The organizers of the Rockopelli Music Festival embody this ethos. For fourteen years, Rockopelli has brought together artists, activists, and musicians to support the Northwest Indiana community, channeling proceeds from the annual event into scholarships and local charities. Since its start in 2012, the festival has raised over $100,000 for student scholarships while donating to various local causes. This year’s charity event, held at Crown Point’s Bulldog Park, featured four diverse bands united by the same spirit of community.

Earl Scruggs Music Festival concluded its triumphant 2025 event this weekend, drawing more than double in attendance since last year.

Italian guitarist and composer Andrea Zacchia returns with Anemoia, his second album and first on Filibusta Records, out May 30, 2025. Built around the dynamic energy of a Hammond trio, the album features Pietro Caroleo (Hammond organ) and Maurizio De Angelis (drums), blending modal jazz, post-bop, groove, and nostalgic imagination.

Today, psychedelic-funk trailblazers Pigeons Playing Ping Pong unveil their triumphant new single, “Feed The Fire,” the title track from their forthcoming eighth studio album, due out October 3, 2025 via No Coincidence Records.

For its third year, the Annapolis Baygrass Music Festival returns to its beachfront location at Sandy Point State Park along the Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis, Maryland, on Saturday and Sunday, September 20-21, 2025. People from all over the region and across North America celebrate in this picturesque destination while listening to the best in progressive bluegrass, improvisational jam, and American roots music. 

Internationally acclaimed guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy will bring his 17th Annual Acoustic Holiday concert to the Boulder Theater on Thursday, December 4, 2025. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., with the show starting at 7:00 p.m. Reserved seated tickets go on sale Friday, September 5 at 10:00 a.m. via Z2 Entertainment. This all-ages event welcomes fans of every generation (under 16 must be accompanied by an adult).

Hot Tuna—the iconic American blues rock duo of Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady—has been delivering profound musical experiences to fans around the world for over six decades. This year is especially momentous, with Jorma celebrating his 85th birthday, Jefferson Airplane marking their 60th anniversary, the discovery and release of Reno Road on Culture Factory USA, and Acoustic Hot Tuna’s nationwide tour.

Jorma’s 85th Birthday Celebration

On October 1st at San Francisco’s Presidio Theatre, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi will join Steve Earle, special unannounced guests, and the evening’s house band, Sam Grisman Project, to gather in support of Camp Winnarainbow—a circus & performing arts haven for young people, founded in 1975 by hippie icons Wavy Gravy and Jahanara Romney.

Spafford once again proved why they are one of the most adventurous bands on the jam scene, delivering a weekend highlight at the ADK Festival with a surprise cover of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ “Impression That I Get.”

Powerhouse guitarist-vocalist Ana Popovic returns with her new album, "Dance To The Rhythm" (Electric Heel Records; Release Date: September 26, 2025 digital, October 30, 2026 physical street date). 'Dance to the Rhythm’ blends searing blues style with elements of rock, R&B, soul and funk to create a unique sound that is intriguing and powerful, unpredictable and new, but unmistakably her very own.