Winter Jam 2009 Tour Spectacular was a concert tour

Concert

A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...

 in the Winter Jam concert series, headlined by Grammy Award winning artist tobyMac

TobyMac

Toby McKeehan , better known by his stage name TobyMac , is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author....

 and hosted by NewSong

NewSong

NewSong is a Contemporary Christian Music group that was founded in 1981, at Morningside Baptist Church in Valdosta, Georgia. They have had eight GMA Dove Award nominations. They are the founders of the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, the United States' largest annual Christian music tour. It began in...

. Other artists on the tour included Brandon Heath

Brandon Heath

Brandon Heath is a contemporary Christian musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released three studio albums: Don't Get Comfortable , What If We and "Leaving Eden" . He is best known for the No. 1 "I'm Not Who I Was" and "Give Me Your Eyes". He was nominated four times at the Dove Awards of...

, Hawk Nelson

Hawk Nelson

Hawk Nelson is a Christian rock band from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become very popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. In 2006 Hawk Nelson won a No...

, Francesca Battistelli

Francesca Battistelli

Francesca Battistelli is an American Christian musician from New York City, New York. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, Just a Breath, in 2004. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, My Paper Heart, was released on July 22, 2008...

, pureNRG

PureNRG

PureNRG were a Christian pop group from Nashville, Tennessee. They were signed to Fervent Records in March 2007. In 2008 Warner Bros. Records signed pureNRG...

, and Stephanie Smith

Stephanie Smith

Stephanie Smith is an American Contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter. She is signed to Gotee Records. Her first studio album, Not Afraid, was released on May 27, 2008 digitally and in stores on December 23, 2008. She received national attention on the Winter Wonder Slam tour with...

. Playing select dates were Family Force 5

Family Force 5

Family Force 5 is a Christian crunk rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. They consist of Solomon "Soul Glow Activatur" Olds, Jacob "Crouton" Olds, Joshua "Fatty" Olds, Nathan "Nadaddy" Currin, and Derek "Chap Stique" Mount...

, The Afters

The Afters

The Afters are a Christian rock band founded by Joshua Havens and Matt Fuqua. Havens and Fuqua first worked together in a Starbucks coffee shop in Mesquite, Texas, where they played for customers, before deciding to form a band. They added Brad Wigg and Marc Dodd, who were also employed at the same...

, and BarlowGirl

BarlowGirl

BarlowGirl is an American Christian rock–CCM all-female band from Chicago, Illinois. The band is composed of sisters Alyssa , Rebecca , and Lauren Barlow . The band has won several awards in their genre; their song "Never Alone" was the longest running No...

. Tony Nolan was the speaker for the event. The tour kicked off in Roanoke, VA on January 8, 2009 and ended on March 15, 2009 in Nashville, TN. The event was sponsored by Holt International, an international adoption agency.

An all-time single show attendance record for the Winter Jam concert series was set in Greensboro, NC on February 21, 2009 with over 20,000 in attendance.

Tour dates

Date	City	Venue
January
January 8, 2009	Roanoke	Roanoke Civic Center
January 9, 2009	Chattanooga	UTC McKenzie Arena
January 10, 2009	Fayetteville	Crown Coliseum
January 11, 2009	Charlotte	Time Warner Cable Arena
January 15, 2009	Augusta	James Brown Arena James Brown Arena The James Brown Arena is a multi-purpose complex, in Augusta, Georgia.It features an 8,500 seat arena, renamed the James Brown Arena, in honor of musician James Brown on August 22, 2006...
January 16, 2009	Tallahassee	Leon County Civic Center Leon County Civic Center Donald L. Tucker Center is a 13,800 seat multi-purpose arena in Tallahassee, Florida, located within the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center. The arena opened in 1981 and was built at a cost of $33.8 million, financed by the city. It has hosted WCW and WWE, and men's and women's basketball...
January 17, 2009	Tampa	Sun Dome
January 18, 2009	Macon	Macon Coliseum Macon Coliseum The Macon Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena and convention center in Macon, Georgia, United States. It was home to the Macon Whoopee and Macon Trax ice hockey teams and also the Macon Knights arena football team until 2006. It is currently home to the Georgia Gwizzlies, a basketball team that plays...
January 23, 2009	Peoria	Peoria Civic Center Peoria Civic Center Peoria Civic Center is a convention center located next to Peoria City Hall in downtown Peoria, Illinois. USA. It has an arena, a theater, an exhibit hall, and meeting rooms...
January 24, 2009	Des Moines	Veterans Memorial Auditorium Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Des Moines) Veterans Memorial Auditorium is an arena in Des Moines, Iowa, that is part of the Iowa Events Center complex. It opened on February 1, 1955, and was named to honor the World War II veterans of Polk County. It has 7,227 permanent seats, with the capacity to add an additional 4,000 seats for concerts...
January 25, 2009	St. Charles	Family Arena Family Arena The Family Arena is a multi-purpose arena in St. Charles, Missouri, built in 1999. The arena seats 9,643 for hockey, 9,755 for football, 10,467 for basketball, 6,339 for half-house concerts and up to 11,522 for end-stage concerts...
January 29, 2009	Cincinnati	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati Gardens The Cincinnati Gardens is an indoor sports and entertainment arena located in Cincinnati, Ohio, that opened in 1949. The 25,000 square foot brick and limestone building, whose entrance is decorated with six three-dimensional carved athletic figures, was modeled after Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto,...
January 30, 2009	Cleveland	Wolstein Center Wolstein Center The Bert L. & Iris S. Wolstein Convocation Center is an indoor arena located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It replaced the Woodling Gym...
January 31, 2009	Columbus, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...	Schottenstein Center
February
February 5, 2009	Southaven	DeSoto Civic Center DeSoto Civic Center The DeSoto Civic Center is an 8,400-seat multi-purpose arena in Southaven, Mississippi. It was built in 2000. It is home to the Mississippi RiverKings, a team in the Southern Professional Hockey League....
February 6, 2009	Little Rock	Alltell Arena
February 7, 2009	Birmingham	BJCC Arena
February 8, 2009	Duluth	Gwinnett Center Arena
February 13, 2009	Greenville	BI-LO Center Bi-Lo Center The BI-LO Center is an arena located in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, that is used for concerts, football, and hockey. The arena is currently used by the Greenville Force of the Southern Indoor Football League and the Greenville Road Warriors of the ECHL.- History :The BI-LO Center was...
February 14, 2009	Jacksonville	Veteran's Memorial Arena Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena The Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena is a 15,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Jacksonville, Florida. It was built in 2003 as part of Mayor John Delaney's Better Jacksonville Plan to replace the outdated Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum....
February 15, 2009	Mobile	Mitchell Center Mitchell Center Mitchell Center is a 10,041-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. It was completed in 1998 and is the home court for University of South Alabama Jaguars basketball teams...
February 20, 2009	Columbia	Colonial Life Center
February 21, 2009	Greensboro	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro Coliseum The Greensboro Coliseum Complex is an entertainment complex located in College Hill neighborhood of Greensboro, North Carolina. Opening in 1959, the arena was one of the largest venues in the South, with a seating capacity of over 7,000...
February 22, 2009	Norfolk	Nofolk Scope Arena
February 26, 2009	Oklahoma City	Ford Center
February 27, 2009	Tulsa	Mabee Center Mabee Center Mabee Center is an 11,300-seat multi-purpose arena, located on the campus of Oral Roberts University, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.An adjacent building, smaller but similar in shape, is known as "Baby Mabee" and houses a television production studio....
February 28, 2009	Wichita	Charles Koch Arena Charles Koch Arena Charles Koch Arena , popularly known as The Roundhouse, is a 10,506-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. It is home to the Wichita State Shockers men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball teams....
March
March 1, 2009	Council Bluffs	Mid-America Center Mid-America Center The Mid-America Center is an arena and convention center located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, just five minutes from downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The arena's maximum capacity is about 8,000 for concerts and 6,700 for ice hockey and arena football. The arena continues to provide free parking.It is the...
March 6, 2009	Knoxville	Thompson-Boling Arena Thompson-Boling Arena Thompson-Boling Arena is multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The arena opened in 1987. It is home to the Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Vols basketball teams. Since 2008, it has been home to the Lady Vol volleyball team. It is named after B....
March 7, 2009	Lexington	Rupp Arena Rupp Arena Rupp Arena is an arena located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. Since its opening in 1976, it has been the centerpiece of Lexington Center, a convention and shopping facility owned by an arm of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, and serves as home court to the University of...
March 8, 2009	Tupelo	BancorpSouth Center BancorpSouth Center BancorpSouth Arena, formerly Tupelo Coliseum, and BancorpSouth Center, until December 2006, is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena, near downtown Tupelo, Mississippi, named for the locally based , a large multi-state commercial banking company....
March 12, 2009	Grand Rapids	Van Andel Arena Van Andel Arena The Van Andel Arena is a 10,834-seat multi-purpose arena, situated in the Heartside district, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. After a $75 million construction effort, the arena opened on October 8, 1996 and since has attracted over five million patrons. It is home to the popular Grand Rapids Griffins...
March 13, 2009	Fort Wayne	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Allen County War Memorial Coliseum The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is a 13,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Fort Wayne, Indiana, initially built in 1952 for nearly $3 million in Fort Wayne's Johnny Appleseed Park. The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum was originally designed to seat 8,000 for hockey or 10,240 for basketball...
March 14, 2009	Ypsilanti	EMU Convocation Center
March 15, 2009	Nashville	Sommet Center