The Waybacks's 2026 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 had 4 concerts in 2026

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 29, 2026
Upcoming
The Waybacks The Tin Pan Richmond, Virginia, United States
Apr 25, 2026
MerleFest
Old Crow Medicine Show / Blackberry Smoke / Ketch Secor / Sam Bush / Peter Rowan / The Creekers / Scythian / Donna the Buffalo / Kruger Brothers / The Waybacks / Trey Hensley / Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band / Andy May / Banknotes / Charles Welch / Dug / Flattop / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Jack Lawrence / Jeff Little Trio / Joe Smothers / Ken Crouse / Local Boys / Mark Bumgarner / Mitch Greenhill / Pete & Joan Wernick / Presley Barker / Roy Book Binder / T Michael Coleman / Tony Williamson / Railroad Earth Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Apr 24, 2026
MerleFest
Old Crow Medicine Show / Molly Tuttle / Steep Canyon Rangers / Peter Rowan / Hogslop String Band / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Scythian / Donna the Buffalo / Jim Lauderdale / Kruger Brothers / The Waybacks / Melissa Carper / Amelia Day / Andy May / Carol Rifkin / Charles Welch / Flattop / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Jack Lawrence / Joe Smothers / Ken Crouse / Local Boys / Mark Bumgarner / Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith / Pete & Joan Wernick / Presley Barker / T Michael Coleman / Wayne Henderson Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 23, 2026 –
Apr 26, 2026
MerleFest 2026
Alison Krauss / Alison Krauss and Union Station / Blackberry Smoke / The Infamous Stringdusters / Steep Canyon Rangers / Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band / Maggie Rose / Jason Scott & The High Heat / Wayne Henderson / Jack Lawrence / Dug / Wyatt Ellis / Roy Book Binder / West Texas Exiles / Pete Wernick / Valley Flower / Zoe & Cloyd / Laura Boosinger / Tony Williamson / T. Michael Coleman / Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas / Local Boys / Presley Barker / Pressley Laton / The Jeff Little Trio / Joe Smothers / Mark Bumgarner / Reid West / Nick Wade / Nick & Brew / Myles gee / Mo-Grass / Mitch Greenhill & Mitch's Kitchen / Leon Timbo & the Family Band / The Knackered Ramblers / Kyle Horton & Christian Smith / Ken Crouse / Old Crow Medicine Show / The Wilder Blue / The Waybacks / Aj Lee & Blue Summit / Donna the Buffalo / The Creekers / Ketch Secor / Sam Bush / Scythian / Don Flemons & The Wildfires / Jake Shimabukuro / The Jack Wharff Band / The Jerry Douglas Band / Joy Oladokun / Peter Rowan & The Walls of Time Band / Sister Sadie / Charles Wesley Godwin / Kruger Brothers / The Band Loula / Molly Tuttle / Lamont Landers / Corey Harris / Broken Compass Bluegrass / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Hogslop String Band Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College 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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MerleFest 2026
Apr 23 - 26, 2026
 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Apr 23 - 26, 2026
 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Genres:

United States
Folk
Bluegrass
Americana
Alt-Country
Newgrass
Progressive Bluegrass
Texas
Instrumental Bluegrass
Mandolin
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Latest Setlist (04/26/2025):

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 4 concerts
2025 2 concerts
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
2009 67 concerts
2008 86 concerts
2007 67 concerts
2006 89 concerts
2005 72 concerts
2004 13 concerts
2003 13 concerts
2002 6 concerts
2001 2 concerts
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