In just two short weeks, Radio Bristol’s celebrated Farm and Fun Time variety show will light up the stage of the Birthplace of Country Music Museum with an evening that blends boundary-pushing roots music and heartfelt songwriting. On Wednesday, July 23, guitar slinger Chuck Prophet arrives with His Cumbia Shoes to headline the program, joined by acclaimed Southern troubadour A. Lee Edwards.

Today, the Minnesota-based group Maygen & The Birdwatcher announce that their sophomore LP The Americana Dream will be released on October 10 via Yellow House Music Collective / Missing Piece Records.

One of the SF Bay Area's most cherished summer traditions turns 35 this year and San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2025 amplifies its artist lineup like never before ranging from GRAMMY Award-winners to the hottest acts on the live music festival scene with headliners Common, Mavis Staples, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, José James, Ghost-Note, Butcher Brown, The Headhunters, plus newly confirmed headliners Lalah Hathaway, PJ Morton, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Bilal, and the inaugural "Artist-In-Residence" for its "Future of Ja

Fesh off a three-night stand at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom—an engagement BILLBOARD called “a religious experience” and NPR praised for McCartney’s “ridiculous” swag—Paul McCartney and his acclaimed Got Back Tour will return to North America with 19 newly announced dates, marking the legendary songwriter’s first extensive U.S. and Canadian run since 2022.

Kicking off the weekend of events celebrating Jerry Garcia and the 60th Anniversary of The Grateful Dead is the Jerry Garcia commemorative street sign ceremony at Harrington Street on Friday, August 1 at 11am (time subject to change). The ceremony, taking place on Jerry’s birthday, will be on Harrington Street between Alemany Boulevard and Mission Street in the Excelsior District where Garcia was born and lived with his grandparents.

On Friday, August 1, the Colorado Rockies will transform Coors Field into a haven for Deadheads and baseball fans alike in celebration of Jerry Garcia’s birthday.

Cascade Equinox has unveiled a wave of new offerings for its 2025 edition, including daily lineups, single-day tickets, a Thursday pre-party, and the return of signature experiences like the ‘Summer Jams’ concert series, Cosmic Drip, Solar Spin, and the ‘Feast to Festival’ farm-to-table dinner. Set in the scenic Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond, Oregon, the cross-genre festival will take place Friday, September 19 - Sunday, September 21, 2025.

Grammy-, Emmy-, and Clio-winning songwriter, violinist, and jingle craftsman Robin Batteau will release Banned in Sparta this Friday, July 11. The ten-song collection recasts the verse of Classical Greek poets through the voices of folk-music luminaries Tom Paxton, Eric Andersen, Carolyn Hester, Livingston and Kate Taylor, Matt Nakoa, Robin Lane, and two-time Tony winner James Naughton with his children Keira and Greg.

Irish breakout trio Kingfishr will make their eagerly awaited Rocky Mountain debut this fall, headlining the Fox Theatre on Sunday, October 5, 2025. Doors open at 7:00 PM, with the band taking the stage at 8:00 PM sharp. General-admission tickets go on sale Friday, July 11 at 10:00 AM MDT via Z2 Entertainment (purchase here: https://www.z2ent.com/events/detail/kingfishr-2025-fox).

Hope In The Hills’ sixth annual Healing Appalachia festival will make its inaugural move along Kentucky’s Country Music Highway this year, taking place Sept. 19-20, on a mountaintop near the Boyd County Fairgrounds in Ashland, KY.