Auburn details plans for Zac Bryan concert as Tropical Storm Isaias nears

Alabama Life & CultureZach Bryan performs at the Railbird Music Festival on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Lexington, Ky. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)Amy Harris/Invision/APBy Amber Sutton | asutton@al.comGet your cowboy boots and ponchos ready, country music fans. While the threat of extreme weather looms, Zach Bryan’s concert set for Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn is still on at this time. “We continue to closely monitor the weather in coordination with the National Weather Service in Birmingham and our local partners,” a spokesperson for Auburn told AL.com around noon on Wednesday. “At this time, the Zach Bryan concert remains on as scheduled. We will continue to monitor conditions and communicate any necessary updates.”The outdoor concert is slated to take place at 7 p.m. CST with gates opening at 5 p.m. CST.Auburn University announced the country music star would bring his “With Heaven on Tour” to Jordan-Hare Stadium in November 2025. Bryan will be joined by Gregory Alan Isakov and Gabriella Rose, and the performance will be the final stop for the more-than-40-date tour.In April, Bryan’s concert at The University of Tulsa’s H.A. Chapman Stadium was canceled due to “forecasted severe weather conditions.”“To my fellow Oklahomans, I am being forced by my team to cancel the show tonight due to the threat of extreme and dangerous weather,” Bryan wrote on X at the time, according to K99. “I’ve never canceled a show in my life but I unfortunately don’t have a choice in the matter.”The latest updates on Tropical Storm Isaias, the ninth named storm of 2026 in the Atlantic, show it is likely to become a hurricane soon and peak as a Category 2. It shows the center of the storm making landfall near Baldwin County or Pensacola, Fla., by late Friday night or early Saturday morning.Fans pack Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., for the Argentina vs. Iceland World Cup Friendly soccer game, Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Will McLelland | AL.com)Will McLellandThe concert isn’t the only Alabama event at risk of being delayed, rescheduled or canceled due to Isaias. On Tuesday morning, The 53rd annual National Shrimp Festival in Gulf Shores, which was set to take place Thursday through Sunday, was called off. In addition, officials are keeping a close eye on the weather ahead of the Alabama-Georgia game, which has a 6:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday in Tuscaloosa.On Tuesday, ABC 33/40 Chief Meteorologist James Spann mentioned the Zach Bryan concert among other events the weather could greatly impact.“We’ve got potential for a hurricane making landfall in Mobile Bay,” Spann told AL.com. “...You got the big (Zach Bryan) concert at Auburn...I mean, you could not … it’s gonna be a nightmare.”Amber Sutton is a writer for This is Alabama/AL.com and has worked in Alabama journalism for nearly ten years. She started her work with Alabama Media Group in 2012, first as a Montgomery reporter before later...