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
Jun 18, 2010
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
"Telluride Bluegrass Festival" / Leftover Salmon / Lyle lovett / Court Yard Hounds / Hot Rize / Peter Rowan / Cadillac Sky / John Cowan / Ben Sollee
Telluride Town Park Telluride, Colorado, United States
Jun 17, 2010 –
Jun 20, 2010
Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2010
Hot Rize / Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line / Brandi Carlile / Chris Thile / Leftover Salmon / Sam Bush / Tim O'Brien / Peter Rowan / Cadillac Sky / Lyle lovett / Mumford & Sons / Josh Ritter / Imelda May / Sarah Jarosz / Court Yard Hounds / Alison Krauss / Keller Williams / Yonder Mountain String Band / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / Carolina Chocolate Drops Show all bands
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Town Park Telluride, Colorado, United States
Jun 12, 2010 –
Jun 14, 2010
Bonnaroo 2010
Against Me! / Regina Spektor / Stevie Wonder / Tenacious D / Weezer / She and Him / Mumford & Sons / Kings Of Leon / Jay-Z / The Flaming Lips / The Dead Weather / Damian Marley / Nas / Phoenix / Norah Jones / Michael Franti & Spearhead / John Fogerty / Zac Brown Band / Jimmy Cliff / LCD Soundsystem / The Avett Brothers / Thievery Corporation / Rise Against / Tori Amos / The National / Les Claypool / John Prine / The Black Keys / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Jeff Beck / Dropkick Murphys / She & Him / The Disco Biscuits / Daryl Hall and Chromeo / Jamey Johnson / Clutch / BASSNECTAR / Kid Cudi / Baaba Maal / Kris Kristofferson / Medeski Martin & Wood / The xx / Gwar / Dan Deacon / Wale / Deadmau5 / The Melvins / The Gaslight Anthem / Miike Snow / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Dr. Dog / They Might Be Giants / Punch Brothers / Isis / Blitzen Trapper / Blues Traveler / Miranda Lambert / Calexico / OK Go / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Martin Sexton / Lotus / Baroness / Dave Rawlings Machine / Mayer Hawthorne and The County / Japandroids / Jay Electronica / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / Ingrid Michaelson / The Dodos / Machester Orchestra / The Temper Trap / Cross Canadian Ragweed / Big Sam's Funky Nation / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Needtobreathe / Tokyo Police Club / The Entrance Band / Local Natives / Brandi Carlile / Rebelution / Diane Birch / Monte Montgomery / Julia Nunes / The Postelles / Lucero / Here We Go Magic / Hot Rize / Neon Indian / B.o.B. / Dave Mathews / Ween Show all bands
  Setlists
Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Jun 10, 2010 –
Jun 13, 2010
Bonnaroo Music Festival 2010
Julia Nunes / The Constellations / Joshua James / Here We Go Magic / Jay Electronica / The Crystal Method / Medeski, Martin & Wood / Lissie / Blitzen Trapper / Conan O'Brien / The National / Jeff Beck / Tenacious D / Kings Of Leon / Weezer / Deadmau5 / Dave Rawlings Machine / Jimmy Cliff / Thievery Corporation / Japandroids / Dropkick Murphys / Clutch / John Fogerty / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Steve Martin / The Temper Trap / John Butler Trio / Melvins / She & Him / The xx / OK Go / Kid Cudi / Gwar / Tinariwen / The Disco Biscuits / Elizabeth Cook / Daryl Hall / Circa Survive / Samantha Crain / Wale / Kevin Devine / Frontier Ruckus / Steep Canyon Rangers / Sarah Jarosz / The Entrance Band / Monte Montgomery / Warpaint / Against Me! / Mexican Institute of Sound / The Postelles / Baaba Maal / Hot Rize / Dieselboy / Ween / Morning Teleportation / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Big Sam's Funky Nation / Galactic / Les Claypool / Local Natives / The Dodos / Baroness / The Black Keys / Manchester Orchestra / Miike Snow / Neon Indian / fanfarlo / Mumford & Sons / Phoenix / Nas / Tokyo Police Club / The Avett Brothers / Tori Amos / Gossip / Jay-Z / LCD Soundsystem / Umphrey's McGee / Chromeo / BASSNECTAR / They Might Be Giants / The Gaslight Anthem / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / Dr. Dog / Zac Brown Band / Brandi Carlile / The Flaming Lips / Dan Deacon / John Prine / Norah Jones / Isis / The Dead Weather / Stevie Wonder / Jill Andrews / Lucero / Regina Spektor / Blues Traveler / Lotus / Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Dave Matthews Band / Bakerton Group Show all bands
  Setlists
Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicates for Jun 10, 2010
Oct 01, 2009
IBMA Awards Show
"IBMA Awards Show" / Hot Rize / kathy mattea / Del McCoury Band / The Grascals / Dailey & Vincent / Dan Tyminski / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Steve Martin / Steep Canyon Rangers / Darren Beachley & Legends Of The Potomac
Ryman Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Mar 28, 2009
Hot Rize / Shawn Colvin / Joe Pug Ellie Caulkins Opera House Denver, Colorado, United States
Oct 04, 2008
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / the Gourds / John Jorgenson Quintet / Del McCoury Band / Laurie Lewis / Carlene Carter / Mike Farris / Robert Earl Keen / Odetta / Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men / Joe Purdy / Marty Willson-Piper / Bad Livers / Jerry Jeff Walker / Guy Clark / Asleep At the Wheel / Sons And Brothers / Roan Mountain Hilltoppers / Nick Lowe / Hot Rize / Cyndi Harvell / Los Cenzontles / Tift Merritt / Richard Thompson / Desert Rose Band / The Waco Brothers / Peter Rowan / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Steve Earle / Global Drum Project / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Samantha Robichaud / Patty Griffin / Mark Olson & Gary Louris Show all bands
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Speedway Meadow @Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 03, 2008 –
Oct 05, 2008
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2008
Justin Townes Earle / Robert Earl Keen / Loudon Wainwright III / Richard Thompson / Iron & Wine / Tea Leaf Green / Jerry Jeff Walker / Asleep At the Wheel / Elvis Costello / Iris Dement / Tift Merritt / Dave Alvin / MC Hammer / Greg Brown / Odetta / Del McCoury Band / Mike Farris / Gogol Bordello / Earl Scruggs / Tony Rice / Mickey Hart / Heavy Trash / Steve Earle / Carlene Carter / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Waco Brothers / Ben Kweller / Riders In the Sky / Bad Livers / Maura O'connell / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Mark Olson & Gary Louris / Emmylou Harris / Hot Rize / Moonalice / Hazel Dickens / The Desert Rose Band / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / Bill Kirchen / Jon Langford / Sharon Little / Laurie Lewis / Joe Purdy / Dry Branch Fire Squad / The Waybacks / Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch And Fats Kaplin / Poor Man's Whiskey / Nick Lowe / Ruby Jane / John Jorgenson Quintet / Pegi Young / Red Wine / Guy Clark With Verlon Thompson / Los Cenzontles / Alison Brown Quartet / The Wronglers / Cyndi Harvell / Peter Rowan And The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Jerry Douglas Band / Sons And Brothers / Samantha Robichaud / Roan Mountain Hilltoppers / Darrell Scott Band / Global Drum Project / Marty Willson-piper With the Mood Maidens / The Infamous Stringdusters / the Gourds / Robert Plant / Alison Krauss Show all bands
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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Jul 19, 2008
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
"Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival" / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Hot Rize / Sam Bush / Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers / Jerry Douglas / The Gibson Brothers / Uncle Earl / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / The Infamous Stringdusters / The Wilders / Chatham County Line / Adrienne Young & Little Sadie / Gravity / Bill Keith / Red Stick Ramblers / Kindling Stone / John Kirk & Trish Miller / Missy Raines / Fiddlestyx Show all bands
Walsh Farm Oak Hill, New York, United States
Jun 22, 2008
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
"Telluride Bluegrass Festival" / The Swell Season / Solomon Burke / The Duhks / Punch Brothers / John Cowan / Darrell Scott / Hot Rize / Telluride House Band
  Setlists
Telluride Town Park Telluride, Colorado, United States
Mar 02, 2007
Hot Rize The Birchmere Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Oct 06, 2006
Hot Rize Boulder Theater Boulder, Colorado, United States
Oct 04, 2006
Tall Stacks Music Art & Heritage Festival
"Tall Stacks Music Art & Heritage Festival" / Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet / Chatham County Line / Cherryholmes / Sonny Landreth / Hot Rize / Asleep At the Wheel / Buckwheat Zydeco / Bettye LaVette / Chris Smither / Al Green / Dukes Of Dixieland
Tall Stacks Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Oct 03, 2006
Hot Rize Station Inn Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Oct 01, 2005
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / Ana Egge / Joan Baez / The Knitters / Patty Griffin / Hot Rize / Darrell Scott / The Austin Lounge Lizards / Del McCoury Band / Earl Scruggs / Todd Snider / Los Super Seven / Michael Fracasso / Steve Earle / J.D. Crowe & The New South / Laurie Lewis / Rodney Crowell / Robert Earl Keen / Doc Watson / shawn camp / Gillian Welch / Rosanne Cash / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Kelly Joe Phelps / Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez / Buddy Miller Show all bands
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Speedway Meadow @Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Jul 17, 2003 –
Jul 20, 2003
Grey Fox 2003
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Jerry Douglas / Gibson Brothers / Sam Bush / Del McCoury Band / Steep Canyon Rangers / Blue Highway / Doyle Lawson And Quicksilver / Hot Rize / Mountain Heart / King Wilkie / Old School Freight Train / The Waybacks / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Rhonda Vincent And The Rage / Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Show all bands
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Ancramdale, NY
Apr 25, 2003 –
Apr 27, 2003
Merlefest
Doc Watson / Norman And Nancy Blake / Sam Bush Band / Guy Clark / Vassar Clements / Donna the Buffalo / Bela Fleck and the Flecktones / Emmylou Harris / Hot Rize / Donnell Leahy / Del McCoury Band / Mountain Heart / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / The Rowan Brothers / Peter Rowan / Darrell Scott / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / The Waybacks / Jimmy Dale Gilmore Show all bands
Wilkes Community College North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 25, 1998 –
Apr 27, 1998
Merlefest
Doc Watson / Sam Bush Band / Donna the Buffalo / Hot Rize / Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers / Leftover Salmon / Gillian Welch & David Rawlings / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Del McCoury Band / Chris Thile / Ricky Skaggs Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 23, 1998 –
Apr 26, 1998
Merle Fest '98
Del McCoury Band / Leftover Salmon / Gillian Welch & David Rawlings / Natalie MacMaster / Jerry Douglas / Doc Watson / Hot Rize / Tony Rice / Peter Rowan / Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers / Sam Bush Band / Guy Clark / Darol Anger
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, NC
Aug 01, 1997 –
Aug 03, 1997
Rockygrass 1997
Del McCoury Band / Hot Rize / David Grisman Quintet / Black Rose / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Dan Crary / The Freight Hoppers / Lynn Morris Band / Return to Earth / Richard Greene And The Grass Is Greener / Bluegrass Patriots / Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, and Jerry Douglas / The Schankman Twins / The Flying Dogs Show all bands
Lyons, 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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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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