Sam Bush Concert History

Sam Bush (born: 1952 in Bowling Green, Kentucky) is a virtuoso American bluegrass musician. Bush plays mandolin, fiddle and guitar as well as being an accomplished bluegrass vocalist. He was a founding member of the New Grass Revival and has been called a modern day Bill Monroe. Sam is one of the main attractions at the annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, Colorado. He is affectionately known as "The King of Telluride" for his perennial appearances there.

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Sam Bush Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 16)

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 18, 2021
ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival
"ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival" / Bruce Hornsby / Sam Bush / The Infamous Stringdusters / Dan Tyminski / Sarah Jarosz / Leyla McCalla / The Lil Smokies / Balsam Range / Town Mountain / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Sister Sadie / Blue Highway / Wolfpen Branch / Hot Brown Smackdown / The Price Sisters / Mama Said String Band / The Josephines / King's Highway Show all bands
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Yellow Creek Park Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
Sep 17, 2021
ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival
"ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival" / Bruce Hornsby / Sam Bush / Sarah Jarosz / Watchhouse / Dan Tyminski / Leyla McCalla / Balsam Range / Town Mountain / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Sister Sadie / Blue Highway / Wolfpen Branch / The Price Sisters / Mama Said String Band / Hot Brown Smackdown / The Josephines / King's Highway Show all bands
Yellow Creek Park Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
Sep 16, 2021
ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival
"ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival" / Robert Earl Keen / Bruce Hornsby / Sam Bush / Sarah Jarosz / Watchhouse / Dan Tyminski / Leyla McCalla / The Lil Smokies / Balsam Range / Town Mountain / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Sister Sadie / Blue Highway / Wolfpen Branch / The Price Sisters / Mama Said String Band / Hot Brown Smackdown / The Josephines / King's Highway Show all bands
Yellow Creek Park Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
Sep 16, 2021 –
Sep 19, 2021
MerleFest 2021
Sturgill Simpson / Melissa Etheridge / Tedeschi Trucks Band / Shovels & Rope / Margo Price / Tommy Emmanuel / Sam Bush / Paul Thorn / Jim Lauderdale / Yasmin Williams / Peter Rowan / We banjo 3 / Balsam Range / Scythian / Kelsey Waldon / Chatham Rabbits / The Barefoot Movement / Darin and Brooke Aldridge / Los Texmaniacs / Into the Fog / Charley Crockett Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Sep 15, 2021
ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival
"ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival" / Sam Bush / Sarah Jarosz / Watchhouse / Leyla McCalla / Dan Tyminski / The Lil Smokies / Balsam Range / Town Mountain / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Sister Sadie / Blue Highway / Wolfpen Branch / The Price Sisters / Mama Said String Band / Hot Brown Smackdown / The Josephines / King's Highway Show all bands
Yellow Creek Park Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
Sep 11, 2021
Sam Bush Palisade Palisade, Colorado, United States
Sep 09, 2021
Sam Bush / Jack Cloonan Band Number 38 Denver, Colorado, United States
Sep 04, 2021
Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival
"Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival" / Sam Bush / The Gibson Brothers / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Williamson Branch / High Fidelity / Back Woods Road Band / Old Eleven
Thomas Point Beach Brunswick, Maine, United States
Sep 02, 2021 –
Sep 05, 2021
Sam Bush
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Thomas Point Beach Brunswick, Maine, United States
Aug 21, 2021
Sam Bush

Blue Ox Music Festival

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Whispering Pines Campground Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States
Aug 20, 2021
Sam Bush Poplar Hall Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Aug 19, 2021 –
Aug 21, 2021
Blue Ox Music Festival 2021
Shakey Graves / Lissie / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / The Infamous Stringdusters / Leftover Salmon / Sam Bush / Charlie Parr / Charley Crockett / Tony Trischka / Molly Tuttle / The Lil Smokies / Lillie Mae / Horseshoes and Hand Grenades / Kitchen Dwellers / Pert Near Sandstone / Henhouse Prowlers / Sunny War / Them Coulee Boys / Arkansauce / Kind Country / Barbaro / Nora Brown / Good Morning Bedlam / Armchair Boogie / Miles Over Mountains / Intuitive Compass / Feed the Dog / The High 48s / The Thirsty River / One Way Traffic / Julian Davis and the Situation Show all bands
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The Pines Music Park Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States
Aug 14, 2021
Sam Bush Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch Pomeroy, Ohio, United States
Aug 13, 2021
Sam Bush

Hoxeyville Music Festival

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Hoxeyville Festival Grounds Wellston, Michigan, United States
Aug 13, 2021 –
Aug 15, 2021
Hoxeyville Music Festival 2021
Yonder Mountain String Band / Sam Bush / Billy Strings / Luke Winslow-King / Michigan Rattlers / The Allman Betts Band / Duane Betts / Lindsay Lou / The Go Rounds / 49 Winchester / Seth Bernard / Jaik Willis / Airborne Or Aquatic / Full Cord / Darcy Wilkin Show all bands
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Hoxeyville Music Festival Wellston, MI
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Aug 12, 2021
Sam Bush Riverfront Live Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Aug 11, 2021
Sam Bush Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Aug 05, 2021 –
Aug 08, 2021
Sam Bush El Rancho Mañana Richmond, Minnesota, United States
Jul 24, 2021
RockyGrass
"RockyGrass" / Sam Bush / Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn / The Lil Smokies / Sierra Hull / Justin Moses / Tony Trischka / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Fireside Collective
Planet Bluegrass Ranch Lyons, Colorado, United States
Jul 18, 2021
Sam Bush
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Stages Music Arts Cockeysville, Maryland, United States
Jul 15, 2021
Sam Bush The Historic Academy Theatre Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Jul 04, 2021
Sam Bush Waterfront Park Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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Peter Rowan and Sam Grisman - Old and in the Way, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 5, 2025

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2025
Oct 3 - 5, 2025
 San Francisco, California, United States
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Peter Rowan and Sam Grisman - Old and in the Way, “Panama Red”, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 5, 2025

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2025
Oct 3 - 5, 2025
 San Francisco, California, United States
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Peter Rowan and Sam Grisman - Old and in the Way, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 5, 2025

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2025
Oct 3 - 5, 2025
 San Francisco, California, United States
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Courtney Barnett, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 4, 2025

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2025
Oct 3 - 5, 2025
 San Francisco, California, United States
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MerleFest 2026 on Apr 23, 2026 [766-small]

MerleFest 2026
Apr 23 - 26, 2026
 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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MerleFest 2026 on Apr 23, 2026 [765-small]

MerleFest 2026
Apr 23 - 26, 2026
 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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MerleFest 2026 on Apr 23, 2026 [764-small]

MerleFest 2026
Apr 23 - 26, 2026
 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Sam Bush on May 30, 2026 [101-small]

Sam Bush
May 30, 2026
 Evanston, Illinois, United States
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Gathering Of The Vibes on Aug 3, 2008 [518-small]

Gathering Of The Vibes
Aug 3, 2008
 Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
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Warren Haynes' Christmas Jam 15 on Dec 20, 2003 [795-small]

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Dec 20, 2003
 Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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Zac Brown's Southern Ground Music & Food Festival (Charleston) on Apr 16, 2016 [454-small]

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Apr 16 - 17, 2016
 Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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Genres:

Folk
Country
Bluegrass
Americana
Jam Band
Newgrass
Progressive Bluegrass
Old-Time
Jamgrass
Mandolin
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Latest Setlist (05/30/2026):

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  1. One More Love Song
  2. Down Along the Cove
  3. Unconditional Love
  4. Little King
  5. Steamboat Whistle Blues
  6. Born to Be With You
  7. Broadway
  8. I'm Gonna Ride
  9. One Love
  10. Circles Around Me
  11. The Mahavishnu Mountain Boys
  12. Howlin' at the Moon
  13. Ground Speed
  14. State of Grace
  15. When You Gonna Wake Up?

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 38 concerts
2025 54 concerts
2024 41 concerts
2023 54 concerts
2022 77 concerts
2021 72 concerts
2020 18 concerts
2019 40 concerts
2018 47 concerts
2017 38 concerts
2016 44 concerts
2015 38 concerts
2014 40 concerts
2013 57 concerts
2012 54 concerts
2011 54 concerts
2010 68 concerts
2009 45 concerts
2008 64 concerts
2007 77 concerts
2006 62 concerts
2005 70 concerts
2004 23 concerts
2003 24 concerts
2002 43 concerts
2001 20 concerts
2000 6 concerts
1999 8 concerts
1998 7 concerts
1997 7 concerts
1996 5 concerts
1995 2 concerts
1976 1 concert
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