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2026 Bluegrass clubs, concerts & festivals
08/06-08 Billy Strings; Fishers Event Center, 11000 Stockdale St, Fishers, IN 46037 7:30p sold out
08/07 Regional bluegrass musicians; Bluegrass on the Square, Historic Corydon Square, Corydon, IN 47112 7-9p free
08/07-09 The Whistle Pigs, area bands; Osceola Music Festival, Fern Hunsberger Park, 202 N Lamport St, Osceola, IN 46561 free
08/12 Andy Frasco & The U.N., Kitchen Dwellers; HI-FI Annex, 1065 St Patrick St, Indianapolis, IN 46203 317-986-7101 doors 6p music 7p free
08/13 Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Mama Said String Band; Turntable, 6281 N College Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220 doors 7p music 8p 18+ $
08/13-16 Acoustic Collection, Booze Hounds Bluegrass, Dave Adkins & Mountain Soul, Blue Holler, Hillary Klug, Branded Bluegrass, The Kody Norris Show, Bahler Golden Age Band, New Outlook, Lori & Brad’s Mini Opry Show, Cornfields & Crossroads, Mrs. Kate; Winding Creek Music Festival, 9912 W 100 S, Russiaville, IN 46979 gates Thu 2p Fri noon music Thu 3p Fri 2p Sat 11a Sun 10:30a gate Thu $20 Fri $30 Sat $30 Sun $15
08/14 The Sweet Lillies “newgrass/string-band”; The Coterie, 107 W Sycamore St, Kokomo, IN 46901 765-450-5002 doors 8p music 9p $7 presale 21+
08/15 65 North Pickers, Watershed Ramblers; The Mousetrap Bar & Grill, 5565 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220 317-255-3189 8p $
08/20 Tommy Emmanuel, Trey Hensley “flatpicking/acoustic”; Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408 812-323-3020 doors 6:30p music 7p $42-$52
08/20-22 Jeremy Pinnell, Dylan Walshe, Nicholas Jamerson, Justin Wells, Joe’s Truck Stop, Smilo & The Ghost, Abe Partridge, Lightnin’ Luke, Low Water Bridge Band, Conrad Moore, more; Pickin’ in the Backwoods, eXplore Brown County at Valley Branch Retreat, 2620 Valley Branch Rd, Nashville, IN 47448 812-379-9005 gates Thu 3p music 5p gates Fri & Sat 9a music 11a-midnight $
08/21 Tommy Emmanuel, Trey Hensley; Blue Gate PAC, 760 S Van Buren St, Shipshewana, IN 46565 260-768-4725 doors 6:30p music 7:30p $24.95-$214.95
08/22 The Debutants, The Hammer & The Hatchet “Indiana newgrass”; Brown County Playhouse, 70 S Van Buren St, Nashville, IN 47448 812-988-6555 7:30p $
08/22 Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder; Blue Gate PAC, 760 S Van Buren St, Shipshewana, IN 46565 260-768-4725 doors 6:30p music 7:30p $29.95-$79.95
08/27 The Debutants “Indiana newgrass”; Philharmonic Center, 826 Ewing St, Fort Wayne, IN 46802 260-740-3975 7:30p $
09/03 Dan Tyminski Band; Blue Gate PAC, 760 S Van Buren St, Shipshewana, IN 46565 260-768-4725 doors 6:30p music 7:30p $19.95-$49.95
09/03-06 Kevin Prater Band, Hillbilly Chic, Muddy Krick Mountain Band, Miles Over Mountains, Ottawa County, Booze Hounds Bluegrass, Blue Holler, Sugar Mules, Watershed Ramblers, The Matchsellers, The Debutants; Tri-State Bluegrass Festival, Noble County 4-H Fairgrounds, 580 N Fair St, Kendallville, IN 46755 music Thu & Fri nights and all day Sat & Sun $50 nonmembers weekend camping begins 08/27 $18/nt Sat Bluegrass Showdown: The Debutants vs The Matchsellers
09/04 Regional bluegrass musicians; Bluegrass on the Square, Historic Corydon Square, Corydon, IN 47112 7-9p free
09/04-07 Bluegrass performers TBA; Earl Park Fall Festival, Earl Park Festival Grounds, Earl Park, IN 47942 bluegrass daily free
09/05-06 Regional bluegrass, old-time, folk and blues musicians; Metamora Music Festival, Historic Metamora along the Whitewater Canal, Metamora, IN 47030 866-647-6555 free
09/10-12 Gracie Yates & Brock Burton, Bill Taylor, Smilo & The Ghost, Silverada, Whitey Morgan & The 78’s, Greensky Bluegrass, Jordan Wilson, Phil Kane, Clay Street Unit, American Aquarium, Tanner Usrey, Shane Smith & The Saints, Sierra Ferrell, Taylor Hunnicutt, Emily Nenni, Wes Bayliss, ShadowGrass, Them Dirty Roses, Josh Meloy, Flatland Cavalry, Whiskey Myers, Alex Williams; Unbroken Circle Music Festival, Bicentennial Park, 101 W Vaughn Dr, Madison, IN 47250 812-913-5254 $
09/11 ShadowGrass “newgrass/bluegrass”; HI-FI, 1043 Virginia Ave Suite 4, Indianapolis, IN 46203 317-986-7101 8p free
09/15 Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Theo Lawrence; Aiken Theatre at Old National Events Plaza, 715 Locust St, Evansville, IN 47708 7:30p $80.30+
09/17 Punch Brothers “progressive/chamber bluegrass”; Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College Music Center, 1700 S Main St, Goshen, IN 46526 574-535-7566 7:30p $40-$70
09/18 The Bacon Brothers “folk/roots”; Blue Gate PAC, 760 S Van Buren St, Shipshewana, IN 46565 260-768-4725 doors 6:30p music 7:30p $24.95-$79.95
09/19 The Last Revel, John Németh & The Blue Dreamers, Candi Jenkins, Valley Flower, March to August, Hayley Payne; Ferdinand Folk Festival, 18th Street Park, 422 E 18th St, Ferdinand, IN 47532 11a-9p free
09/19 Kerry Patrick Clark, Dave Haas, regional performers, jam sessions and workshops; Eagle Creek Folk Music Festival, Beach Shelter at Eagle Creek Park, 7840 W 56th St, Indianapolis, IN 46254 noon-7p free with park admission
09/24-26 Kitchen Dwellers, Split Lip Rayfield, Armchair Boogie, Jon Stickley Trio, Kyle Tuttle, Lyndsay Pruett, Sicard Hollow, Songs From The Road Band, The Debutants, MoonShroom, Alex Thoele, New Old Calvary, Wonderfunk, The Hammer & The Hatchet, The Fun Dunns, Lowland Ramblers, Cody Heckin’ Williams; First City Music Festival, The French Commons, 411 Willow St, Vincennes, IN 47591 $
09/24-26 Various bluegrass performers, workshops, jams and Bluegrass Hall of Fame induction; Uncle Pen Fest, 5163 Indiana Hwy 135, Morgantown, IN 46160 812-988-6422 $
09/30 The Malpass Brothers, Wilson Fairchild; Blue Gate PAC, 760 S Van Buren St, Shipshewana, IN 46565 260-768-4725 doors 6p music 7p $19.95-$59.95
10/09 Booze Hounds Bluegrass, Corey Flick; The Coterie, 107 W Sycamore St, Kokomo, IN 46901 765-450-5002 9p $
10/10 Full Cord; The Mousetrap Bar & Grill, 5565 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220 317-255-3189 8p $10+
10/20 Yonder Mountain String Band “jamgrass”; Blue Gate PAC, 760 S Van Buren St, Shipshewana, IN 46565 260-768-4725 doors 6:30p music 7:30p $19.95-$59.95
10/21 Yonder Mountain String Band, Low Landers; Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408 812-323-3020 doors 6:30p music 7p $35 advance $40 day of show
10/24 Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes, The Hammer & The Hatchet; Brown County Playhouse, 70 S Van Buren St, Nashville, IN 47448 812-988-6555 7:30p $
10/29 Rhonda Vincent & The Rage; Blue Gate PAC, 760 S Van Buren St, Shipshewana, IN 46565 260-768-4725 doors 6:30p music 7:30p $19.95-$49.95
11/11 Béla Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart; Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46208 317-940-6444 7:30p $
11/13 Del McCoury Band; Paramount Theatre, 1124 Meridian St, Anderson, IN 46016 765-642-1234 7:30p $
11/14 Del McCoury Band; Honeywell Center, 275 W Market St, Wabash, IN 46992 260-563-1102 7:30p $35+
11/19 Mama’s Broke “old-time/dark folk”; Turntable, 6281 N College Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220 doors 8p 18+ $
Bluegrass Jams
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1stSun Central Ind.BGA jams, 158 E 1075 S, Bunker Hill, IN 46914 317-508-2642 (2026 10/4, 11/1, 12/6) 317-508-2642 centralindianabluegrass [at] gmail [dot] com MOVED It is on a residential property, should see a small white building closer to the road. Its up the lane.
1stSun Watershed Ramblers; Leroy’s “Hot Stuff”, 333 US-20, Porter, IN, 46304 6-9p FREE
1st Thurs Wakarusa Bluegrass Jamboree, Doc Able Pavilion, 116 W. Waterford St, Wakarusa, IN 46573 6:30-9p Free, since 2000, 574-862-2200
2nd & 4th Thurs Whiteriver Folk & Bluegrass jam, Emery Lee Building, Beulah Park Jam, 503 S Park Ave, Alexandria, IN 46001 6-9p
2nd Thurs Bluegrass Gospel Jam, 2nd Floor Old Bag Factory, 1100 Chicago Ave, Goshen, IN 46526 6:30-9p Bill Landow 574-202-5502
3rd Fri Winamac Bluegrass Jam, Knights of Columbus, 340E50N, Winamac, IN 46996 Tom 574-205-2274 7-10p
3rd Sat Mar-Nov – Metamora Opry Barn, 19189 Pennington Rd, Metamora, IN 47030 6:30p MetamoraMusic [at] gmail [dot] com 06/21 Great Miami Bluegrass Band
3rd Sun mostly, Alley Kat’s Curiosity Shoppe, 1515 Roosevelt Rd, Valparaiso, IN 46383 2-4 mostly
3rd Sun Northern Ind. Bluegrass jam & meeting, SW Conservation Club, 5703 Bluffton Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46809 noon-6p free all welcome, acoustic only instruments, food & beverages available. no summer jams (2026 Feb 15, Mar 15, Apr 19, Oct 18, Nov 15 )
Last Fri. March-Oct, Metamora Opry Barn, 19189 Pennington Rd, Metamora, IN 47030 6:30p
Every Sat. 6090 S. Oakwood St., N Judson, IN 46366 219-878-3123 5:30p CDST 5:30P except during Kendallville Festival
Every Sun. Mouse Trap bar, 5565 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220 317-255-3189 8p