October 3 at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and the last tour stop is the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 10.

We know what you’re thinking. How can a single song (epic as it may be) sustain a whole show? Well, there will be other songs performed too. Your kids can also rock out to favorites like “Five Little Monkeys,” “Wheels on the Bus,” “Jungle Boogie” and “Monkey Banana Dance.”

The show will be produced by Pinkfong (which is the South Korean firm that brought us the tune in the first place) in partnership with Round Room Live. It promises to provide an immersive experience for kids like the live Pinkfong performances that are already happening in other parts of the world.

This represents the song’s next step towards total world domination: In addition to becoming a total musical sensation among children everywhere, there’s already a “Baby Shark” TV show in the works — chalk it all up the fact that there’s a scientific reason why this song is always (always, always) stuck in your head.

Interested in taking your children to see this phenomenon come to life? You can buy tickets here.

We’d recommend acting fast. If through-the-roof YouTube views are any indication, this show is going to sell out faster than you can sing the iconic “doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo” line!

Here is the full list of tour dates:

Oct. 3 – Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium — Spartanburg, SC
Oct. 4 – Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts – Orlando, FL
Oct. 5 – Straz Center – Morsani Hall – Tampa, FL
Oct. 6 – Broward Center for the Performing Arts – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Oct. 7 – Florida Theatre – Jacksonville, FL
Oct. 8 – Saenger Theatre – Pensacola, FL
Oct. 10 – HEB Center – Cedar Park, TX
Oct. 11 – Smart Financial Centre – Sugar Land, TX
Oct. 12 – Comerica Center – Frisco, TX
Oct. 13 – Mahalia Jackson Theater – New Orleans, LA
Oct. 14 – Shreveport Municipal Auditorium – Shreveport, LA
Oct. 15 – BOK Center – Tulsa, OK
Oct. 16 – Majestic Theatre – San Antonio, TX
Oct. 18 – Ikeda Theater – Mesa, AZ
Oct. 19 – Terrace Theater – Long Beach, CA
Oct. 20 – Center for the Performing Arts – San Jose, CA
Oct. 23 – Eccles Theater – Salt Lake City, UT
Oct. 24 – Paramount Theatre – Denver, CO
Oct. 26 – Stifel Theatre – St. Louis, MO
Oct. 27 – Clowes Memorial Hall – Indianapolis, IN
Oct. 29 – Des Moines Civic Center – Des Moines, IA
Oct. 30 – State Theatre – Minneapolis, MN
Nov. 1 – Riverside Theatre – Milwaukee, WI
Nov. 2 – Rosemont Theater – Rosemont, IL
Nov. 3 – Fox Theatre – Detroit, MI
Nov. 4 – Byham Theater – Pittsburgh, PA
Nov. 5 – Santander Performing Arts Center – Reading, PA
Nov. 6 – The Bushnell Performing Arts Center- Hartford, CT
Nov. 7 – Tilles Center – Brookville, NY
Nov. 8 – Kings Theatre – Brooklyn, NY
Nov. 9 – Emerson Colonial Theatre – Boston, MA
Nov. 10 – Academy of Music – Philadelphia, PA

[A version of this post was first published June 18, 2019. It has been updated.]

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