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 37)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 15, 2008 –
Aug 17, 2008
Rocky Mountain Folks Festival 2008
KT Tunstall / Amos Lee / The Mountain Goats / Missy Higgins / Josh Ritter / Great Lake Swimmers / Patty Griffin / Shawn Mullins / Todd Snider / Dar Williams / Nanci Griffith / The Waifs / Greg Brown / Tim O'Brien / Stephen Kellogg And The Sixers / Melissa Ferrick / Luke Doucet / Susan Werner / Boulder Acoustic Society / Sarah Sample / Moira Smiley & Voco / Steve Seskin Show all bands
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Planet Bluegrass Denver, Colorado, United States
Aug 10, 2008
"Targhee Fest" / Jeff Austin & Friends / The Infamous Stringdusters / Tim O'Brien / Dan Tyminski

Targhee Fest

Grand Targhee Resort Amphitheater Alta, Wyoming, United States
Aug 09, 2008
"Targhee Fest" / Sam Bush / Darrell Scott / Tim O'Brien / Blue Highway / Tony Trischka

Targhee Fest

Grand Targhee Resort Amphitheater Alta, Wyoming, United States
Aug 08, 2008
"Targhee Fest" / Abigail Washburn / Béla Fleck / Tim O'Brien

Targhee Fest

Grand Targhee Resort Amphitheater Alta, Wyoming, United States
Aug 03, 2008
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Cambridge Folk Festival" / John Hiatt / Joan Armatrading / Judy Collins / Seth Lakeman / Eric Bibb / Altan / Tim O'Brien / Karine Polwart / Kila / Devon Sproule / Lisa Knapp / Beoga / Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson / Elizabeth Cook / The Chair / Noah and the Whale / Jeana Leslie / Siobhan Miller / Nanci Griffith Show all bands
Festival Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Aug 02, 2008
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Cambridge Folk Festival" / Allen Toussaint / Eric Bibb / Peatbog Faeries / Altan / Tim O'Brien / k.d. lang / Karine Polwart / Kila / Devon Sproule / Imagined Village / Lisa Knapp / Elizabeth Cook / Beoga / The Chair / Nanci Griffith / Martha Wainwright / Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba / Chris Wood / Mauvais Sort / 6 Day Riot Show all bands
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Festival Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Jul 31, 2008 –
Aug 03, 2008
Cambridge Folk Festival
3 Daft Monkeys / 6 Day Riot / Allen Toussaint / Altan / Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba / Bella Hardy / Beoga / Billy Bragg / Brian McNeill / The Chair / Cherryholmes / Chris Wood / Devon Sproule / Eliza Carthy / Elizabeth Cook / Eric Bibb / Findlay Napier & The Bar Room Mountaineers / Frank Turner / Grupo Fantasma / Heidi Talbot / Hot 8 Brass Band / The Imagined Village / Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller / Joan Armatrading / Richard Hawley / Judy Collins / k.d. lang / Karine Polwart / Kíla / Laura Marling / Levellers / Lisa Knapp / Martha Wainwright / Mauvais Sort / Mawkin:Causley / Megson / Michael McGoldrick Band / Noah & The Whale / Peatbog Faeries / Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson / Ruth Notman Trio / Seth Lakeman / The Shivers / Tim O'Brien / Tunng / The Waifs / Whapweasel / Wheeler Street Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Jul 27, 2008
Calgary Folk Music Festival
"Calgary Folk Music Festival" / James "Blood" Ulmer / Mark Erelli / Sonny Landreth / Martyn Joseph / Tim O'Brien / Great Lake Swimmers / The Duhks / Abigail Washburn / Torngat / Basia Bulat / The Handsome Family / Claire Jenkins / Lost Bayou Ramblers / The Be Good Tanyas / Greg MacPherson / A Hawk and a Hacksaw / Julie Doiron / Jesse Winchester / Kobo Town / Lau / ani difranco / los straitjackets / Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band Show all bands
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Prince's Island Park Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Jul 26, 2008
Calgary Folk Music Festival
"Calgary Folk Music Festival" / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Mark Erelli / Martyn Joseph / Sonny Landreth / The Be Good Tanyas / The Duhks / Tim O'Brien / Torngat / Great Lake Swimmers / Basia Bulat / James "Blood" Ulmer / The Handsome Family / Claire Jenkins / Lost Bayou Ramblers / Josh Ritter / Greg MacPherson / A Hawk and a Hacksaw / Julie Doiron / los straitjackets / Kobo Town / Lau / Jesse Winchester / Charlie Musselwhite / Meshell Ndegeocello Show all bands
Prince's Island Park Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Jul 25, 2008
Calgary Folk Music Festival
"Calgary Folk Music Festival" / The Be Good Tanyas / The Duhks / Tim O'Brien / Torngat / Josh Ritter / Basia Bulat / Mark Erelli / Sonny Landreth / The Handsome Family / Claire Jenkins / Lost Bayou Ramblers / Greg MacPherson / Great Lake Swimmers / Andrew Bird / Kobo Town / Lau / Charlie Musselwhite / los straitjackets / Calexico Show all bands
Prince's Island Park Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Jul 18, 2008
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
"Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival" / Dry Branch Fire Squad / David Grisman Bluegrass Experience / Del McCoury Band / Abigail Washburn / Tim O'Brien / The Grascals / Uncle Earl / The Infamous Stringdusters / The Greencards / The Wilders / Steep Canyon Rangers / Chatham County Line / Adrienne Young & Little Sadie / Gravity / Bill Keith / Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys / Kindling Stone / John Kirk & Trish Miller / Fiddlestyx Show all bands
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Walsh Farm Oak Hill, New York, United States
Jul 12, 2008
Founders Title Folk & Bluegrass Festival
"Founders Title Folk & Bluegrass Festival" / Chatham County Line / Kort McCumberland and McCumberland Gap / Steve Seskin / Cold Creek / Carrie Rodriguez / Tim O'Brien / Cherryholmes
Snowbird Event Center Snowbird, Utah, United States
Jul 05, 2008
"Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes" / Tim O'Brien

Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes

McCurdy Pavilion Port Townsend, Washington, United States
Jul 04, 2008
"Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes" / Tim O'Brien

Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes

McCurdy Pavilion Port Townsend, Washington, United States
Jul 03, 2008
"Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes" / Tim O'Brien

Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes

McCurdy Pavilion Port Townsend, Washington, United States
Jul 02, 2008
"Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes" / Tim O'Brien

Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes

McCurdy Pavilion Port Townsend, Washington, United States
Jul 01, 2008
"Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes" / Tim O'Brien

Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes

McCurdy Pavilion Port Townsend, Washington, United States
Jun 30, 2008
"Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes" / Tim O'Brien

Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes

McCurdy Pavilion Port Townsend, Washington, United States
Jun 29, 2008
"Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes" / Tim O'Brien

Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes

McCurdy Pavilion Port Townsend, Washington, United States
Jun 28, 2008
Tim O'Brien Tractor Tavern Seattle, Washington, United States

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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]

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Sep 29 - 30, 2017
 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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May 23, 2009
 Cumberland, Maryland, United States
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 Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
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Genres:

Folk
Country
Bluegrass
Americana
Newgrass
Celtic
Progressive Bluegrass
Christian Bluegrass
Old-Time
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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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