On Saturday, June 1, Sweetwater Performance Pavilion welcomes the progressive-bluegrass jam band Leftover Salmon with special guests The Infamous Stringdusters.
Leftover Salmon have been going strong more than 30 years and are a crucial link in keeping alive the traditional music of the past while pushing that sound forward with their own weirdly unique style.
In 2019, they were profiled in the book Leftover Salmon: Thirty Years of Festival! which chronicled the band’s influential history and their role in the development of the jam band and jam-grass scenes. They even continue to create new music, including 2023’s Grass Roots.
With Nashville, Tennessee-based The Infamous Stringdusters, you’re sure to enjoy this evening for a no-holds barred, bluegrass-infused, Cajun-tinged, high-octane blast of ridiculous fun. Plus, it’s a Saturday night.
Tickets are available at the Sweetwater campus and at sweetwaterpavilion.com and ticketmaster.com.
April in The Garden features acoustic music
Details have surfaced for a new spring event called April in The Garden, a two-day concert series offering some of the best acoustic music around.
The event will take place at The Garden on North Anthony Boulevard on Wednesday, April 24, and Thursday, April 25, with music beginning at 7 p.m. each evening.
The first night will include performances by multi-instrumentalist Rachael Davis of Nashville, Tennessee,and Fort Wayne native Addison Agen. The following evening will see Nashville’s Tall Poppy String Band featuring fiddler George Jackson, guitarist Morgan Harris, and banjoist Cameron DeWhitt, as well as the Scandinavian string trio Northern Resonance.
Tickets for these intimate and limited-seating performances (max 75 tickets) can be purchased through The Garden’s Facebook page..
Plenty of St. Paddy’s music at JK O’Donnell’s
JK O’Donnell’s have announced the music lineup for their St. Patrick’s Day weekend.
On Saturday, March 16, the lineup consists of The Ragtag Bunch from 4-5:30 p.m., Soltre from 6-7:30 p.m., Shiny Shiny Black from 8-9:30 p.m., and James & The Drifters from 10 p.m.-midnight.
On Sunday, it’s the one and only Debutants from 5-8p.m.
This year they will have their party on The Pitch, their new outside bar right behind the pub along the alleyway.
This is a 21-and-over event all weekend with a $5 cover charge each day.
Nita Strauss returns to Piere’s
Guitar wiz Nita Strauss is out on the road supporting her most recent solo album, The Call of the Void, and also fresh off a televised performance of The National Anthem prior to NASCAR’s 2024 Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum.
The Los Angeles-born guitarist recently announced a string of U.S. headlining dates that includes a stop at Piere’s on Tuesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m., where we last saw her in July.
Whether you’ve seen her solo or shredding with Alice Cooper, you are in for a treat.
Dimante and Starbenders will serve as openers. Tickets are available at etix.com and all Wooden Nickel locations.
In addition, Piere’s have also added a couple more shows to their calendar including the metalcore band Heartsick on March 8, pioneers of sludge metal Crowbar on April 6 in Stan’s Room, and Southern Rock Authority: A Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd on April 20.
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