Festivals

Join me on Sunday, September 12th at 8pm EDT to celebrate the release of my first bluegrass album in over 20 years, My Bluegrass Heart. This stream features the band's debut performance live from RockyGrass in Lyons, CO and highlights a new generation of bluegrass players including fiddlist Michael Cleveland, mandolin virtuoso Sierra Hull, multi-instrumentalist Justin Moses, bassist Mark Schatz, and guitarist Bryan Sutton.

The inaugural Days Between Festival, celebrating the legacy of late-Grateful Dead patriarch Jerry Garcia and the musical score he left embedded in our soul, was upbeat and a resounding success in northern Mendocino County, California on August 6 and 7, even amidst the rage of north-state wildfires and Covid-19 pandemic 2.0. Proof of vaccination or a negative, very-recent Covid test were required for entry.

Keeping its eye on the horizon in 2020, DUSK is excited to announce that it will be returning to Downtown Tucson, November 13th and 14th, 2021.

Today, Powabunga Music & Arts Festival announces its return to the picturesque Rocky Mountains on December 9th - 12th, 2021 at Ford Park in Vail, CO. Featuring headliners Rüfüs Du Sol and Bob Moses, the music and mountain festival promises to bring a fun-filled weekend to kick off the winter season in the Vail Valley.

Last week, GMP Live announced a brand-new festival that will take over the North Beach Bandshell in Miami Beach, FL this December 10th and 11th, and today, they have revealed the all-star lineup.

Central Florida’s boutique music and arts festival, Orange Blossom Revue, has announced the artist schedule for its 2021 event. Conveniently situated between Tampa and Orlando on the picturesque grounds of Lake Wailes Park, the 7th annual festival will coalesce live performances by some of roots music’s most celebrated artists, premier local food vendors and water-side fun on the weekend of December 3-4, 2021.

Keeping with a longstanding tradition of MerleFest’s all-hands-on-deck late night jam, MerleFest, presented by Window World, is happy to announce their 2021 installment of the after-hours jamboree: Gulf Breeze: Songs Of The Third Coast. Co-presented by Music City Roots and hosted by the eclectic and enthralling Shinyribs, this year’s late night jam will focus on music from the broadly varied traditions along our countries third coast.

This coming December, GMP Live will present the inaugural North Beach Music Festival (NBMF) at Miami Beach, FL's historic open-air art deco amphitheater, the North Beach Bandshell. Over December 10th and 11th, some of the modern music scene's greatest improvisational rock bands, jam bands and funk bands will descend upon the Bandshell, and the adjacent Bandshell Park, for performances over two stages.

The Town and the City Festival has released the show-by-show schedule for the two-day music and arts festival in Lowell, Massachusetts set for Friday, October 22nd and Saturday, October 23rd, 2021. In addition, several new acts have been announced for the lineup which includes more than 50 acts performing at 12 different venues. Advance Single Day Passes for the walkable festival are just $35 and will go on sale this Friday, August 6th at 10:00AM. Single show tickets will also go on sale this Friday.

The long-awaited 23rd Rhythm & Roots Music, Dance and Food Festival will resume Sept. 3-5 at Ninigret Park with much-loved headliners, a jam band extravaganza, festival fan favorites and new voices that reflect the always-changing nature of roots music.

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