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 4)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 18, 2025
Sam Bush Shalin Liu Performance Center Rockport, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 16, 2025 –
Jul 20, 2025
Sam Bush
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Walsh Farm Oak Hill, New York, United States
Jul 13, 2025
Sam Bush
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The Beacon Theatre Hopewell, Virginia, United States
Jul 12, 2025
Sam Bush
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Pisgah Brewing Company Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States
Jul 11, 2025
Sam Bush
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The Burl Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Jun 28, 2025
Sam Bush Hoover Auditorium Lakeside, Ohio, United States
Jun 27, 2025
Sam Bush Yellow Creek Park Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
Jun 26, 2025
Blue Ox Music Festival
Sam Bush / Rising Appalachia / Horseshoes & Hand Grenades / CHAPARELLE / Mountain Grass Unit / Cole Chaney / Two Runner / Molly Brandt
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The Pines Music Park Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States
Jun 26, 2025 –
Jun 28, 2025
Blue Ox Music Festival 2025
St. Paul & the Broken Bones / Rising Appalachia / Amigo the Devil / Sam Bush / The Last Revel / Willi Carlisle / Tall Tall Trees / Resonant Rogues / Armchair Boogie / Long Mama
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The Pines Music Park Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States
Jun 25, 2025 –
Jun 28, 2025
R.O.M.P. Festival 2025
The SteelDrivers / Del McCoury Band / Sam Bush / The Dillards / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Mountain Grass Unit / Wynonna Judd / Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country
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R.O.M.P. Festival 2025 Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
Jun 21, 2025
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Toy Factory / Sam Bush / Kasey Chambers / Yonder Mountain String Band / Béla Fleck / Edmar Castañeda / Antonio Sanchez / Reeb Willms / Caleb Klauder / New Dangerfield
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Telluride Town Park Telluride, Colorado, United States
May 23, 2025
Sam Bush Bicentenial Park Columbus, Ohio, United States
May 17, 2025
Sam Bush The Senate Columbia, South Carolina, United States
May 16, 2025
Sam Bush

The Storyman Tour

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Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center Athens, Georgia, United States
May 15, 2025
Sam Bush Townsend Center for the Performing Arts Carrollton, Georgia, United States
Apr 26, 2025
MerleFest
The Avett Brothers / Sam Bush / Asleep At the Wheel / The Steel Wheels / Thee Sinseers / Della Mae / Alison Brown / John R. Miller / Tophouse / The Altons / Emily Nenni / John McEuen And The Circle Band / Scythian / The Secret Sisters / Humbird / Cristina Vane / The Waybacks Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 25, 2025
Sam Bush

Merlefest

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Wilkes Campus Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 25, 2025 –
Apr 27, 2025
MerleFest 2025
Watchhouse / Sarah Jarosz / Wyatt Flores / Aoife O'Donovan / The Altons / Asleep At the Wheel / Leftover Salmon / Sara Watkins / I'm With Her / Sam Bush / Thee Sinseers / Emily Nenni / Tami Neilson / John R Miller / Humbird / The Lil Smokies / Fancy Hagood / Denitia / The Barefoot Movement / Resonant Rogues / Cristina Vane / Paul McDonald & The Mourning Doves Show all bands
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MerleFest 2025 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 24, 2025
Sam Bush

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 24, 2025 –
May 04, 2025
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2025
Lil Wayne / Pearl Jam / Cage The Elephant / Bryson Tiller / Santana / James Bay / Lenny Kravitz / Luke Combs / Dave Matthews Band / HAIM / Laufey / Kacey Musgraves / Burna Boy / The Roots / My Morning Jacket / Joan Jett & The Blackhearts / Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga / Diana Krall / Babyface / John Fogerty / PJ Morton / Joan Jett / Hurray for the Riff Raff / Galactic / Lila Downs / Mexican Institute of Sound / Gitkin / Marty Stuart / Boyfriend / The Soul Rebels / Sam Bush / Karl Denson's Tiny Universe / Dumpstaphunk / Carlos Santana / Alfredo Rodriguez / Bobby Rush / Grupo Fantasma / Etran de L'Air / Son Rompe Pera / Justin Garner / Son De Madera / Mariachi Los Camperos / Los Texmaniacs / Silver Synthetic / Mia Borders / Goose / J & The Causeways / Joy Clark / LVVRS / Alfredo Rodriguez Band / The Wailers featuring Julian Marley / Joe Brown Trio +1 feat Papa Mali / Young Pinstripe Brass Band / Jason Marsalis / Lars Edegran Band feat Kiki Chapman and Yolanda Robinson / Black Magic Drumline / Mexican Institute of Sound / Kenny Wayne Shepherd with Bobby Rush / El Conjunto Nueva Ola / Sonny Landreth / Kermit Ruffins / Christone "Kingfish" Ingram / Patti LaBelle / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Southern Avenue / The Headhunters / Eric Krasno Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Mar 29, 2025
Sam Bush Woodlands Tavern Columbus, Ohio, United States
Mar 27, 2025 –
Mar 30, 2025
Big Ears Festival 2025
Explosions in the Sky / Yaya Bey / Anohni and the Johnsons / Jessica Pratt / Esperanza Spalding / Darkside / ANOHNI / Alabaster dePlume / Anoushka Shankar / Marissa Nadler / AROOJ AFTAB / Lankum / Sam Bush / Swamp Dogg / Mabe Fratti / Lara Somogyi / Alan Sparhawk / Dakha Brakha / Tall Tall Trees / Suss / Macie Stewart / David Grubbs / SML / Immersion / Tashi Wada / Kalia Vandever / Lia Kohl / Thor Harris / iiisa / Steve Roach / Beth Gibbons / Mark Guiliana / More Eaze / Les Claypool's Bastard Jazz / Flore Laurentienne / tilt / Julia Holter / William Basinski / Cowboy Sadness / Mary Lattimore / William Tyler Show all bands
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Big Ears Festival 2025 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Mar 22, 2025
Suwannee Spring Reunion
Jon Stickley Trio / Sam Bush / Peter Rowen / Donna the Buffalo / Larry Keel / Ain't Sisters / Verlon Thompson / Ralph Roddenberry / Dave Mann / Larry Keel / Fireside Collective / Paul McDonald & The Mourning Doves / The Mosier Brothers / Roy Book Binder / Quartermoon / Lee Hunter / Peter Rowan / Steve Poltz / Blair Crimmins & The Hookers Show all bands
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Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Live Oak, Florida, 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

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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]

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

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

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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 37 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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