Jon Batiste brings the ‘The Big Money Tour: Jon Batiste Plays America’ to Orlando on October 10
- Alastair Mac
- Oct 9
- 2 min read
Jon Batiste will bring his electrifying live show to Orlando on October 10, marking only his second-ever headlining run.
Multi-Grammy and Academy Award winner Jon Batiste is bringing ‘The Big Money Tour: Jon Batiste Plays America’ to Orlando this weekend.
Batiste will take to the stage at Dr Phillips Center's Walt Disney Theater on October 10, 2025.
Batiste invites audiences to join him in a musical odyssey that stretches from Bach and Beethoven to blues, jazz, hip‑hop, and beyond.
Tickets are still available.
The tour comes on the heels of performing the national anthem at this year’s Super Bowl and “Beethoven Blues,” which reimagined the famed German pianist’s work and debuted No. 1 on Billboard’s classical albums chart.
Batiste, a Louisiana native, is known for his signature rich blend of R&B, hip-hop, swing, jazz and pop. He’s also the former bandleader for the “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
Batiste’s latest project, Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1), released November 2024 via Verve/Interscope, reimagines Beethoven’s masterworks through the lens of the blues—imbuing each movement with fresh rhythmic vitality while honoring the composer’s indomitable spirit. Critics have hailed the album as a brilliant fusion of classical integrity and Batiste’s open‑armed inclusivity (New York Times), and it marks the inaugural installment of his ambitious solo‑piano series.
The pianist’s recent achievements further underscore his artistic versatility. His innovative score for Jason Reitman’s feature Saturday Night, underscored live on set in October 2024, marries jazz, classical, and contemporary textures to conjure the frenetic energy of SNL’s 1975 debut. Batiste also earned an Academy Award nomination (and multiple Grammy nods) for the song “It Never Went Away,” co‑written with Dan Wilson for Matthew Heineman’s Netflix documentary American Symphony.
Batiste’s career milestones include serving as bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015–2022); winning five Grammys—including Album of the Year for We Are (2021), which made history with eleven nominations; and earning an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, NAACP Image Award, and Critics’ Choice Award for co‑composing Pixar’s Soul (2020) alongside Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
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