For Grateful Web readers hungry for a new autumn adventure, let us point your compass toward Indiana—where the picking is sweet, the camping is easy, and the roots run deep. The First City Music Festival, returning September 25-27, 2025, in Vincennes, Indiana, has quietly grown into one of the Midwest’s most authentic, family friendly, and welcoming gatherings for fans of bluegrass, Americana, and folk-fusion sounds.

This fall, Autzen Stadium will once again look a little more like Shakedown Street than your typical Pac-12 (make that Big Ten) Saturday. When the Oregon Ducks host the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday, October 25, 2025, the university is inviting fans to stage a full-stadium tie-dye out—a one-of-a-kind “Grateful Ducks” celebration that nods to Eugene’s deep bond with the Grateful Dead.

Why Oregon + the Dead makes perfect sense

Tedeschi Trucks Band (TTB), the GRAMMY Award-winning band led by the dynamic duo of Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, has released the latest offering from their upcoming album Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (LIVE AT LOCKN’) with Leon Russell with the new single “Feelin’ Alright.” The stirring rendition features guest appearances from Dave Mason, who penned the hit, on lead vocals and Anders Osborne on guitar.

These days, it can often times be a daunting task for those of us who are fans under the ever expanding umbrella of the genre known as country music to sift through the seemingly endless mire of tired, overplayed & shallow subjects like red solo cups, truck tailgates and bikini clad girls on a river bank (usually while also holding red solo cups and sitting on truck tailgates).

With a career spanning over six decades, Del McCoury continues defying expectations delivering fresh, thoughtful bluegrass with every release. Today, the Del McCoury Band returns with “So Black and White,” a new single written by celebrated guitarist and songwriter, and longtime Del McCoury collaborator, Larry Keel. The song can be heard and downloaded here

Fifty‑three summers in, RockyGrass Festival 2025 proved once again why this storied bluegrass music festival is the friendliest family reunion on Earth—only your cousins play twin fiddles, your auntie can shred a banjo break, and total strangers hand you a tube and drag you into the St. Vrain River for a cooldown between sets. Nestled in Lyons, Colorado, Planet Bluegrass wove legends, young guns, and barefoot toddlers into a single, sun‑splashed storyline. Here’s how RockyGrass 2025 unfurled, tarp run to starry finale.

Wild Honey Foundation and the Zevon Family will present Meet Me in L.A.; The Songs of Warren Zevon on October 24, 2025 at 8 p.m. at the United Theater, 929 S. Broadway, in Downtown Los Angeles. Tickets will be placed on pre-sale Tuesday August 5th at 10 a.m., and on public sale August 8 at 10 a.m.

Passim has announced that the acclaimed Celtic music groups Altan and Old Blind Dogs will headline the 23rd annual Boston Celtic Music Festival (BCMFest), taking place January 15-18, 2026 in Cambridge and Somerville. On Friday, January 16, BCMFest will head to Arts at the Armory in Somerville for a concert with one of Scotland’s greatest traditional bands, Old Blind Dogs and one of the most iconic bands in Irish history Altan takes the stage for the Nightcap Finale on Saturday, January 17 at the Somerville Theatre.

Philadelphia-born drummer, vocalist, and producer James “Biscuit” Rouse is honoring a legend. On Friday, September 5, he’ll host a dynamic Buddy Miles Birthday Celebration at The Cutting Room in New York City which promises to be a night of music, memories, and monumental grooves.

Chicago-based non-profit, Bluegrass Ambassadors, founded by critically-acclaimed bluegrass band Henhouse Prowlers, have, once again, partnered with ReString Appalachia, a non-profit initiated by the music history podcast American Songcatcher, to raise funds to provide musical instruments to individuals affected by the devastating flooding in Texas.