VersoFest 2025 Concert Event: The Wallflowers, LIVE at The Westport Library

The Wallflowers, who rose to fame behind their iconic 1996 album Bringing Down the Horse and who have continued to thrive as one of rock’s most dynamic and purposeful bands in the three decades since, will be the headlining act for the VersoFest 2025 concert event.

Doors open at 6:00 (No bags allowed; standing room only; no refunds)

6:30: Opening Act

8:30: The Wallflowers LIVE!

For the past 30 years, the band has stood as a unit dedicated to and continually honing a sound that meshes timeless songwriting and storytelling with a hard-hitting and decidedly modern musical attack. That signature style has been present through the decades, baked into the grooves of smash hits like “One Headlight,” “Three Marlenas,” and “6th Avenue Heartache” from Bringing Down the Horse — as well as a continued outstanding body of work present on standout albums like Breach (2000), Rebel, Sweetheart (2005), and Glad All Over (2012).

In recent years, Jakob Dylan — the Wallflowers’ founding singer, songwriter, and guitarist — has stepped outside the band, first with a pair of acoustic, rootsy records, 2008’s Seeing Things and 2010’s Women + Country, and then with the 2018 film Echo in the Canyon and the accompanying soundtrack, which saw Dylan collaborate with a host of artists classic and contemporary, from Neil Young and Eric Clapton to Beck and Fiona Apple.

Dylan returned to the Wallflowers in 2021 with the release of Exit Wounds, the first collection of new Wallflowers material since Glad All Over, and the band continues to play widely and to ardent crowds. In addition to their stop at the Library, the band will tour this spring and summer tour across the U.S. and Canada, with stops in Arkansas, California, Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, and much more.

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VersoFest is The Westport Library’s annual music and media festival — a forum for media creators, artists, and fans to converge. This year’s festival runs April 3 to April 6.

In addition to the Wallflowers, featured guests include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and National Book Award winner Patti Smith, hardcore punk pioneer Henry Rollins, and longtime David Letterman music director Paul Shaffer. There will also be a symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run, special exhibits by local graffiti artist 5iveFingaz, a weekend kickoff celebration, and a gospel revival, plus workshops and more.

Previous bands to play at VersoFest include established acts the Smithereens and Spin Doctors, rising artists Sunflower Bean and the Lemon Twigs, and local stars Lez Zeppelin.

Host or Publisher The Westport Library