Hot Rize Concert History

Hot Rize is approaching its 30th year in the bluegrass history book. After not performing for three years following the death of original member, flat-picking extraordinaire Charles Sawtelle, the band regrouped in 2002 with Bryan Sutton added on guitar. Hot Rize has done five years of shows with its current lineup and has been delivering its high-energy, soulful, and unique sound to fans old and new. Though many years from its full-time touring period of 1978-1990...

Date Concert Venue Location
Dec 09, 2014
Hot Rize GRAMMY Museum Los Angeles, California, United States
Nov 23, 2014
Hot Rize City Winery Chicago Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nov 22, 2014
Hot Rize Finkelman Auditorium Middletown, Ohio, United States
Nov 21, 2014
Hot Rize / Rebecca Frazier The Kent Stage Kent, Ohio, United States
Nov 20, 2014
Hot Rize / Rebecca Frazier Stoughton Opera House Stoughton, Wisconsin, United States
Nov 19, 2014
Hot Rize The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Nov 17, 2014
Hot Rize The Ark Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Nov 15, 2014
Hot Rize Gordon Center For Performing Arts Owings Mills, Maryland, United States
Nov 14, 2014
Hot Rize The Hamilton Live Washington, D.C., United States
Nov 13, 2014
Del Mccoury / David Grisman / Hot Rize / Billy Strings & Don Julin

Del McCoury / David Grisman / Hot Rize at Keswick Theatre

Keswick Theatre Glenside, Pennsylvania, United States
Nov 12, 2014
Hot Rize City Winery NYC New York, New York, United States
Nov 10, 2014
Hot Rize Towne Crier Cafe Beacon, New York, United States
Oct 19, 2014
Hot Rize Red Clay Music Foundry Duluth, Georgia, United States
Oct 18, 2014
Del McCoury Band / Hot Rize Austin Auditorium Wingate, North Carolina, United States
Oct 17, 2014
Del McCoury Band / Hot Rize / Sierra Hull War Memorial Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Oct 05, 2014
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / Béla Fleck / Abigail Washburn / Hot Rize / Emmylou Harris / Jerry Douglas / Malawi Mouse Boys / Lake Street Dive / Chuck Prophet / Bonnie "Prince" Billy / Laurie Lewis / The High Bar Gang / Jason Isbell / Robbie Fulks / Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Dwight Yoakam / Sarah Jarosz / The Sam Chase / The Brothers Gibb / Caitlin Rose / Chuck Cannon / Moonalice / Earls Of Leicester / Kane, Welch, & Kaplin / TWEEDY / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Bruce Cockburn / The Apache Relay / Shelly Colvin / t Bone Burnett / Rising Appalachia / Rosanne Cash / Blackie & The Rodeo Kings / Joe Russo / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / The Lone Bellow / Sun Kil Moon / Jesse DeNatale Show all bands
  Setlists
Lindley Meadow @ Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 03, 2014 –
Oct 05, 2014
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2014
Johnnyswim / Ryan Adams / Social Distortion / Yo La Tengo / Chris Isaak / Sharon Van Etten / Built to Spill / Lucinda Williams / Dawes / Emmylou Harris / Conor Oberst / Sun Kil Moon / Dwight Yoakam / Shawn Colvin / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / John Prine / Vince Gill / Deltron 3030 / Mavis Staples / Justin Townes Earle / Robert Earl Keen / The Felice Brothers / Thao & The Get Down Stay Down / Lake Street Dive / The Aquabats / The Lone Bellow / Sarah Jarosz / Jerry Douglas / Rosanne Cash / Waxahatchee / Bruce Cockburn / Reckless Kelly / Béla Fleck / Blue Rodeo / Caitlin Rose / Jeff Tweedy / Cibo Matto / Jonathan Wilson / The Apache Relay / Hurray for the Riff Raff / Tony Joe White / The Good Life / Buckwheat Zydeco / Buddy Miller / Dave Rawlings Machine / Steve Earle and the Dukes / T-Bone Burnett / Chris Smither / Robbie Fulks / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang / Carlene Carter / Parker Millsap / Peter Rowan / Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas / Kate York / Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds / Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Red Baraat / Blackie And The Rodeo Kings / Rising Appalachia / Striking Matches / Moonalice / Hot Rize / Kevin Welch / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Willie Watson / Dry Branch Fire Squad / The Waybacks / The Mastersons / Rose's Pawn Shop / Time Jumpers / The Sam Chase / Poor Man's Whiskey / Chuck Cannon / Joe Russo's Almost Dead / Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn / Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express / Jesse DeNatale / Malawi Mouse Boys / Shelly Colvin / The Mccrary Sisters / Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers / Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands / Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones / Bill Kirchen And Too Much Fun / Jerry Douglas Presents Earls of Leicester / The High Bar Gang / Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock / The Flatlanders Featuring Joe Ely / Wolf Hamlin & The Front Porch Drifters / Evolfo / Nikkie Lane / Alison Brown Quintet including Joe Craven / THE GO TO HELL MAN CLAN / Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin / Kenny Sears / Whograss / Bad Luck Jonathan / Dawn Sears and Ranger Doug Green / The 3030 Orchestra / Jason Isbell / St. Paul and The Broken Bones Show all bands
  Setlists
Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Show Duplicates for Oct 03, 2014
Sep 28, 2014
"Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival" / Trampled by Turtles / Hot Rize / JJ Grey & Mofro / Jay Farrar

Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival

Stephens Lake Park Columbia, Missouri, United States
Sep 27, 2014
Hot Rize Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom Denver, Colorado, United States
Sep 26, 2014
Hot Rize Chautauqua Auditorium Boulder, Colorado, United States

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Doc Watson / Seldom Scene / Hot Rize on Jul 10, 1988 [343-small]

Doc Watson / Seldom Scene / Hot Rize
Jul 10, 1988
 Vienna, Virginia, United States
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Delfest 2014 on May 22, 2014 [409-small]

Delfest 2014
May 22 - 25, 2014
 Cumberland, Maryland, United States
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Delfest 2014 on May 22, 2014 [410-small]

Delfest 2014
May 22 - 25, 2014
 Cumberland, Maryland, United States
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Delfest 2014 on May 22, 2014 [411-small]

Delfest 2014
May 22 - 25, 2014
 Cumberland, Maryland, United States
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Hot Rize / Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers on Apr 29, 1988 [183-small]

Hot Rize / Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers
Apr 29, 1988
 Clarendon, Vermont, United States
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2018 19 concerts
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2015 47 concerts
2014 31 concerts
2013 8 concerts
2012 7 concerts
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Hot Rize had?

Hot Rize has had 184 concerts.

What genre is Hot Rize?

Hot Rize is most often considered to be Folk, Country, Americana, Bluegrass, Progressive Bluegrass, Banjo, Old-Time, Appalachian Folk, and Neo-Traditional Bluegrass.

When was the last Hot Rize concert?

The last Hot Rize concert was on July 31, 2022 at Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons, Colorado, United States. The bands that performed were: "RockyGrass" / Hot Rize / Earls Of Leicester / Uncle Earl / Peter Rowan / Béla Fleck / Mike Marshall / Edgar Meyer / We banjo 3 / Jake Blount / Tatiana Hargreaves.

What setlist does Hot Rize play live?

The songs that Hot Rize performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the November 04, 2019 concert at Mission Ballroom in Denver, Colorado, United States:

  1. High on a Mountain

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