Tribute supergroup Toy Factory Project has announced a New Year's Eve country concert honoring late Marshall Tucker Band songwriter and guitarist Toy Caldwell. The show comes to Atlanta's Fox Theatre on Dec. 31.
Led by Marshall Tucker Band founding drummer Paul T. Riddle, Toy Factory Project is an all-star lineup featuring guitarist and vocalist Marcus King, bassist Oteil Burbridge of Dead & Company and the Allman Brothers Band, guitarist and vocalist Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke, and keyboardist Josh Shilling of Wynonna Judd's band. Fiddler and mandolinist Sam Bush and percussionist Jimmy Rector will also join for the New Year's Eve show.
Toy Factory Project made its live debut at the 2025 Telluride Bluegrass Festival and has played a steady run of shows throughout 2026 ahead of the Fox Theatre date, a venue where Widespread Panic has rung in the New Year for most of the past decade.
"I'm counting down the days until I can see everyone and we get to play at the Fox," Riddle said. "It's one of my favorite places to play!"
Presales for the show begin Wednesday, Aug. 26, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday, Aug. 28, at 10 a.m. local time. The date is tracked on the tour guide.
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- Toy Factory Project plays Atlanta's Fox Theatre Dec. 31
- Led by MTB founding drummer Paul T. Riddle
- Lineup includes Marcus King, Oteil Burbridge, Charlie Starr, Josh Shilling
- Sam Bush and Jimmy Rector join for the NYE show
- Band debuted at the 2025 Telluride Bluegrass Festival
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