Five‑time Grammy Award–winner and Academy Award–winning composer, singer, songwriter, and bandleader Jon Batiste will launch the Colorado leg of his highly anticipated The Big Money Tour: Jon Batiste Plays America with back‑to‑back performances at two of the state’s most iconic outdoor venues this September.

Brazilian-born, North Carolina-based songwriter and producer Joe May unveils his latest studio project, Mild Adversity & Shallow Heartbreaks, a genre-fluid ode to life’s messy contradictions. Out today, the album merges the sunlit harmonies of ’70s West Coast pop, Brazilian rhythms, and sly wit into a danceable yet introspective journey.

Widespread Panic and Cloud 9 Adventures announce details for the thirteenth-edition of their beloved concert vacation, Panic en la Playa. This all-inclusive destination event returns to the shores of the Caribbean and takes over Hard Rock Riviera Maya for four nights of music by Widespread Panic in Mexico from January 20-24, 2026.

After more than two decades as one of modern folk's most authentic voices, Mason Jennings returns with Magnifier, his 20th studio album, out June 20, 2025 via Loosegroove Records. The album's first single and video, "Castles," is out now offering a powerful introduction to one of Jennings’ most stripped-back and emotionally resonant works to date.

North Bay’s acclaimed singer-songwriter Susan Z brings her all-star band to the historic Ranch Nicasio on Saturday, May 17 for Susan Z and the Winding Road: A Celebration of Sheryl Crow. The evening will pay homage to Sheryl Crow -- one of the most accomplished and gifted songwriters to emerge from the 1990s.

The Fox Theatre is proud to host A Very Jerry Evening, a joyous birthday tribute to the late Jerry Garcia, on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Doors open at 7:00 PM, with the festivities kicking off at 8:00 PM. All ages are welcome (under 16 admitted with adult), and tickets are on sale now at z2ent.com.

Cosmic roots-rockers Futurebirds, GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale, and emerging honky tonk act Ramona & the Holy Smokes have been added to the lineup for the 24th annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival, slated for Sept. 19-21 in Historic Downtown Bristol, Tenn.-Va.

Headliners The Teskey Brothers, Shane Smith & The Saints, Lukas Nelson, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, The Band Perry, Joy Oladokun, Steep Canyon Rangers, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, and Mountain Grass Unit, and many, many more, were announced last month.

Today, the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame announced a groundbreaking new partnership with the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University. This first-of-its-kind collaboration for the Springsteen Archives will bring compelling exhibits and educational programming to Boston, with work beginning immediately.

Northern Natural Cidery in Kaleva, Michigan, welcomed an early‑season visit from Michigan’s own Dave Bruzza, best known for performing with the jam‑grass legends Greensky Bluegrass. Over the past few years, Dave has played three to five solo shows annually—mostly in the Midwest—and this spring’s run included Chicago’s new “Garcias” venue, Ann Arbor’s folkie listening room The Ark, and Holland’s Park Theatre before he pointed his wheels north to Kaleva.

Big-name headliners Lenny Kravitz (Friday), Sublime (Saturday), and Alanis Morissette (Sunday) led the way on the massive High Tide (the official main stage with its enormous viewing-area lawn of artificial but lush, cool grass) and Low Tide (in front of an expansive sandy beach) stages, with big 90-minute sets in front of up to 11,000 jolly souls. Other mighty 60 and 75-minute alternating performances on the High and Low Tide stages were delivered by such acclaimed performers as Train, The Beach Boys (with John Stamos), the Pretenders, Jackson Browne, Mt. Joy, Marcus King, Cake, Skip Marley, Susanna Hoffs, and Aloe Blacc.