Savannah Bananas bring the 2025 Banana Ball World Tour to Truist Park

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Members of the Savannah Bananas dance before a game against the Party Animals at Fenway Park on June 8, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images)

ATLANTA – Get ready to eat bananas, Atlanta.

The Savannah Bananas have announced their 2025 Banana Ball World Tour and the team is heading to Truist Park.

The team, which has packed stadiums across the country with its baseball games, will play two games at the Braves' home stadium on March 29 and 30.

This year, the team will bring the fun to NFL stadiums, May 10 to Nissan Stadium in Nashville, the 69,000-seat home of the Tennessee Titans, and then to Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, home of the Tennessee Titans , with the 75,000-seat Carolina Panthers, on June 7.

The Bananas will also play 30 games in their hometown of Savannah, the quirky coastal Georgia town where they were founded in 2016. They play at the 5,000-seat Grayson Stadium, which opened in 1926.

“It’s our home,” said team owner Jesse Cole. “We have more than 200 people traveling with us around the country, but we always come back to Savannah. It’s by far the smallest stadium we play in, but it’s where it all started for us.”

The Bananas will have a new opponent next season as a team called the Texas Tailgaters will join the Party Animals and Firefighters. Cole now plans to start his own circuit, the Banana Ball Championship League, with two more teams joining in 2026.

Since games are in high demand, the team has developed a lottery system that offers the opportunity to purchase tickets.

You can register for the lottery here. The raffle takes place approximately two months before the event.

The full schedule for the coming season can be found here.

Who are the Savannah Bananas?

The Bananas, which began as a summer league team for college players, have become a tour sensation with their carnival-like version of the game, which features choreographed dance routines, players on stilts and unusual rules like counting outs if a fan catches one Foul ball in the stands.

Rules include: a two-hour time limit for games, no bunting, batters have the opportunity to steal first, no leaving the box, no mound visits, and a scoring system that awards a point to the team that sets the ball in each Score the most runs in the inning.

The team quickly gained a following through social media platforms like TikTok. The team's crazy videos have attracted around 2 million followers on Instagram – 200,000 more than Major League Baseball's best team, the Atlanta Braves.

During their 2024 season, the Bananas played to sellout crowds at major league ballparks in Houston, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston and Cleveland. Another full house is expected next week with another game at Miami Marlins Stadium.