The Waybacks Concert History

They draw freely from the old school and the old world, but The Waybacks are no throwback. They've been erroneously pigeonholed as a bluegrass band and celebrated as purveyors of "acoustic mayhem." They are as uninhibited and unpredictable as the eclectic San Francisco Bay area that claims them, and for nearly a decade, their experiments have always proven sharp-witted and musically dazzling. They're living proof that in music anyway, evolution and intelligent design are entirely compatible.

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The Waybacks Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 10)

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 05, 2008
The Waybacks AllGood Cafe Dallas, Texas, United States
Nov 03, 2008
The Waybacks Fort Smith Event Center Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
Nov 01, 2008
The Waybacks Old Settlers Inn Moundridge, Kansas, United States
Oct 30, 2008
The Waybacks Knuckleheads Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Oct 29, 2008
The Waybacks Cafe Paradiso Fairfield, Iowa, United States
Oct 26, 2008
The Waybacks / Danny Barnes Tractor Tavern Seattle, Washington, United States
Oct 25, 2008
Danny Barnes / The Waybacks Green Frog Cafe Bellingham, Washington, United States
Oct 23, 2008
The Waybacks Capitol Theater Olympia, Washington, United States
Oct 22, 2008
The Waybacks / Danny Barnes McMenamins Mission Theater Portland, Oregon, United States
Oct 18, 2008
The Waybacks / Danny Barnes Mystic Theatre Petaluma, California, United States
Oct 17, 2008
The Waybacks Kuumbwa Jazz Center Santa Cruz, California, United States
Oct 16, 2008
Danny Barnes / The Waybacks Sweetwater Station Larkspur, California, United States
Oct 05, 2008
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / Iris Dement / Greg Brown / Red Wine / Loudon Wainwright III / The Infamous Stringdusters / Darrell Scott / Riders In the Sky / Ricky Skaggs / Justin Townes Earle / Maura O'connell / Iron & Wine / Tea Leaf Green / Ben Kweller / Heavy Trash / The Opera Dukes / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Bill Kirchen / Poor Man's Whiskey / Pegi Young / The Wronglers / Emmylou Harris / The Waybacks / Moonalice / Gogol Bordello / Kevin Welch / Kieran Kane / Fats Kaplin / Jon Langford / Heidi Clare & AtaGallop / Bonnie "Prince" Billy / Alison Brown / Bill Evans String Summit / Hazel Dickens / Earl Scruggs Show all bands
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Speedway Meadow @Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 03, 2008 –
Oct 05, 2008
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2008
Justin Townes Earle / Robert Earl Keen / Loudon Wainwright III / Richard Thompson / Iron & Wine / Tea Leaf Green / Jerry Jeff Walker / Asleep At the Wheel / Elvis Costello / Iris Dement / Tift Merritt / Dave Alvin / MC Hammer / Greg Brown / Odetta / Del McCoury Band / Mike Farris / Gogol Bordello / Earl Scruggs / Tony Rice / Mickey Hart / Heavy Trash / Steve Earle / Carlene Carter / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Waco Brothers / Ben Kweller / Riders In the Sky / Bad Livers / Maura O'connell / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Mark Olson & Gary Louris / Emmylou Harris / Hot Rize / Moonalice / Hazel Dickens / The Desert Rose Band / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / Bill Kirchen / Jon Langford / Sharon Little / Laurie Lewis / Joe Purdy / Dry Branch Fire Squad / The Waybacks / Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch And Fats Kaplin / Poor Man's Whiskey / Nick Lowe / Ruby Jane / John Jorgenson Quintet / Pegi Young / Red Wine / Guy Clark With Verlon Thompson / Los Cenzontles / Alison Brown Quartet / The Wronglers / Cyndi Harvell / Peter Rowan And The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Jerry Douglas Band / Sons And Brothers / Samantha Robichaud / Roan Mountain Hilltoppers / Darrell Scott Band / Global Drum Project / Marty Willson-piper With the Mood Maidens / The Infamous Stringdusters / the Gourds / Robert Plant / Alison Krauss Show all bands
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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Sep 07, 2008
The Waybacks Forty Acres Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Sep 06, 2008
"Daniel Boone Days" / The Waybacks / Larry Keel And Natural Bridge / Lost Ridge

Daniel Boone Days

Horn In The West Amphitheatre Boone, North Carolina, United States
Sep 05, 2008
The Waybacks Dogtown Roadhouse & The Sun Music Hall Floyd, Virginia, United States
Sep 04, 2008
The Waybacks Gravity Lounge Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Sep 01, 2008
The Waybacks Unity Center For The Perf. Arts Unity, Maine, United States
Aug 31, 2008
The Waybacks Stone Mountain Arts Center Brownfield, Maine, United States

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2026 4 concerts
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2024 4 concerts
2023 4 concerts
2022 6 concerts
2021 6 concerts
2019 4 concerts
2018 6 concerts
2017 3 concerts
2016 7 concerts
2015 1 concert
2014 5 concerts
2013 3 concerts
2012 6 concerts
2011 14 concerts
2010 31 concerts
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2008 86 concerts
2007 67 concerts
2006 89 concerts
2005 72 concerts
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