Music Festivals and Live Venues

It is hard to say when music festivals and live venues will get back up to speed. When they do, posts in this category will update those.

In the meantime, musicians have gone virtual. For a comprehensive look at who is streaming today check out Bandsintown.

Bandhouse Gigs

Bandhouse Gigs

BandHouse Gigs, founded in 2004 by local Bethesda, Maryland musicians Ronnie Newmyer and Chuck Sullivan, and later joined by David Sless, Greg Hardin, and Danny Schwartz, is the D.C. area’s premier producer of one-of-a-kind tribute concerts for iconic artists and influential musical movements.  Over the past 13 years BandHouse has produced 25 sold out shows at The Warner Theater, The Music Center at Strathmore, The Fillmore Silver Spring, Wolf Trap, Rams Head On Stage, and The Hamilton Live.

They collaborate with professionals willing to donate their services, including writers, graphic artists, videographers, photographers, make-up artists, lighting designers, marketing professionals, and audio engineers.  Together they are the BandHouse Team.

Bandhouse Gigs on Facebook

 

The Steel Wheels

Steel Wheels

Creators and Hosts of The Redwing Festival

Simultaneously familiar and fresh, the Steel Wheels bring a singular energy to every note they play and sparkling craft to each song. This potent combination, paired with a robust tour calendar, have made the veteran band hands-down favorites of fans and peers alike. From their base in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, TSW have played the most prestigious festivals, listening rooms, and clubs in the world, cementing a reputation as one of the top independent bands on the scene today.

Check the website for one of the better responses to pandemic streaming solutions, Distance Together.

Fur Peace Ranch

Fur Peace Ranch

Jorma Koukonen

Pomeroy, Ohio

Jorma and Vanessa’s goal was to create a place where musicians could come together and surround themselves with music for several days and emerge with a new found inspiration. Jorma says he wants to “demystify the process of playing music” for those who attend the camp. For students arriving around noon on a Friday and leaving Monday morning with classes scattered throughout the days, the process of demystifying music may come with ease. Guitar is the main language spoken at FPR.

All The Best Festival

Hosted by John Prine — R.I.P.

2019 Festival November 11-15 

Click “Visit Site” below for updates of future events

Follow the festival on Instagram via Roaming the Arts

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2019 happened Friday, October 4, Saturday, October 5, and Sunday, October 6, 2019. Click Visit Site for information about the 2020 event.

Lollapalooza

Another big year with 8 stages, and 170+ bands from all over the world, every Lolla lineup makes hands wave, heads nod, and crowds holler.

Click Visit Site for information about the 2020 festival.

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