Tim O'Brien Concert History

Tim O'Brien (b. March 16, 1954 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is an American bluegrass, old time and celtic musician. O'Brien plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki and mandocello and is an accomplished vocalist. He moved to Boulder, Colorado in the 1970s and became part of the music scene there. In 1978 he founded the bluegrass group Hot Rize. Hot Rize had its own offshoot band called Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers. The band would walk off stage, change clothes, and reappear as a different band with its own songs.

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Tim O'Brien Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 20, 2026
Upcoming
Tim O'Brien The Kent Stage Kent, Ohio, United States
Sep 11, 2026 –
Sep 12, 2026
Upcoming
Mountain Song Festival 2026
Sam Bush / Steep Canyon Rangers / Tim O'Brien / Alison Brown / Shannon Whitworth / John Cowan Band / Woody Platt
Brevard Music Center Brevard, NC, US
Jul 26, 2026
Upcoming
Punch Brothers / Tim O'Brien / Della Mae / The Kody Norris Show / Howley / Tom Knowlton

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Planet Bluegrass Ranch Lyons, Colorado, United States
May 20, 2026
Tim O'Brien 3rd and Lindsley Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Apr 22, 2026
Tim O'Brien / Jan Fabricius TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Apr 20, 2026
Tim O'Brien Lutherse Kerk Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Mar 08, 2026
Tim O'Brien Caffe Lena Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Mar 05, 2026
Tim O'Brien Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
Feb 12, 2026
Tim O'Brien The Southern Cafe & Music Hall Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Jan 31, 2026
Tim O'Brien

John Hartford Days

Ibma Conference Center Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
Jan 28, 2026
Sam Bush / Tim O'Brien 3rd and Lindsley Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Jan 25, 2026
Tim O'Brien Tractor Tavern Seattle, Washington, United States
Jan 16, 2026
Samson Grisman / Tim O'Brien Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Jan 15, 2026
Tim O'Brien / Sam Grisman Project Bull Run Restaurant Shirley, MA, US
Nov 16, 2025
Tim O'Brien The 04 Center Austin, Texas, United States
Oct 22, 2025
Sam Bush / Tim O'Brien

Sam Bush / Tim O'Brien at Harken Hall

Harken Hall Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Oct 18, 2025
Tim O'Brien / Jan Fabricius One Longfellow Square Portland, Maine, United States
Oct 11, 2025
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Sam Bush / Tim O'Brien / New Dangerfield / Lindsay Lou / Kyle Tuttle Band / Arlo Mckinley / Slay & Stinson / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / HuDost
The Caverns (Outdoor Amph.) Pelham, Tennessee, United States
Oct 03, 2025 –
Oct 05, 2025
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Charlie Parr / Dengue Fever / Evolfo / The Felice Brothers / I'm With Her / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Lola Kirke / Kelly McFarling / Madeline Hawthorne / Mekons / Moonalice / Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets / Ocie Elliott / The String Cheese Incident / Tim O'Brien / Watchhouse / William Prince / Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes Show all bands
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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Sep 27, 2025
Tim O'Brien / Jan Fabricius / Bonnie "Prince" Billy
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Swallow Hill Music - Daniels Hall Denver, Colorado, United States

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Oct 3, 2009
 San Francisco, California, United States
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"Norwegian Wood Festival" / Mark Knopfler / Pieta Brown / Tim O'Brien on Apr 8, 2010 [546-small]

"Norwegian Wood Festival" / Mark Knopfler / Pieta Brown / Tim O'Brien
Apr 8, 2010
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Wide Open Bluegrass Festival on Sep 29, 2017 [861-small]

Wide Open Bluegrass Festival
Sep 29 - 30, 2017
 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Delfest on May 23, 2009 [472-small]

Delfest
May 23, 2009
 Cumberland, Maryland, United States
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Transatlantic Sessions
Feb 5, 2015
 Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
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Jan 9, 2025
 Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Jan 9, 2025
 Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Jan 9, 2025
 Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Jan 9, 2025
 Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Genres:

Folk
Country
Bluegrass
Americana
Newgrass
Celtic
Progressive Bluegrass
Christian Bluegrass
Old-Time
Mandolin
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Latest Setlist (07/23/2022):

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  1. Hold to a Dream
  2. Diggin' My Potatoes
  3. Pretty Fair Maiden in the Garden
  4. Sod Buster
  5. El Comedor
  6. Senor
  7. Nervous
  9. Hop Down Reel / Johnny Doherty's Reel
  10. Five Miles In and One Mile Down
  11. The Same Boat Brother
  12. When You Pray Move Your Feet
  15. Workin'
  16. Grandma's Hands
  17. Can You See Me. Sister?
  18. He Walked On
  19. Untold Stories
  20. Ready On the Firing Line
  21. More Love
  22. Brother Wind
  23. Look Down That Lonesome Road
  24. Little annie

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 14 concerts
2025 18 concerts
2024 12 concerts
2023 30 concerts
2022 37 concerts
2021 6 concerts
2020 6 concerts
2019 19 concerts
2018 22 concerts
2017 60 concerts
2016 87 concerts
2015 30 concerts
2014 50 concerts
2013 64 concerts
2012 67 concerts
2011 53 concerts
2010 60 concerts
2009 51 concerts
2008 89 concerts
2007 35 concerts
2006 71 concerts
2005 68 concerts
2004 6 concerts
2003 3 concerts
2002 2 concerts
2001 1 concert
2000 1 concert
1999 4 concerts
1997 1 concert
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