YONDER CALENDAR ~ Bluegrass and Old-Time Music in and around St. Louis

SEPTEMBER

• Thu-Sat 9.17-19 ~ 35th Annual Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival at the Starvy Creek Compground, Conway MO, featuring Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Grascals, Appalachian Road Show, Rodney Dillard, Daryl Mosely, Rickey Wasson Band, and others 
• Fri 9.18 ~ The SteelDrivers at The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington, St. Louis, 8 pm
• Sat 9.19 ~ E&E Railroad plays on the porch of the Peers Store, 16011 Concord Hill Road, Marthasville MO, 12- 3 pm
• Sun 9.20 ~ Greentree Festival Fiddle Contest in the Folk Life Fiddlers Tent at the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood Park, 111 South Geyer Road, Kirkwood MO, 10-12 noon
• Sun 9.20 ~ The Shrubs play on the porch of the Peers Store, 16011 Concord Hill Road, Marthasville MO, 12- 3 pm
• Tue 9.22 ~ CANCELED: Alison Krauss & Union Station at The Stifel Theatre, downtown St. Louis
• Fri 9.25 ~ The Mound City Slickers play at Yaqui's Pizza on Cherokee, 2728 Cherokee Street, St. Louis, 7-9 pm 
• Fri 9.25 ~ Lukas Simpson at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm
• Sat 9.26 ~ The Po' Ramblin' Boys headline The George Portz Memorial Traditional Music Festival at The Larry Crites Park. 2221 Sunshine Drive, Festus MO, 10 am to 9 pm, featuring American Bluegrass Drive, The Friends of Bluegrass, Big River Trio, Grass Roots, The Gasconade River Band, Tait Kelly & The Pickin' Buds, Coal Creek Station, The Howlin Brothers, Hilary Fitz, and The Po' Ramblin' Boys (7 pm)
• Sat 9.26 ~ The Spotted Ponies play on the porch of the Peers Store, 16011 Concord Hill Road, Marthasville MO, 12- 3 pm
• Sun 9.27 ~ Lukas Simpson plays on the porch of the Peers Store, 16011 Concord Hill Road, Marthasville MO, 12- 3 pm
• Sun 9.27 ~ The Po' Ramblin' Boys at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 1:30 pm
• Wed 9.30 ~ Front Porch at The Blue Strawberry, 364 North Boyle, St. Louis, 7:30 pm
  

OCTOBER

• Fri 10.2 ~ The Kyle Tuttle Band plays the Off The Rails concert series, 200 South Washington, downtown Carbondale IL
• Fri 10.2 ~ Gadan, traditional Irish meets Appalachia, at The Blue Strawberry, 364 North Boyle, St. Louis, 7:30 pm
• Sat 10.3 ~ Cherry & Jerry play on the porch of the Peers Store, 16011 Concord Hill Road, Marthasville MO, 12- 3 pm
• Sun 10.4 ~ Greg Krone plays on the porch of the Peers Store, 16011 Concord Hill Road, Marthasville MO, 12- 3 pm
• Sun 10.4 ~ The Mound City Slickers play as part of Webster Groves Porch Fest, on a front porch somewhere in Webster Groves MO, 1-3 pm
• Sun 10.4 ~ Bobcat Possum at Peaceful Bend Winery, 1942 Highway T, Steelville MO, 1-4 pm. Concert followed by jam session. 
• Sun 10.4 ~ Greenwood Rye at Oak Tree Concerts in Barnhart MO, 3 pm. House concert so RSVP to reserve seats.
• Wed-Sun 10.7-11 ~ Hillberry Music Festival at The Farm, Eureka Springs, Ark., featuring Railroad Earth, Old Crow Medicine Show, Bela Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart, Robert Randolph, Leftover Salmon, Sam Bush, Kitchen Dwellers, East Nash Grass, Bronwyn, East Nash Grass, Magoo, and many many more.
• Sat 10.10 ~ Pickin' At The Hog at the Rosebud Resort & RV Park, Rosebud MO, feauting Grass Roots, Oxbow Run, Seed Tick Ridge, and The Gasconade River Band. Music starts at 11:00 am
• Sat 10.10 ~ Walt Miller & Nancy Shulte play on the porch of the Peers Store, 16011 Concord Hill Road, Marthasville MO, 12-3 pm
• Sat 10.10 ~ Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder at the Wildwood Springs Lodge, Steelville MO. Dinner: 6 pm. Show: In lobby after dinner.
• Sat 10.10 ~ The John DePew Trio at The Loft, 1111 Highway O, Cuba MO, 7 pm
• Sat 10.10 ~ Bela Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart at The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3468 Washington, St. Louis, 8 pm
• Sun 10.11 ~ Old Jawbone plays on the porch of the Peers Store, 16011 Concord Hill Road, Marthasville MO, 12-3 pm
• Sun 10.11 ~ The Mound City Slickers play for the Litchfield Pickers Market, downtown Litchfield IL, 12-2 pm
• Tue 10.13 ~ Molly Tuttle at The Gillioz Theatre, Springfield MO, 8 pm
• Fri 10.16 ~ The Price Sisters at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm
• Fri-Sat 10.16-17 ~Ar cadia Valley Mountain Music Festival in the courthouse square,  Ironton MO. Fri: Larry Daniels & Friends 1 pm, Pickin' on the Square 3 pm, The Punches 5 pm. Sat: Wolf Creek Bluegrass 11 am, Stringed Union 12:30 pm, Keith Witty & Ryan Petz 2 pm, Nick Dumas & Branchline 3:45 pm 
• Sat 10.17 ~ The Buckhannons play on the porch of the Peers Store, 16011 Concord Hill Road, Marthasville MO, 12-3 pm
• Sun 10.18 ~ Gloria Attoun & Michael Bauermeister play on the porch of the Peers Store, 16011 Concord Hill Road, Marthasville MO, 12-3 pm
• Sun 10.18 ~ Elevator Party on the KATY Trail at Treloar MO, 12-3 pm
• Fri-Sat 10.23-24 ~ Yonder Mountain String Band weekend at the Wildwood Springs Lodge, Steelville MO. Dinner: 6pm. Show: In lobby after dinner.
• Fri 10.30 ~ As The Crowe Flies plays JerryGrass: Music from the Grassy Side of Jerry Garcia, at The Blue Strawberry, 364 North Boyle, St. Louis, 7:30 pm

NOVEMBER

• Fri 11.6 ~ String Cheese Incident at The Factory, Chesterfield MO, 7:15 pm
• Sat 11.7 ~ The Matchsellers at The Loft, 1942 Highway T, Steelville MO, 6:30 p.m. Matt Schmidt opens.
• Sun 11.15 ~ The Sam Grisman Project at the Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington, St. Louis 7 pm
• Sun 11.22 ~ Jake Blount at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 7 pm

DECEMBER

• Sat 12.6 ~ Holiday Bluegrass Jam Class taught by Brian Bauer using The Wernick Method at Lindenwood Park Place, 3460 Jamieson, St. Louis, 10 am - 4 pm
• Fri 12.18 ~ A Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Christmas show at The Sheldon, 3648 Washington, St. Louis, 8 pm

JANUARY 2027

• Fri-Sat 1.8-9 ~ 44th Annual Pat Strawhun Memorial Winter Indoor Bluegrass Festival at the Holiday Inn Six Flags, Eureka MO, featuing a Bull Harman & Bull's Eye Reunion (Fri), The Gasconade River Band (Fri-Sat), Harman & Ruble (Fri-Sat), Potter's Wheel (Sat), Riverbend (Sat), and Stringed Union (Sat)