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As an alternative to the Denver market, AEG is now promoting shows at the 27,500-acre Terry Bison Ranch just north of the Colorado-Wyoming border where there s a more relaxed approach to the pandemic.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. Taking the stage not far from trucks roaring down Interstate 25 in Cheyenne, Wyo., with the faint smell of manure in the air, Subtronics announced to a fist-pumping EDM crowd packed into a general-admission pit: I m going to cry! We re really back right now. Is this real?
Despite the unusual location, at the 27,500-acre Terry Bison Ranch just north of the Colorado-Wyoming border, the windy Friday-night show drew 2,000 kids in neon and fishnets and mostly felt “normal” after nearly 14 months of COVID-19 isolation. AEG Presents Denver office promoted the show here, in part because Gov.
Emmylou Harris, the Sam Bush Band and Greensky Bluegrass are among the acts on the 2021 Telluride Bluegrass Festival lineup. The beloved event returns for its 47th annual installment next month, albeit in different form than usual as Telluride Bluegrass will be held at limited capacity over two weeks at Telluride Town Park in Telluride, Colorado June 11 – 13 and June 17 – 20.
Attendance will be capped at 2,500 people per day. “Corrals” spanning 12 feet in every direction will be set up throughout Town Park with each holding 10 festivalgoers. Limited camping will be available.
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The first weekend will feature performances from Greensky Bluegrass, the Sam Bush Band,
Article Contributed by conqueroo | Published on Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Bringing some much-needed good news to music fans across the country, the Mighty Roots Music, LLC today announced its lineup for the inaugural
Mighty Roots Music Festival to be held Friday, October 1 and Saturday, October 2 on historic Stovall Farms, just outside of Clarksdale, Miss., and 70 miles south of Memphis, Tenn. The lineup delivers a diverse array of roots-music performers and a unique experience on the site of the old Stovall Gin Company cotton gin complex and farm where Muddy Waters grew up.
Friday’s lineup will feature Jamaican-born Mystic Bowie, also known as the lead singer of the 1980s Talking Heads side project Tom Tom Club. Bowie’s Talking Dreads performance will highlight not only his Jamaican musical heritage, but also his unique fusion of reggae and Talking Heads classics. Also Friday are The Minks, a Nashville-based “psychedelic-bloos” band; Mississippi native
Saturday will highlight two of Americana music’s brightest stars: headliner
Deer Tick, a band known for strong songwriting, excellent music, an avid fan base developed over the course of eight albums, and a bio that simply states, “Deer Tick likes to rock out”; and fan favorite
Keller Williams, an artist often described as a “one-man jam-band” and known for his collaborations with Yonder Mountain String Band, String Cheese Incident, and Umphrey’s McGee.
Saturday’s line-up also includes the esteemed Texas-born Americana singer-songwriter
Radney Foster; Jackson, Miss. bluesman
Jarekus Singleton; Harrison AR bluegrass band
National Park Radio; Austin blues rockers
Article Contributed by The Regime | Published on Friday, April 23, 2021
WinterWonderGrass, known for its mix of eclectic bluegrass and Americana artists, local and regional craft brews and world-class skiing and riding, announces today that jamgrass pioneers, Yonder Mountain String Band will be returning to the Colorado festival, marking their first appearance with their new lineup configuration.
WinterWonderGrass is traditionally held at Steamboat Resort in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The event, as previously announced, will take place on the weekend of February 25-27, 2022 and will feature headliner Trampled by Turtles as well as Sierra Hull. Once again, along with this announcement of Sierra Hull, WinterWonderGrass is pleased to offer a very limited allotment of GA tickets (VIPs are sold out and available exclusively via the exchange powered by Lyte); on sale now at www.winterwondergrass.com/steamboat. The Festival will be announcing one act per month as we ramp up to