Setting Concert History

setting is an ambient folk group from Hillsborough, NC, United States. They create "stately longform pieces that sound like a UFO slowly sinking into a peat bog." Personnel: Nathan Bowles, Jaime Fennelly, Joe Westerlund.

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Past Setting Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
May 16, 2026
Setting Ayurprana Listening Room Asheville, North Carolina, United States
May 14, 2026
Setting The Earl Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Mar 28, 2026
Big Ears Festival
Caroline Shaw / Don Was & The Pan-Detroit Ensemble / Hania Rani / Maria Somerville / Mei Semones / Miriam Elhaji / MJ Lenderman / Setting / SML / Tim Heidecker & The Very Good Band
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Downtown Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Mar 26, 2026 –
Mar 29, 2026
Big Ears Festival 2026
David Byrne / Robert Plant With Saving Grace And Suzi Dian / Laurie Anderson / John Zorn / Flying Lotus / Pat Metheny Side-Eye / Hania Rani / Richard Thompson / John Scofield Trio / Marc Ribot / Cécile McLorin Salvant / Don Was & The Pan-Detroit Ensemble / Dirty Three / Terry Allen / Nels Cline / Shabaka / Mary Halvorson / Julian Lage / Pino Palladino & Blake Mills feat. Sam Gendel & Chris Dave / Patrick Watson / Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles / MJ Lenderman & The Wind / Perfume Genius / Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion / Tunde Adebimpe / Reggie Watts / Miles Electric Band / Cymande / Chris Thile / Tim Heidecker & The Very Good Band / Neil Hamburger / Medeski, Martin, Metzger & Cline / Masada / Barbara Hannigan / Junction Trio / Brian Marsella Trio / Awakening Ground / Incerto / Laurie Anderson & John Zorn / Petra Haden / L. Shankar / Kunal Gunjal & Praveen Narayan / Saraswathi Ranganathan, Swaminathan Selvaganesh, and Praveen Narayan / Selvaganesh Vinayakram / Purbayan Chatterjee & Nitin Mitta / Chicago Underground Duo / Cleo Reed / Deantoni Parks / Marquis Hill Blacktet / Qur'an Shaheed / Twin Talk / Will Graefe / Adam Tendler / Anna Tivel / Annahstasia / Annie & The Caldwells / Basic / Bill Orcutt / The Blind Boys of Alabama / Bloodshot Bill / Brandon Seabrook / Brandon Woody's Upendo / Brian Marsella and Sae Hashimoto / Brian Marsella’s iMAGiNARiUM / Briggan Krauss Solo / Brittany Davis / Carlos Niño, Surya Botofasina, Aaron Shaw (Trio) / Carlos Niño & Sam Gendel / Chad Taylor Quintet / Charlemagne Palestine / Chávez / Ismaily / Saunier / Ches Smith Clone Row / Chucho Valdes / Chuck Johnson / Colle / Darius Jones Trio / Darrell Scott’s Electrifying Trio / Dave Douglas Gifts Quintet / Dave Harrington & Mary Lattimore / Dave Harrington’s Pranksters South / Dave McMurray & Grateful Deadication / Deerhoof / digi-squires / Dither / Dom Flemons / DoYeon Kim / Either/Orchestra / Eliana Glass / Florist / Fred Frith’s Fremakajo / Fred Frith, Simon Hanes, Max Jaffe, Jordan Glenn Quartet / Gary Lucas & Gods And Monsters / Ghost Train Orchestra / Go Kurosawa / Gregory Uhlmann / GRRL x Made of Oak / Gwenifer Raymond / Haley Heynderickx / Hand Habits / Hania Rani presents Chilling Bambino / Hannah Cohen / Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow: Electrical Field of Love / Hayden Pedigo / His Name Is Alive / Isaiah Collier / Jack Quartet / Jack Wyllie / Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider / Janel & Anthony / Janel Leppin / Jeff Parker / Jeff Parker Expansion Trio / Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage / Jesse Harris Cosmo / Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock / Joe Westerlund / John Mailander’s Forecast / Julia Úlehla & Dálava / Julianna Barwick / Kaoru Watanabe / Karen Mantler Trio / Ken Pomeroy / Kishi Bashi / Kramer / Laraaji / Lazyhorse / Lisel / Lou Reed Drones / Lucrecia Dalt / Madison Cunningham / Mali Obomsawin / Maria Somerville / Marilyn Crispell & Harvey Sorgen / Maruja Limón / Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick / Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements / Matt Mitchell’s Zealous Angles / Meara O’Reilly / Mei Semones / Miles Okazaki / Miriam Elhajli / Model/Actriz / Moin / Muireann Bradley / Natalie Bergman / Nate Mercereau / Nate Smith / Ned Rothenberg / Nik Bärtsch / Openness Trio / Orcutt Shelley Miller / Pan American / Pan American & Kramer / Patrick Shiroishi / Peni Candra Rini / Rafiq Bhatia / Respira ft. Eucademix, azumi O E & Waldo Walle / Rich(ard) Dawson / Roscoe Mitchell & Tyshawn Sorey / Rosenau & Sanborn / Ryan Clackner & Tyshawn Sorey / Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band / S.G. Goodman / The Saami Brothers / Saha Gnawa / Sam Amidon / Sam Gendel / Sami Stevens / Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends / Setting / Shane Parish: Autechre Guitar / Shirlette Ammons / Shrunken Elvis / Simon Hanes: GARGANTUA / SML / Sō Percussion / Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra / Sullivan Fortner Trio / Suss / Taper’s Choice / Tara Clerkin Trio / The Crossing / The Gladson Family Band / The Living Earth Show: Trust Me / Thurston Moore & Bonner Kramer / Thurston Moore & Shabaka Hutchings / Tim Berne / Tom Skinner / Tomas Fujiwara / Tsons of Tsunami / Tune-Yards / Turning Jewels into Water / Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes / Walt McClements / The Westerlies / wild Up / William Hooker / William Tyler & Yasmin Williams / WINGED WHEEL / Wu Fei’s Moon Hunter / Wu Fei & Shanir Blumenkranz / Yagódy / YHWH Nailgun / Zeena Parkins & William Winant / Knoxville Symphony Orchestra / Knoxville Jazz Orchestra Show all bands
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Big Ears Festival 2026 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Mar 23, 2026
Setting / Oil Shadowbox Studio Durham, North Carolina, United States
Mar 02, 2026
Setting / Made Of Oak Shadowbox Studio Durham, North Carolina, United States
Jun 11, 2025
Setting

Music Near the Gardens: The Pinhook Edition

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The Pinhook Durham, North Carolina, United States
Feb 13, 2025
Setting Duke Coffeehouse Durham, North Carolina, United States
Nov 05, 2024
Setting Icehouse MPLS Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Nov 04, 2024
Setting / Alpha Consumer Icehouse Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Nov 02, 2024
Setting / Taffy Puller (Rosenau & Mueller) Cactus Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Nov 01, 2024
Setting Judson & Moore Distillery Chicago, Illinois, United States
Oct 30, 2024
Setting / superflower

Setting with Superflower

Ayurprana Listening Room Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Oct 26, 2024
Setting

Sleepy Fest 2024

Haw River Ballroom Saxapahaw, North Carolina, United States
Jun 14, 2024 –
Jun 15, 2024
Boonerang 2024
The Nude Party / Empire Strikes Brass / Gringo Starr / Melissa Reaves / The Tan and Sober Gentlemen / The Karloffs / Florencia and the Feeling / Dissimilar South / Jerry’s Dead / Setting / Ghost Trees / The Tree of Forgiveness Band: A John Prine Tributen / Lazybirds / Surefire / Swingbillies of Boonetown / Orville Hicks / Shay Martin Lovette / Também / Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues / Hope Massive / The Loose Roosters / Ashes & Arrows Show all bands
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Downtown Boone Boone, North Carolina, United States
Jun 07, 2024
Setting / Avey Tare Eulogy Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Jun 06, 2024
Setting 529 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
May 05, 2024
Setting Zebulon Los Angeles, California, United States
May 03, 2024
Setting The Lab San Francisco, California, United States
Apr 21, 2024
Setting / Lake of Field Myrtle Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Boonerang 2024
Jun 14 - 15, 2024
 Boone, North Carolina, United States
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Jun 11, 2025
 Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Genres:

United States
Folk
Experimental
Ambient
Drone
Ambient Folk
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Concerts Per Year:

2026 14 concerts
2025 2 concerts
2024 14 concerts
2023 10 concerts

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