After a triumphant renaissance in 2024, Reggae On The River will once again transform County Line Ranch into a three-day celebration of roots culture, community, and world-class music from Friday, August 1, through Sunday, August 3, 2025. Framed by towering redwoods and the cool flow of the Eel River, the 36th annual edition promises an unrivaled festival experience that marries Jamaica’s timeless sound with Northern California’s wild beauty.

For years, jam-rock enthusiasts could count on a summer weekend that included the All Good Festival, along with many of their favorite bands and countless mind-melting performances. That ended in 2015 after twenty years of hard work and a desire to move toward different events. Ten years later, the festival returned—rebranded as All Good Now—and boasted perhaps one of its best lineups yet.

The Barr Brothers have announced their first major headlining tour since 2019 today, which will kick off November 4, includes Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn November 8 and concludes in their hometown of Montreal on November 29 at the 2,300 capacity MTelus. They will be touring in support of their new album Let it Hiss, which was just announced last week and will be released on October 17 (Secret City Records).

The bluegrass world has been abuzz since the venerable International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) announced last year that it was moving its annual World of Bluegrass festivities to Chattanooga, Tennessee after spending nearly more than a dozen years in Raleigh, North Carolina.

On Monday, October 20, 2025, Grammy-nominated songwriter Eric D. Johnson will step onto the historic Boulder Theater stage alone—armed with nothing but guitar, banjo, piano, and a striking new songbook—to unveil Baby Man, the most intimate Fruit Bats record yet.

Trail-blazing folk-rock duo Indigo Girls—Amy Ray and Emily Saliers—will hit the road this summer with an expanded seven-piece lineup for “YES WE CAN,” an extended co-headline tour that reunites the Grammy winners with longtime friend and fellow Grammy laureate Melissa Etheridge.

One of the great American rock bands of the last four decades, Louisiana stalwarts Cowboy Mouth have released "Can't Hardly Wait," the searing second single from Cover Yo' Azz, a brand new collection of recordings paying homage to some of their favorite songwriters of the last 60 years. 

The trailblazing folk-punk band Violent Femmes have announced that they are bringing their genre-defying sound back to the stage with a highly anticipated North American fall tour. Known for their stripped-down acoustics, gritty lyricism, and unforgettable anthems—such as “Gone Daddy Gone,” “Add It Up,” and “Blister in the Sun” (recently reimagined with classical instrumentation in the trailer for the hit Netflix show Four Seasons)—the Femmes continue to resonate with audiences of all ages through their raw, unfiltered performances.

National entertainment leader Knitting Factory Entertainment (KFE) and Milwaukee-based The Argo have struck a deal that will make Knitting Factory Presents the exclusive talent-buying arm for a new live‐music venue set inside the lavishly restored Fox Bay Theater in Whitefish Bay, just north of downtown Milwaukee.

On a picture-perfect summer evening in Boulder, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings brought their soulful, roots-infused harmonies to the Chautauqua Auditorium on June 16th, delivering an unforgettable evening to a captivated crowd. Set against the charming, rustic backdrop of Chautauqua—a venue that seems tailor-made for their music—the duo filled the space with songs both haunting and heartwarming, echoing gently through the historic wooden beams.