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 28)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 14, 2011
"Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival" / Peter Rowan / Tim O'Brien / The Wilders / Railroad Earth / The Greencards

Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival

Grand Targhee Resort Amphitheater Alta, Wyoming, United States
Aug 13, 2011
Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival
"Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival" / Peter Rowan / Jim Lauderdale / Yonder Mountain String Band / Donna the Buffalo / Joy Kills Sorrow / Tim O'Brien / Sarah Jarosz / Milkdrive
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Grand Targhee Resort Amphitheater Alta, Wyoming, United States
Aug 12, 2011
"Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival" / Peter Rowan / Donna the Buffalo / Tim O'Brien / The Infamous Stringdusters

Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival

Grand Targhee Resort Amphitheater Alta, Wyoming, United States
Jun 19, 2011
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
"Telluride Bluegrass Festival" / Robert Plant and the Band of Joy / Mumford & Sons / Punch Brothers / Peter Rowan / Abigail Washburn / Edgar Meyer / Darrell Scott / Tim O'Brien
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Telluride Town Park Telluride, Colorado, United States
Jun 16, 2011
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
"Telluride Bluegrass Festival" / Sarah McLachlan / Steve Earle / Tim O'Brien / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / The Head and the Heart / Cornmeal / Kevin Burke / Telluride House Band
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Telluride Town Park Telluride, Colorado, United States
Jun 04, 2011
"John Hartford Memorial Festival" / Danny Barnes / Great American Taxi / Greensky Bluegrass / The Hillbenders / Tim O'Brien

John Hartford Memorial Festival

Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground Bean Blossom, Indiana, United States
Jun 02, 2011
"John Hartford Memorial Festival" / Tim O'Brien / The Infamous Stringdusters / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / Greensky Bluegrass

John Hartford Memorial Festival

Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground Bean Blossom, Indiana, United States
May 28, 2011
Tim O'Brien Freight and Salvage Berkeley, California, United States
May 27, 2011
"Strawberry Music Festival" / Tim O'Brien / MarchFourth / Carolyn Wonderland / Court Yard Hounds

Strawberry Music Festival

Camp Mather Groveland, California, United States
May 26, 2011
Tim O'Brien Big Room Chico, California, United States
May 01, 2011
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Robert Plant and the Band of Joy / Doc Watson / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Alberti Flea Circus / Roy Book Binder / Alison Brown / Buffalo Barfield / Mitch Greenhill / George Hamilton IV / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Veronika Jackson / The Kruger Brothers / Jeff Little / Red Molly / Scythian / Shana Banana / Happy Traum / Banknotes / T Michael Coleman / Johnson's Crossroad / Jack Lawrence / Local Boys / Tut Taylor / Pete & Joan Wernick / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts / David Holt / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Neighbors (NC) / Tim O'Brien / Paul's Creek Band / The Sigmon Stringers / The Infamous Stringdusters / Pete Wernick / Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks / Laura Boosinger / The Corklickers / The Freight Hoppers / Wayne Henderson / Rusty Knox / Bill Mathis / Bryan Sutton Band / Crooked Still / ToneBlazers / Jim Lauderdale Show all bands
Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Apr 30, 2011
Laura Boosinger / "MerleFest" at Wilkes Community College
Laura Boosinger / "MerleFest" / Phil Wiggins / Corey Harris / Doc Watson / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Alberti Flea Circus / Roy Book Binder / Buffalo Barfield / Alison Brown / Mitch Greenhill / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Veronika Jackson / The Kruger Brothers / Jeff Little / Red Molly / Scythian / Shana Banana / Happy Traum / Banknotes / T Michael Coleman / Johnson's Crossroad / Jack Lawrence / The Infamous Stringdusters / Rory Block / Cadillac Sky / Donna the Buffalo / Emmitt Nershi Band / George Hamilton IV / Paul Geremia / Harper / Bob Hill / Jeff & Vida / Jim Lauderdale / Catfish Keith / Andy May / Joe Smothers / The Waybacks / Josh Williams Band / Tony Williamson / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Casey Driessen / Charles Welch / John Hartford String Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / David Holt / The Neighbors (NC) / Tim O'Brien / Snyder Family Band / Town Mountain / Paul's Creek Band / The Sigmon Stringers / Sinai Mountain Ramblers / Crooked Still / Steve and Ruth Smith / Sarah Jarosz / Pete Wernick / Peter Rowan / The Tony Rice Unit / Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks / Ken Crouse / The Freight Hoppers / Buddy Greene / Wayne Henderson / Lyle Lovett / Rusty Knox / Bill Mathis / Slate Mountain Ramblers / Bryan Sutton Band / Tut Taylor / ToneBlazers / Pete & Joan Wernick / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts / Local Boys / Joan Osborne Show all bands
Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 16, 2011
Old Settler's Music Festival
"Old Settler's Music Festival" / the Gourds / Richard Thompson / Foster & Lloyd / Sam Bush / Beatlegras / Sonny Landreth / The Bridge / Tim O'Brien / Sahara Smith / Gaelic Storm / David Francey / Jim Lauderdale / Jake Shimabukuro / Elliott Brood / The Hillbenders Show all bands
Salt Lick Pavilion Driftwood, Texas, United States
Apr 09, 2011
"Savannah Music Festival" / Tim O'Brien / The Infamous Stringdusters / Maceo Parker

Savannah Music Festival

Charles H. Morris Center Savannah, Georgia, United States
Apr 08, 2011
"Savannah Music Festival" / Tim O'Brien / The Infamous Stringdusters

Savannah Music Festival

Charles H. Morris Center Savannah, Georgia, United States
Mar 26, 2011
Tim O'Brien / Bryan Sutton Band / Chris Smither

Tim O'Brien / Bryan Sutton Band / Chris Smither at Old Town School Of Folk Music

Old Town School Of Folk Music Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mar 25, 2011
Tim O'Brien / Bryan Sutton Band Stoughton Opera House Stoughton, Wisconsin, United States
Mar 24, 2011 –
Apr 09, 2011
Savannah Music Festival 2011
Band of Horses / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Chris Thile / Béla Fleck / Salif Keita / Daniel Hope / dianne reeves / Maceo Parker / Allen Toussaint / The Infamous Stringdusters / Edgar Meyer / James Hunter / Joe Ely / Tim O'Brien / Junior Brown / James Cotton / Stuart Duncan / Zakir Hussain / Ballaké Sissoko / Lionel Loueke / Lucky Peterson / Stile Antico / John Pizzarelli / The Flatlanders / Nikolai Lugansky / Bill Charlap / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Simone Dinnerstein / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Michael Burks / marcus roberts / Noam Pikelny / Houston Person / Jack Wilkins / Bryan Sutton / Gerald Clayton / Peter Martin / Louis Lortie / Binky Griptite / Vincent Ségal / Kristian Bezuidenhout / Amjad Ali Khan / Jessica Molaskey / Wycliffe Gordon / Paul Kowert / John Clayton / Renee Rosnes / Mcintosh County Shouters / Keith Robinson / Geno Delafose / Doyle Lawson / Los Muñequitos de Matanzas / Peter Washington / Slide Hampton / Christine Brewer / Tiempo Libre / Butch Hancock / Bill Kennedy / Kenny Washington / Tracy Silverman / Chris Eldridge / Caleb Klauder / Sebastian Knauer / Ted Nash / Romero Lubambo / Jason Marsalis / Gregory Hutchinson / Terell Stafford / Sherman Robertson / Marcus Printup / Dave Stryker / Chico Pinheiro / The Clayton Brothers / Joe Craven / Rodney Whitaker / Grant Green Jr / Lorenza Borrani / The Raleigh Ringers / David Finckel / Jerry Portnoy / Andy Falco / Philip Dukes / Robert Sadin / Obed Calvaire / Ike Stubblefield / Simon Crawford-phillips / Wu Han / Joel Savoy / Raphael Merlin / Ian Hendrickson-smith / Patrick Messina / Ron Westray / Mike Bub / Jesse Lege / Jeff Clayton / Renard Poche / Jim Ketch / Jason Barie / Eric Kim / Craig Rutenberg / Rodney Jordan / Paul Mckee / Josh Swift / Catherine Leonard / Brian 'breeze Cayolle / Bill Peterson / Vijayalakshmi / Leon Anderson Show all bands
Augusta, Georgia, United States
Mar 20, 2011
"Blue Mountains Music Festival" / The Waifs / Tim O'Brien / Justin Townes Earle / The Cottars / Rachel Davis

Blue Mountains Music Festival

Blue Mountains Music Festival Grounds Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Mar 19, 2011
"Blue Mountains Music Festival" / Tim O'Brien / The Waifs / The Cottars / Rachel Davis

Blue Mountains Music Festival

Blue Mountains Music Festival Grounds Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia

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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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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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 Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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 Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Genres:

Folk
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Bluegrass
Americana
Newgrass
Celtic
Progressive Bluegrass
Christian Bluegrass
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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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