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2026 Bluegrass clubs, concerts & festivals
05/15-16 Armchair Boogie, Booze Hounds Bluegrass, Buffalo Wabs, Chicken Wire Empire, Chicago Farmer, Debutants, Front Porch, Greenwood Rye, Low Landers, Mama Said String Band, March to August, Nolan Strupeck, Baker’s Basement, Cousin Brothers, Fun Dunns, Yellow Banks, Chris Zink, Wood Belly; Elk Ridge Ranch, 8785 Ridge Rd, Shoals, IN 47581
05/20 Booze Hounds Bluegrass; Belgian Horse Winery, 7200 W County Road 625 N, Middletown, IN 47356-9750
05/21-24 Acoustic Collection (T/F), Blue Diggity (F/Sa), Blue Roads, Crabgrass (S/S), Edgar Loudermilk (S/S), Fresh Cut Grass (T/F), Mark Hembree (S/S), My Brother’s Keeper (S/S), Ruta Beggars (S/S), Up Hill River (T/F), Suzuki Fiddlers (IN) ( Su); camping, food, covered stage Tri-State Bluegrass 580 N Fair, Kendallville, IN 46804 260-918-4790
05/20 Booze Hounds Bluegrass; Belgian Horse Winery, 7200 W County Road 625 N, Middletown, IN 47356-9750
05/29 Booze Hounds Bluegrass; The Mousetrap, 5565 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220
06/04-05 Arkansauce, Hotbrown Smackdown, Mama Said String Band, 65 North Pickers, Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, Lowland Ramblers, Booze Hounds Bluegrass, Vance Bonebrake and the Bean Blossom Ramblers, Cold Front Bluegrass Band, “progressive bluegrass, jam, and camping”; Willy Stock , 9888 S Co Rd 525 E, Marengo, IN 47140
06/05 Armchair Boogie “jamgrass/newgrass/funkgrass”; The Coterie, 107 W Sycamore St, Kokomo, IN 46901 9p
06/06 Greensky Bluegrass; Rock the Ruins / Holliday Park, 6363 Spring Mill Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46260 7p.
06/07 Watershed Ramblers; Leroy’s Hot Stuff, 333 W US Hwy 20, Porter, IN 46304 219-926- 6211
06/09-10 Alison Krauss & Union Station; Performing Arts Center at Blue Gate, 195 N Van Buren St, Shipshewana, IN 46565
06/13 The Hammer and The Hatchet, The New Old Cavalry, Booze Hounds Bluegrass, Roger Banister Bluegrass, Nectar Valley, Low Landers, Blue Flame Music, Bobbie Jane Lancaster, The Fun Dunns; Upland Brewing Co., 350 West 11th St, Bloomington, IN 47404 3-11p $
06/17-20 Ralph Stanley II, Mountain Boys, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Junior Sisk Band, Authentic Unlimited, Kody Norris Show, Downriver Collective, Wyatt Ellis, Burnett Sisters Band, Tidalwave Road, Grasscutters, Dave Adkinsl, Ashleigh Graham, Highway, Richard Bennett Band, tribute to Tony Rice, Off Time Bluegrass, Preachin’ & Singin; Bill Monroe’s BGF, 5163 SR 135 North, Morgantown, IN 446160 $180
06/26 East Nash Grass; Turntable, 6281 N College Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220
06/26–28 Michael Cleveland, Steam Machine, Stones River Reelers, Andrew Small & Ashley Watkins, Fugu Dugu, Bobcat Opossum, Zacbe Pichardo & Irekani Ferraya, Djangophonique, Travelers Dream, Bahler’s Golden Age Band; Indiana Fiddlers’ Gathering, Park, 200 Battleground Ave, Battle Ground, IN 47920
07/05 Watershed Ramblers; Leroy’s Hot Stuff, 333 W US Hwy 20, Porter, IN 46304 219-926- 6211
07/10 Booze Hounds; American Legion, 201 W South St, Darlington, IN 47940
08/06-08 Billy Strings; Event Center, 11000 Stockdale St, Fishers, IN 46037 sold out
08/13-16 Winding Creek BGF, 9912 County Rd West 100 S, Russiaville, IN 46979
08/20-22 Pickin’ in the Backwoods, Valley Branch Retreat
2620 Valley Branch Rd, Nashville, IN 47448
08/22 Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder; Performing Arts Center at Blue Gate, 195 N Van Buren St, Shipshewana, IN 46565 7:30pm
09/10 Unbroken Circle Music Festival, Madison, IN
11/14 Del McCoury; Honeywell Center, 275 W. Market St., Wabash IN 46992 260.563.1102
Bluegrass Jams
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1stSun (except Easter) Central Ind.BGA jams, 158 E 1075 S, Bunker Hill, IN 46914 317-508-2642 (2026 4/12 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, 400 E. 4th St., 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 01/18 Jam, 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