Lonesome River Band Concert History

Lonesome River Band is an American contemporary bluegrass band formed in Virginia in 1982. The band is led by Sammy Shelor who is a member of the Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame and a five-time International Bluegrass Music Association Banjo Player of the Year Award recipient. The band has experienced numerous personnel changes over the years, and has not included an original member since Tim Austin left the band in 1995.

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Lonesome River Band Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 06, 2026
Upcoming
Earl Scruggs Music Festival
The Avett Brothers / Mountain Grass Unit / Lindsay Lou / Rissi Palmer / John Cowan / Luke Bulla / Lonesome River Band / Darin & Brooke Aldridge
Tryon International Equestrian Center Mill Spring, North Carolina, United States
May 22, 2026
Lonesome River Band

Roots Revue

Paristown Arts & Entertainment District Louisville, Kentucky, United States
May 08, 2026 –
May 09, 2026
Chet Kingery Memorial Bluegrass Festival
Mackville / Lonesome River Band / Tony Holt and Wildwood Valley Boys / Illinois Rail / Appalachian Road Show / The Alaskan Sunnyside Sisters / Coal Creek Station / Kenny And Amanda Smith
Chautauqua Auditorium Shelbyville, Illinois, United States
Apr 16, 2026
Lonesome River Band

Big Lick Bluegrass Festival

Big Lick Festival Park Oakboro, North Carolina, United States
Nov 20, 2025
Lonesome River Band

Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies

W.L.Mills Conference Center Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States
Oct 16, 2025
Rhonda Vincent / The Malpass Brothers / Lonesome River Band / Authentic Unlimited / The Amanda Cook Band

Bluegrass Island Festival

Roanoke Island Festival Park Manteo, North Carolina, United States
Oct 12, 2025
Richmond Folk Festival
Justin Black / Legendary Ingramettes / Lonesome River Band / The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee / Meta & The Cornerstones / Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys / Diunna Greenleaf / Melissa Carper / Villa 5 / Raiatea Helm / Jonathan Paige Brown Jr. / Høly Water / Elizabeth King / Son Qba / RVA Jams for Justin Golden / Dogo du Togo / The Broussard Sisters / Richard Hagopian Ensemble / Saami Brothers / The Amanda Cook Band / Cecilia Show all bands
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Downtown Richmond's Waterfront Richmond, Virginia, United States
Oct 10, 2025
Blue Highway Fest 2025 (Day 3)
Dan Tyminski Band / Sammy Shelor / The Cleverlys / Blue Highway / Lonesome River Band / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Backline
Bullitt Park Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States
Jan 31, 2025
Lonesome River Band The Ramkat | Gas Hill Drinking Room Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Sep 20, 2024
Nothin' Fancy / Open Highway Bluegrass Band / Volume Five / Lonesome River Band / Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys Glen Maury Park Buena Vista, Virginia, United States
Jul 31, 2024
The Seldom Scene / Lonesome River Band / Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys / LeRoy Troy

Pickin' In Parsons

Five River Campground Parsons, West Virginia, United States
Jun 16, 2024
Alison Brown / Lonesome River Band / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Paul Brown / Solid Gold Stranger

CBA Father's Day Bluegrass Festival

Nevada County Fairgrounds Grass Valley, California, United States
Jun 15, 2024
CBA Father's Day Bluegrass Festival
Alison Brown / Sister Sadie / Lonesome River Band / Rick Faris / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Paul Brown / Solid Gold Stranger
Nevada County Fairgrounds Grass Valley, California, United States
Jun 08, 2024
Hammertowne / Southern Legacy / Lonesome River Band / Rhonda Vincent & The Rage / gene watson

Farm Jamb 2024

McClurg Farm Bagdad, KY
Oct 21, 2023
Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival
Suzy Bogguss / Carson Peters And Iron Mountain / Kristyn Harris / Hailey Sandoz / Lonesome River Band / The Cleverlys / Del McCoury Band / Ricky Skaggs
Farmers Branch Historical Park Farmers Branch, Texas, United States
Sep 15, 2023
"Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival" / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Hammertowne / Lonesome River Band / Whiskey Bent Valley Boys

Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival

Poppy Mountain Park Morehead, Kentucky, United States
Sep 02, 2023
Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival
Dan Tyminski / Dan Tyminski / Rhonda Vincent / Rhonda Vincent / Lonesome River Band / Lonesome Ace Stringband / Lonesome Ace Stringband / Lonesome River Band / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / Aj Lee & Blue Summit Show all bands
Salem County Fairgrounds Pilesgrove, New Jersey, United States
Jul 07, 2023
Lonesome River Band West Falls Center for the Arts West Falls, New York, United States
Jun 23, 2023
Blue Highway / The Grascals / The SteelDrivers / Lonesome River Band

Rudy Fest

Poppy Mountain Park Morehead, Kentucky, United States
Mar 19, 2022
Eric Gales / Lonesome River Band New College Institute Martinsville, Virginia, United States

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Merlefest on Apr 27, 2001 [656-small]

Merlefest
Apr 27 - 29, 2001
 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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IBMA's World of Bluegrass 2017 on Sep 26, 2017 [528-small]

IBMA's World of Bluegrass 2017
Sep 26 - 30, 2017
 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Sep 26 - 30, 2017
 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Sep 26 - 30, 2017
 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Sep 26 - 30, 2017
 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Merlefest
Apr 30 - May 2, 1999
 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 27 - 30, 2000
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Genres:

Folk
Country
Bluegrass
Americana
Newgrass
Progressive Bluegrass
Christian Bluegrass
Banjo
Bluegrass Gospel
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Concerts Per Year:

2026 4 concerts
2025 5 concerts
2024 5 concerts
2023 5 concerts
2022 1 concert
2020 1 concert
2019 5 concerts
2018 6 concerts
2017 37 concerts
2016 37 concerts
2015 24 concerts
2014 10 concerts
2013 12 concerts
2012 38 concerts
2011 6 concerts
2010 30 concerts
2009 9 concerts
2008 4 concerts
2007 2 concerts
2006 34 concerts
2005 17 concerts
2004 1 concert
2003 2 concerts
2001 4 concerts
2000 4 concerts
1999 2 concerts
1998 1 concert
1997 2 concerts
1994 2 concerts
1993 1 concert
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