Upcoming Bluegrass Related Events

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The Page Turners

Best Video 1842 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT

Carloyn Kendrick fiddle and Jake Howard mandolin are an award winning duo, originally from Boston and now living in Austin, TX. 2016 FreshGrass Festival best duo winners. Bluegrass, old blues and original tunes in a catchy style.

$20

Jacob Johnson Guitarist

Best Video 1842 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT

Young virtuoso plays, sings, writes great songs and is quite entertaining. Tommy Emmanuel says, "Jacob Rocks!"

$20

New Bedford Folk Festival

New Bedford Whaling National Park New Bedford Historical District, New Bedford , MA

The Zeiterion Theater presents the 23rd Annual New Bedford Folk Festival from Saturday July 7 through Sunday July 8, 2018 with an impressive lineup of the best in contemporary, Americana, traditional, blues and Celtic folk music. This year the festival includes folk legend Tom Rush, singer-songwriters Cheryl Wheeler, Garnet Rogers and John Gorka, Americana-bluegrass band Mile Twelve, the folk-fusion Laura Love Duo, Blues masters Paul Rishell and Annie Raines, Hubbie Jenkins of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the Celtic-Jazz sounds of the Jeremy Kittel Trio and many more. The New Bedford Folk Festival presents over 90 shows on 8 stages. The festival runs from 11 am to 9 pm both days and is located in the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center and throughout the 11 blocks of historic downtown New Bedford and the Whaling National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Performers are presented in concerts and in the popular festival “workshops” which feature 3 or 4 performers or groups on stage at the same time in one-time, unique shows. Thousands of people from New England and across the nation attend the festival over the weekend, making it a major destination for this summer weekend. This year’s festival promises an exciting and memorable celebration which shows the city of New Bedford at its best.

$22.50 – $125

Local Freight at Wayland COA

Wayland Town Building 41 Cochituate Road, Wayland, MA

Join us for a free, summer evening concert in the courtyard at the Wayland, MA town building. Bring a chair or blanket, and a friend or neighbor! Everyone is welcome! In the event of rain, this event will move indoors. Wayland COA Summer Concert Series 41 Cochituate Rd, Wayland, MA 7:00-8:00pm More information: https://www.localfreightband.com/

Free

North Carolina bluegrass band Town Mountain

Best Video 1842 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT

Raw, soulful, and with plenty of swagger, Town Mountain has earned raves for their hard-driving sound, their songwriting, and the honky-tonk edge that permeates their exhilarating live performances.

$20

Smuttynose Bluegrass Festival

Smuttynose 105 Towle Farm Rd, Hampton, NH

Bluegrass, great food, and craft beer!  What could be better? Join SOUTHERN RAIL at the FIRST ANNUAL SMUTTYNOSE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL, presented by the acclaimed Smuttynose Brewery and Hayseed Restaurant.  Music runs 2-8.

Southern Rail Fresh Strawberry Concert at the Wayside Inn

Wayside Inn 72 Wayside Inn Rd, Sudbury, MA

Southern Rail' s music is a no-holds-barred, high energy exuberant blend of upbeat bluegrass and happy mayhem, with lush harmonies, irrepressible good humor, and sparkling banjo, guitar, mandolin and bass. Join them for this special Fresh Strawberry Concert at the historic Wayside Inn's Martha-Mary Chapel.  Fresh strawberry shortcake will be served during intermission!  Tickets go fast, so reserve yours today!

$15

Earls of Leicester Presented by Jerry Douglas

City Winery Boston 80 Beverly Street at One Canal, Boston, MA

The Earls of Leicester have discovered a kind of magic that, when harnessed, allows moments once relegated to memories to roar back to life. Old sounds rattle loose chains of space and time that have kept us from forgotten joys and who we once were. Suddenly, as we listen to and watch the Earls pick, saw, and croon, instead of contemplating once upon a time, we are living it. “Many audience members have come up to me after a show and said, ‘I thought that sound was gone,’” says Dobro master Jerry Douglas, the group’s founder. “And that’s just how it struck me when the band rehearsed the first time. I hadn’t heard that sound since Flatt and Scruggs––experienced that meeting in the air of those notes in that particular way. It’s an emotional experience.” The Earls’ lead vocalist Shawn Camp remembers that first rehearsal just as well. “Only eight bars into the music I had to stop everybody because it made my hair stand up––it was so close to what Flatt and Scruggs sounded like,” he says. With their second album Rattle & Roar (Rounder Records), the Earls have conjured up a fresh batch of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs songs, delivered with the Earls’ now signature blend of homage, virtuosity, and perspective. The inimitable Douglas remains the band’s producer and hypnotic Dobroist; blue-ribbon songwriter, singer, and producer Camp still soars on lead vocals and guitar; revered multi-instrumentalist and sideman Jeff White now deftly handles high harmony and mandolin; ace Nashville banjoist Charlie Cushman tackles banjo and guitars; topflight musician Johnny Warren cuts in radiantly on fiddle; and the esteemed Barry Bales, a longtime bandmate of Douglas in Alison Krauss and Union Station, holds … Read More »

Mile Twelve on Wakefield Common – 6:30 p.m.

MA

Free concert. Bring your picnic dinner, blankets, or chairs to Wakefield Common. If Mother Nature is not cooperative, find us at the UU Church, 326 Main St. Wakefield. 01880 Mile Twelve has just been recognized by the IBMA with nominations in two categories in the 2018 Awards: Momentum Award and Instrumental song of the year.  This validates the press they have been earning as a fresh, hard driving young band beautifully walking the line between original and traditional bluegrass. Fast gaining recognition for their outstanding performances in bluegrass and folk circles, Evan Murphy, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Nate Sabat, BB Bowness and David Benedict write captivating songs and daring instrumental pieces from diverse influences. Banjo luminary Tony Trischka says, “Mile Twelve is carrying the bluegrass tradition forward with creativity and integrity.” Info at:   781-246-2836,  [email protected] This event sponsored by the Linden Tree Coffeehouse http://lindentreecoffeehouse.org

Free

Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots Festival

Hunter Park Pig Pen Road, Manchester, VT

A four-day music festival featuring a variety of bluegrass, roots and Americana music from both icons of the industry and innovative up-and-coming artists. Featuring a main stage, dance tent, camping, and more , plus a magical Green Mountain setting!

$40 – $120