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06/19/2026

Artist Playshops are a High Sierra tradition and a fan favorite. These unique collaborations, tributes, and special sets happen once, happen live, and happen only at High Sierra.

“Artist playshops are at the heart of what makes High Sierra special,” says High Sierra Music Festival Producer Dave Margulies. “They’re where musicians get to stretch creatively, collaborate with artists they may never otherwise share a stage with, and pay tribute to the music and musicians that inspired them. Many of these performances happen once and never happen again.”

High Sierra Music Festival unveils its 2026 Artist Playshops ahead of its July 2–5 debut at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley.

06/19/2026

Happy birthday to bluegrass legend Lester Flatt, born on this day in 1914—here he is performing “Cripple Creek.”

Flatt And Scruggs Play Cripple Creek.

06/19/2026

Last week marked the first in a year-long series of celebrations honoring John Prine’s life, legacy, and upcoming 80th birthday this October, and it “made the case for Prine as America’s Poet Laureate,” writes Variety.

Presented as part of Wolf Trap’s America 250 series and benefiting the Prine Family’s Hello In There Foundation, Songwriters Celebrate John Prine featured Emmylou Harris, Margo Price, Allison Russell, I’m With Her, Patty Griffin, Tommy Prine, and more performing Prine’s songs of empathy, careful observation, pathos, and droll humor.

Souvenirs: 80 Years of John Prine brings artists to The Chicago Theatre on October 8 for a tribute benefiting The Hello In There Foundation.

06/18/2026

Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration joins the Boston Pops at Tanglewood on June 30 at 7 p.m., and Grateful Web is giving away a pair of lawn tickets to the show.

How to win: Like and share this post, then tag a buddy you’d like to bring along. A winner will be selected next Tuesday.

Have a blast!

06/18/2026

Kinfolk Festival 2014 - Lyons, Colorado

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Northwest String Summit 2016

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Lockn' Festival | Sunday, September 7th, 2014

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Blackberry Smoke’s Rattle, Ramble & Roll Tour steamrolled through Cheyenne, Wyoming, last night. The band is celebrating twenty-five years together as a premier rock and roll outfit. Formed in 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia, the band has consistently worked hard both in the studio and on the road. They are warriors of mile markers, motels, and modern-day musical magic. The band has a unique way of blending southern rock, country rock, blues, and jam music all into one mind-bending package of soul-scorching sweetness.

Blackberry Smoke celebrated 25 years with a hard-rocking Rattle, Ramble & Roll Tour stop at The Lincoln in Cheyenne, with Duane Betts opening.

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Phish | S**C | 6/19/2010

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DelFest | Cumberland, MD | 5/24/2026 | photos by Russell Levine