Special Consensus Concert History

The Special Consensus, or "Special C", is a four-person acoustic band based in Chicago, Illinois USA. They play primarily bluegrass, including traditional and contemporary standards, as well as compositions by band members. The Special Consensus tour year-round, focusing on the Traditional American Music (TAM) program they created to introduce students to bluegrass music.

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Special Consensus Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026 - 2027) (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
Apr 05, 2024
Special Consensus Caffe Lena Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Apr 03, 2024
Special Consensus Sellersville Theater 1894 Sellersville, Pennsylvania, United States
Feb 23, 2024
Special Consensus FitzGerald's Berwyn, Illinois, United States
Aug 08, 2023
Special Consensus Ravinia Highland Park, Illinois, United States
Jun 23, 2023
Special Consensus FitzGerald's Berwyn, Illinois, United States
May 04, 2023
Special Consensus The Old Church Portland, Oregon, United States
Oct 28, 2022
Special Consensus FitzGerald's Berwyn, Illinois, United States
Oct 01, 2022
2022 IBMA World of Bluegrass Festival
Rocky Creek Ramblers / Violet Bell / John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project / Tray Wellington Band / Special Consensus / Unspoken Tradition / Sideline / Henhouse Prowlers / Gangstagrass / Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra / Fair Black Rose / East Nash Grass / Earl White String Band / Danny Paisley / Hank, Pattie & The Current / Missy Raines & Allgheny / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Damn Tall Buildings / The Burnett Sisters / The Gospel Jubilators / Dave Adkins Band / The Glorifying Vines Sisters / The Cockman Family / Brother Jerry Harrison & Faith / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Faith & Harmony / Newfound Gap / Kids on Bluegrass / The Sullivan Sisters / Catfish in the Sky / Carolina Bluegrass Band / Berea College Bluegrass Ensemble / BJUgrass / The Berklee 21st Century String Band / Morehead State University Bluegrass Ambassadors / Warren Wilson Bluegrass Band / New River JAM Band / Jaelyn Taylor & 21 South / Eliza Meyer / Shadowgrass / Diamond Creek / Into the Fog / Buffalo Commons Show all bands
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Raleigh Convention Center Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Sep 22, 2022
Special Consensus

The Special Consensus Alumni Band

Uncommon Ground - Lakeview Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jun 18, 2022 –
Jun 25, 2022
Rudy Fest 2022
Sammy Adkins & The Sandy Hook Mtn. Boys / Charlie Woods & Deep Hollow / Josh Williams Band with Don Rigsby / Billie Renee / Caleb Daugherty Band / The Po' Ramblin' Boys / Lincoln & Heather / Lacy Creek / Turning Ground / Don Rigsby / No Joke Jimmy's / Hammertowne / Special Consensus / Junior Sisk / Appalachian Road Show / The SteelDrivers / Sideline / Unlimited Tradition / The Grascals / Balsam Range / Ernie Thacker Tribute / Dan Tyminski Band / Russell Moore & lllrd Tyme Out Show all bands
Poppy Mountain Campground Morehead, Kentucky, United States
Mar 19, 2022
Special Consensus
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Station Inn Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Oct 29, 2021
Special Consensus The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Oct 09, 2021
Special Consensus Old Town School Of Folk Music Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jul 23, 2021
Special Consensus

RockyGrass

Planet Bluegrass Lyons, Colorado, United States
Jul 23, 2021 –
Jul 25, 2021
Rockygrass 2021
The Infamous Stringdusters / Del McCoury Band / Tony Trischka / The Lil Smokies / Della Mae / Michael Daves / Special Consensus / Bruce Molsky / Twisted Pine / Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn / Fireside Collective / Mile Twelve / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Never Come Down / Tim O'Brien Band / Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert / Sam Bush Bluegrass Band / Peter Rowan and Jerry Douglas / Sierra Hull & Justin Moses / The Old Gospel Ship Show all bands
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Planet Bluegrass Lyons, Colorado, United States
Mar 13, 2020
Special Consensus The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Jan 17, 2019
Special Consensus Pavilion Theatre Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Jul 01, 2018
Special Consensus

Lightning Bug Music Festival

Sunset Hill Farm County Park Valparaiso, Indiana, United States
May 05, 2018
Special Consensus FitzGerald's Berwyn, Illinois, United States
Apr 01, 2017
Special Consensus FitzGerald's Berwyn, Illinois, United States
Jun 10, 2016 –
Jun 12, 2016
Huck Finn Jubilee 2016
Punch Brothers / Soggy Bottom Boys / Elephant Revival / The Infamous Stringdusters / Leftover Salmon / Dailey & Vincent / Doyle Lawson And Quicksilver / Balsam Range / Della Mae / Mountain Heart / The Cleverlys / Love Canon / Flatt Lonesome / The Earls of Leicester / The Boxcars / Special Consensus / Rhonda Vincent And The Rage / Mountain Faith / The Church Sisters / The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience / Sweetwater String Band / Dan Tyminski Band / Peter Rowan Band Show all bands
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Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park Ontario, California, United States

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Genres:

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Folk
Country
Bluegrass
Americana
Newgrass
Progressive Bluegrass
Christian Bluegrass
Banjo
Old-Time
Traditional Bluegrass
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Latest Setlist (09/12/2025):

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  1. Don't You Try To Change My Mind
  2. Rounder's Spirit
  3. Lookin' Out My Back Door
  4. Like a Train
  5. Hey Porter
  6. I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home
  7. Blue Skies
  8. Travelin' Shoes
  9. Snowbird
  10. Old New Straitsville Moonshine Run
  11. Long I Ride
  12. Life Stories
  13. She Took the Tennessee River
  14. Alberta Bound
  15. I'll Be Loving You
  16. I’d Like to Wander Back to the Old Home
  17. Squirrel Hunters
  18. Brave Mountaineers
  19. I've Been All Around This World
  20. I'll Go to My Grave Loving You
  21. Carolina in the Pines
  22. Branded Wherever I Go

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2027 1 concert
2026 1 concert
2025 13 concerts
2024 8 concerts
2023 3 concerts
2022 5 concerts
2021 3 concerts
2020 1 concert
2019 1 concert
2018 2 concerts
2017 1 concert
2016 3 concerts
2015 3 concerts
2014 4 concerts
2013 4 concerts
2012 4 concerts
2011 3 concerts
2010 5 concerts
2009 2 concerts
2008 4 concerts
2004 1 concert
2001 2 concerts
2000 1 concert
1996 1 concert
1995 1 concert
1991 1 concert
1990 1 concert
1985 1 concert
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1978 1 concert

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