In summer 2014, Spafford toured the Southwest. In 2016, Spafford traveled East of Colorado for their "Breakout Tour". On that tour, they sold out Chicago's Tonic Room for a two-night show in less than two hours. In winter 2017, Spafford toured with Umphrey's McGee for over a dozen shows. They also headlined their own tour simultaneously. Spafford joined Umphrey's McGee again to play five shows for the second leg of their summer 2018 tour. In winter 2018, Spafford kicked off the
For Amusement Only tour with 17 shows across the Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast United States. Spafford also toured from September to November 2017 and returned to their home base in Phoenix, Arizona to play a three-night, sold-out New Year's Eve run at the Crescent Ballroom. The fall tour included more than 30 dates in over 20 states across the U.S. On the 2018 schedule for Spafford was a continuation of the
For Amusement Only tour and
Spafford (2012). They released the first single, "Leave the Light On," from
For Amusement Only on April 4, 2018. The band has also released live albums from songs played on tour, including
A Taste of Fall in 2017. In 2019, Spafford played a 40-show winter tour, spanning across two months from January until March. The tour set the band to cover ground starting in Minnesota, to New York, Florida, and Colorado, out to Washington, and ending in California. The locations are many venues they had played in the prior year; however, across the states the band announced many debuts in venues much larger than those than in 2018. In Asheville, they played the 1,050 capacity Orange Peel after playing the smaller Asheville Music Hall the prior year. Similarly, graduating from the 625-person Terminal West to the 1,000-person Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, Georgia. Spafford confirmed and began a winter tour in 2020, which was cut short in March by the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2020, the band played and live-streamed a socially-distant drive in show in
Mesa, Arizona, one of the first of its kind in the U.S. at the beginning of the pandemic. In December 2020, Spafford played two live New Year's Eve shows and broadcast them to fans across the country. The band returned to the Marquee Theater in Tempe, Arizona, in spring 2021 for two outdoor shows for live audiences. Spafford's fall 2021 tour included 22 dates in venues across the U.S. In 2022, they played 47 live shows across the U.S., including Red Johnson's final shows with the band on December 30 and 31 at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, AZ. Spafford's first year on tour with Schechtman on the keys, 2023, featured 80 live shows in Spring and Summer, with nearly 30 additional shows booked for the remainder of the calendar year. == Festivals ==