Donna the Buffalo Concert History

Donna the Buffalo is an American band from Trumansburg, New York, that formed in 1989. Their eclectic and often socially-conscious music has it's base in traditional mountain music and is infused with elements of Cajun/ zydeco, rock, folk, reggae, and country. The group’s core are vocalists Tara Nevins, who plays fiddle, guitar, accordion, and scrubboard, and guitarist Jeb Puryear. Keyboardist Dave McCracken, bassist Jay Sanders, and drummer Vic Stafford complete the ensemble.

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Donna the Buffalo Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 44)

Date Concert Venue Location
May 23, 2014 –
May 25, 2014
Dark Star Jubilee
Rumpke Mountain Boys / Dark Star Orchestra / Yonder Mountain String Band / Galactic / The Devil Makes Three / Keller Williams w/ More than a Little / The Werks / The Ragbirds / Donna the Buffalo / Ultraviolet Hippopotamus / Everyone Orchestra / Orgone / Cornmeal / Anders Osbourne Show all bands
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Legend Valley Thornville, Ohio, United States
May 19, 2014
Rusted Root / Donna the Buffalo Bergen Performing Arts Ctr. Englewood, New Jersey, United States
May 17, 2014
Donna the Buffalo / Big Dudee Roo The Intersection Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Show Duplicate for May 17, 2014
May 16, 2014
Donna the Buffalo / Driftwood Rex Theater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Apr 27, 2014
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Claire Lynch / Nora Jane Struthers / Donna the Buffalo / The Kruger Brothers / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Sheila Kay Adams / Banknotes / Buffalo Barfield / Riley Baugus / Rory Block / Roy Book Binder / Laura Boosinger / Fiona Boyes / The Deadly Gentlemen / Eleanor Ellis / Mary Flower / Mitch Greenhill / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Jim Lauderdale / Jack Lawrence / Jeff Little / Local Boys / The Moore Brothers / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Del Rey / Carol Rifkin / Tut Taylor / Niall Toner / Happy Traum / The Waybacks / Charles Welch / Pete & Joan Wernick / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts / Dailey & Vincent / Jimmy Fortune / The Fox Fire / Watchhouse / Bill Mathis / Joe Penland / ToneBlazers / Merle Haggard / The Barefoot Movement Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Show Duplicate for Apr 27, 2014
Apr 26, 2014
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Claire Lynch / Della Mae / The Steel Wheels / Nora Jane Struthers / Donna the Buffalo / The Kruger Brothers / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Sheila Kay Adams / Bailey Mountain Cloggers / Banknotes / Buffalo Barfield / Riley Baugus / Rory Block / Roy Book Binder / Laura Boosinger / Fiona Boyes / Alison Brown / Buncombe Turnpike / Sam Bush / Cockman Family / The Deadly Gentlemen / Eleanor Ellis / Mary Flower / Mitch Greenhill / Wayne Henderson / High Valley / Bob Hill / I Draw Slow / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Mark Johnson / Larry Keel And Natural Bridge / Jim Lauderdale / Jack Lawrence / Emory Lester / Jeff Little / Local Boys / Andy May / The Moore Brothers / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Tim O'Brien / Del Rey / Carol Rifkin / Peter Rowan / Sanctum Sully / Darrell Scott / Scythian / The Sigmon Stringers / Sleepy Man / Joe Smothers / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / The South Carolina Broadcasters / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Steep Canyon Rangers / Sutton, Holt & Coleman / Tut Taylor / Niall Toner / Town Mountain / Happy Traum / The Waybacks / Charles Welch / Pete & Joan Wernick / Roland White / Blake Williams / Keller Williams / Tony Williamson / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts / The Barefoot Movement / Nu-Blu Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Show Duplicate for Apr 26, 2014
Apr 25, 2014
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Sheila Kay Adams / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Balsam Range / The Barefoot Movement / Buffalo Barfield / Rory Block / Roy Book Binder / Alison Brown / Buncombe Turnpike / Cockman Family / Donna the Buffalo / The Duhks / Josh Farrow / Mary Flower / Wayne Henderson / Bob Hill / The Hillbenders / I Draw Slow / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Mark Johnson / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / The Kruger Brothers / Jim Lauderdale / Jack Lawrence / Emory Lester / Jeff Little / Local Boys / Locust Honey String Band / Lonesome River Band / Andy May / Misty River / Nu-Blu / Tim O'Brien / Joe Penland / Missy Raines / Red June / Carol Rifkin / Peter Rowan / Darrell Scott / Scythian / The Sigmon Stringers / Steve and Ruth Smith / Joe Smothers / Todd Snider / The South Carolina Broadcasters / The Steel Wheels / Steep Canyon Rangers / Sutton, Holt & Coleman / Tut Taylor / ToneBlazers / Happy Traum / The Travelin' McCourys / Volume Five / The Waybacks / Pete & Joan Wernick / Shannon Whitworth / Keller Williams / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts / Old Crow Medicine Show Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Show Duplicate for Apr 25, 2014
Apr 19, 2014
Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival
"Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival" / The Brothers Comatose / Ben Sollee / Donna the Buffalo / Elizabeth Cook / Del McCoury Band / Spam Allstars / The Barefoot Movement / MC Yogi / Baloji & L'Orchestra de la Katuba / Leyla McCalla
Shakori Hills Community Center Silk Hope, North Carolina, United States
Apr 18, 2014
Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival
"Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival" / The Brothers Comatose / Donna the Buffalo / Elizabeth Cook / Spam Allstars / Indigo Girls / Baloji & L'Orchestra de la Katuba / Leyla McCalla
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Shakori Hills Community Center Silk Hope, North Carolina, United States
Apr 17, 2014 –
Apr 20, 2014
Shakori Hills Grassroots Music and Arts Festival 2014
Indigo Girls / The Dirty Dozen Brass Band / MC Yogi / Del McCoury Band / Donna the Buffalo / Driftwood / JP Harris / Morning Brigade / The Clockwork Kids
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Shakori Hills Grassroots Music and Arts Festival 2014 Pittsboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 11, 2014
Old Settler's Music Festival
"Old Settler's Music Festival" / Bob Schneider / Jeff Bridges & The Abiders / Shovels & Rope / North Mississippi Allstars / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Donna the Buffalo / St. Paul and The Broken Bones / The Deadly Gentlemen / Humming House / Red Wine Show all bands
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Salt Lick Pavilion Driftwood, Texas, United States
Apr 10, 2014
"Old Settler's Music Festival" / Donna the Buffalo / Parker Millsap / Wood & Wire / St. Paul and The Broken Bones / Front Country

Old Settler's Music Festival

Salt Lick Pavilion Driftwood, Texas, United States
Mar 30, 2014
McDowell Mountain Music Festival
"McDowell Mountain Music Festival" / Ben Harper / Charlie Musselwhite / Dwight Yoakam / G. Love & Special Sauce / Donna the Buffalo / West Water Outlaws
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Margaret T. Hance Park Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Show Duplicate for Mar 30, 2014
Mar 29, 2014
Donna the Buffalo South Broadway Cultural Center Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Mar 28, 2014
Donna the Buffalo The Oriental Theater Denver, Colorado, United States
Mar 27, 2014
Donna the Buffalo Etown Hall Boulder, Colorado, United States
Mar 26, 2014
The Deadwood Saints / Donna the Buffalo
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Hodi's Half Note Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Mar 23, 2014
Suwannee Springfest 2014
The Avett Brothers / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Punch Brothers / Marc Broussard / Greensky Bluegrass / Aoife O'Donovan / Anders Osborne / Steep Canyon Rangers / Town Mountain / Donna the Buffalo / Luther Dickinson / Holy Ghost Tent Revival / Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters / Rumpke Mountain Boys / The Whiskey Gentry / Southern Soul Assembly / Sam Bush Band / The Royal Tinfoil / New 76ers / Big Cosmo / Habanero Honeys / Jeff Mosier / Uproot Hootennany / Jackson Vegas Show all bands
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Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Show Duplicates for Mar 23, 2014
Mar 22, 2014
Suwannee Spring Reunion
"Suwannee Spring Reunion" / Sam Bush / Donna the Buffalo / sosos / The Avett Brothers / Rosco Bandana / Greensky Bluegrass / Del McCoury Band / Jim Lauderdale / Beartoe / Steep Canyon Rangers / Grant Peeples / The Honeycutters / Aoife O'Donovan / Rev. Jeff Mosier / The Whetherman / Tammerlin Show all bands
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Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Live Oak, Florida, United States
Feb 23, 2014
Virginia Key Grassroots Festival Of Music & Dance
"Virginia Key Grassroots Festival Of Music & Dance" / Elizabeth Cook / Donna the Buffalo / Spam Allstars / Richie Stearns / Rosie Newton / Nag Champayons / Monsieur Perine / Keith Secola / Annie Wenz / Jim Lauderdale
Virginia Key Beach Park Miami, Florida, United States

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All Good Music Festival 2011
Jul 14 - 17, 2011
 Masontown, West Virginia, United States
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 Masontown, West Virginia, United States
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 Sellersville, Pennsylvania, United States
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 Sellersville, Pennsylvania, United States
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 Darien Center, New York, United States
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 Darien Center, New York, United States
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Apr 23 - 26, 2026
 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Apr 23 - 26, 2026
 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Apr 23 - 26, 2026
 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Jun 21 - 23, 2002
 Manchester, Tennessee, United States
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Jun 21 - 23, 2002
 Manchester, Tennessee, United States
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May 22 - 24, 2026
 Thornville, Ohio, United States
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Genres:

Rock
Folk
Country
Bluegrass
Americana
Jam Band
Newgrass
Progressive Bluegrass
Zydeco
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Jam
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2026 47 concerts
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2024 72 concerts
2023 83 concerts
2022 56 concerts
2021 28 concerts
2020 17 concerts
2019 91 concerts
2018 89 concerts
2017 96 concerts
2016 67 concerts
2015 94 concerts
2014 75 concerts
2013 91 concerts
2012 97 concerts
2011 99 concerts
2010 86 concerts
2009 65 concerts
2008 79 concerts
2007 63 concerts
2006 92 concerts
2005 120 concerts
2004 72 concerts
2003 69 concerts
2002 77 concerts
2001 75 concerts
2000 68 concerts
1999 70 concerts
1998 40 concerts
1997 45 concerts
1996 45 concerts
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1994 3 concerts
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