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) (Page 12)

Date Concert Venue Location
Feb 26, 2017
Wintergrass Music Festival
"Wintergrass Music Festival" / Tim O'Brien / Turtle Island Quartet / Mike Marshall / Caterina Lichtenberg / Mr. Sun / Sierra Hull / Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons / Brothers Keeper
Hyatt Regency Bellevue Bellevue, Washington, United States
Feb 25, 2017
Wintergrass Music Festival
"Wintergrass Music Festival" / Tim O'Brien / John McEuen / Turtle Island Quartet / Mike Marshall / Caterina Lichtenberg / Rob Ickes / Trey Hensley / Mr. Sun / Mollie O'brien & Rich Moore / Sierra Hull / Jeremy Kittel Trio / Joe Craven / The David Mayfield Parade / Flatt Lonesome / The Talbott Brothers / The Paperboys / Love Canon / Foghorn Stringband / Orville Johnson / Petunia & the Vipers / Molly Tuttle / Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons / Hot Buttered Rum Show all bands
Hyatt Regency Bellevue Bellevue, Washington, United States
Feb 18, 2017
Tim O'Brien Center For The Arts Crested Butte, Colorado, United States
Feb 17, 2017
Tim O'Brien Caribou Room Nederland, Colorado, United States
Oct 21, 2016
Tim O'Brien / Old Man Luedecke Dyck Arboretum Hesston, Kansas, United States
Oct 15, 2016
Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival
"Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival" / David Grisman / Del Mccoury / Tim O'Brien / Earls Of Leicester / Band Of Ruhks / Sister Sadie
Farmers Branch Historical Park Farmers Branch, Texas, United States
Oct 07, 2016
Tim O'Brien International Bluegrass Music Museum Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
Oct 02, 2016
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / The Infamous Stringdusters / Glen Hansard / Margaret Glaspy / CW Stoneking / Buffy Sainte-Marie / John Doe / Emmylou Harris / Hayes Carll / Jerry Douglas / John Paul White / Jonathan Richman / The Pines / Curtis Salgado / Marty Stuart / t Bone Burnett / Willie Watson / Allen Stone / Elizabeth Cook / Kane, Welch, & Kaplin / Pimps of Joytime / Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie / The Hillbenders / King Most / DJ Centipede / DJ Theory / Motion Potion / DJ Matt Haze / Tom Thumb / DJ Phleck / DJ Tobiwan / Rosanne Cash / Nahko and Medicine for the People / Griffin House / The Jones Family Singers / The Brothers Gibb / The California Honeydrops / Dropkick Murphys / Evolfo / Tim Flannery And The Lunatic Fringe / Tim O'Brien / Cake / Wynonna & The Big Noise / Wee Willie Walker / Aki Kumar Blues Band / Tracy Nelson / Maurice Tani / John Hammond / Xylouris White / Maura O'connell Show all bands
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Speedway Meadow @Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Sep 24, 2016
Tim O'Brien Peoples Bank Theatre Marietta, Ohio, United States
Sep 20, 2016
Americana Music Festival & Conference
"Americana Music Festival & Conference" / Town Mountain / Sam Bush / Hackensaw Boys / Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle / Paul Burch / Billy Strings / Tim O'Brien / Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights / Mayeux And Broussard / Caitlyn Smith / Grizzlee Train
Various Venues Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Sep 17, 2016
Walnut Valley Festival
"Walnut Valley Festival" / The Steel Wheels / Mountain Heart / John McCutcheon / Tim O'Brien / Socks in the Frying Pan / Bryan Sutton Band / Dan Crary / Bill Evans / Steve Spurgin / Marley's Ghost / Stephen Bennett / Juni Fisher / The Paperboys / Driven / Ken Kolodner / The Chapin Sisters / Roz Brown / Ray Cardwell & Tennessee Moon / The Green Flamingos Show all bands
Winfield Fairgrounds Winfield, Kansas, United States
Sep 16, 2016
Walnut Valley Festival
"Walnut Valley Festival" / Mountain Heart / Claire Lynch / The Paperboys / Tim O'Brien / John McCutcheon / Bryan Sutton Band / tom chapin / Marley's Ghost / Driven / Still on The Hill / Beppe Gambetta / Tim And Myles Thompson / Ken Kolodner / KBA Treblemakers / Socks in the Frying Pan / Byron Berline / Stephen Bennett / Dan Crary / Bill Evans / Steve Spurgin / Dave Stamey / Andy May / Roz Brown / The Chapin Sisters / Juni Fisher / Ray Cardwell & Tennessee Moon Show all bands
Winfield Fairgrounds Winfield, Kansas, United States
Sep 10, 2016
Tim O'Brien Red Clay Music Foundry Duluth, Georgia, United States
Sep 09, 2016
"Mountain Song Festival" / Earls Of Leicester / Tim O'Brien / Steep Canyon Rangers

Mountain Song Festival

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Brevard Music Center Brevard, North Carolina, United States
Aug 28, 2016
Tonder Festival
"Tonder Festival" / Anderson East / Blind Boys of Alabama / Tim O'Brien / Ten Strings and a Goat Skin / The Mccrary Sisters / Manran / Eric Bibb / Rura / Vasen / Big Daddy Wilson / Corey Ledet / Spirit Family Reunion / Hudson Taylor / King James and the Special Men / The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc / Hans Theessink / Adam Holmes and the Embers / Mary Gauthier Show all bands
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Tønder Festival Grounds Tonder, Denmark
Aug 26, 2016
Tonder Festival
"Tonder Festival" / Rosanne Cash / John Leventhal / The Steel Wheels / Peatbog Faeries / The Chair / The Dead South / Folkeklubben / The Barra MacNeils / Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson / Shooglenifty / Dustbowl Revival / Hudson Taylor / King James and the Special Men / Tim O'Brien Show all bands
Tønder Festival Grounds Tonder, Denmark
Aug 06, 2016
"Bluegrass And Beer Festival" (CO) / The Haymarket Squares / Tim O'Brien

Bluegrass And Beer Festival (CO)

River Run Village Keystone, Colorado, United States
Aug 04, 2016
Tim O'Brien / Betse & Clark Paonia City Park Paonia, Colorado, United States
Jul 27, 2016
Tim O'Brien Santa Fe Bandstand Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Jul 24, 2016
Bluedot Festival
Caribou / Everything Everything / Mercury Rev / 65daysofstatic / Sea Power / Gwenno / Dutch Uncles / Tim O'Brien / Pumarosa / iLiKETRAiNS / Steve Mason
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Jodrell Bank Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom

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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
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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 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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