Tim O'Brien Concert History

Tim O'Brien (b. March 16, 1954 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is an American bluegrass, old time and celtic musician. O'Brien plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki and mandocello and is an accomplished vocalist. He moved to Boulder, Colorado in the 1970s and became part of the music scene there. In 1978 he founded the bluegrass group Hot Rize. Hot Rize had its own offshoot band called Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers. The band would walk off stage, change clothes, and reappear as a different band with its own songs.

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Tim O'Brien Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 37)

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 17, 2009
Tim O'Brien Harbour Light Theatre Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Oct 03, 2009
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / Reckless Kelly / Marshall Crenshaw / Okkervil River / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Abalone Dots / Buddy Miller / Ricky Skaggs / Roger Knox / The Pine Valley Cosmonauts / Guy Clark / Verlon Thompson / Tim O'Brien / World Party / Jorma Kaukonen / Gillian Welch / Claire Lynch / Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman / Dar Williams / Steve Earle / Allison Moorer / Richie Havens / The Austin Lounge Lizards / Robert Earl Keen / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Great American Taxi / DR. MAGPIE / Steve Martin / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rosie Flores / Jon Langford / Old 97's / Natalie MacMaster / Hayes Carll / The Wronglers / Laurie Lewis / The Flatlanders / Nick Lowe / Billy Joe Shaver / Marty Stuart / Eliza Gilkyson / Barefoot Nellies / The Duhks / Boz Scaggs / Austin De Lone Band / Derek O'Brien / Jimmie Vaughan / Jack 'Applejack' Walroth Show all bands
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Speedway Meadow @Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Sep 25, 2009
Tim O'Brien Capitol Theatre Wheeling, West Virginia, United States
Sep 24, 2009 –
Sep 26, 2009
Watermelon Park Fest
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band / Tim O'Brien / Bruce Molsky / Larry Keel & Natural Bridge / Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen / Furnace Mountain / Danny Knicely's Bluegrass and Beyond / The Whiskey Rebellion / Walker's Run / The Fox Hunt / The Speakeasy Boys / Chesham Creek / The Acoustic Burgoo / The WoodShedders / Taarka / Cedric Watson & Bijou Créole Show all bands
Watermelon Park Berryville, Virginia, United States
Sep 18, 2009
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
"Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion" / The Coal Men / Hoots and Hellmouth / Tim O'Brien / John Cowan / Corey Harris / Paleface / Riders In the Sky / Webb Wilder / Those Darlins / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Matt Butcher / April Taylor / Jeni & Billy / Tennessee Borderline / Wires And Wood / James Hand / Sarah Siskind / Reagan Boggs / The Morning Pages / Chris Volpe / Old Line Skiffle Combo / Randy Hixon / South Mouth / David Shultz / Eliza Lynn / Darrell Scott / And The Moneynotes / Sam Quinn / Ian Thomas / Pokey LaFarge / The Black Lillies / Kindling Stone / Pete Kartsounes / Boulder Acoustic Society / Turbo Pro Project / Holy Ghost Tent Revival / Yarn / Bob Livingston / Buncombe Turnpike / Sigean / The New Familiars / Peter Rowan / Junior League / Ron Dunbar Band / Janie Grey / Cutthroat Shamrock / Elkville String Band / breaking tradition / Ralph Jeffers / Cotton Hill / Eleanor Ellis / Airen Terra / Curtis Eller's American Circus / The Annie Robinette Band / Adam Lawson / Clay Prewitt / the wanderers / North Fork Switchgrass / nathan blake lynn / The Murphy Beds / Blue Mother Tupelo / The Harwell Grice Band / Rogers Rasnake / The Corklickers / Blues Explosion / Charles T. Zerner / Slow Motion Trio / Rum Drum Ramblers Show all bands
Downtown Bristol Bristol, Tennessee, United States
Sep 06, 2009
Four Corners Folk Festival
"Four Corners Folk Festival" / The Infamous Stringdusters / The Greencards / Tim O'Brien / Eddie From Ohio / The Subdudes / Shannon Whitworth
Reservoir Hill Park Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States
Sep 05, 2009
"Four Corners Folk Festival" / Tim O'Brien / Darrell Scott / The Infamous Stringdusters / The Wiyos / Russ Barenberg

Four Corners Folk Festival

Reservoir Hill Park Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States
Aug 28, 2009
Tonder Festival
"Tonder Festival" / Pine Leaf Boys / Kíla / Le Vent du Nord / Baskery / Young Dubliners / Eileen Ivers / Four Men and a dog / Niels Hausgaard / Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham / Sofia Karlsson / Béla Fleck / Abigail Washburn / Tim O'Brien / Bruce Molsky / James Keelaghan / Heidi Talbot / Anthony Da Costa / Abbie Gardner / Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion / Martin O'Connor, Cathal Hayden & Seamie O'Dowd / David Munnelly Band / The Band Who Knew Too Much / Bodega / Arlo Guthrie Show all bands
Tønder Festival Grounds Tønder, South Denmark, Denmark
Jul 18, 2009
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
"Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival" / Ricky Skaggs / Red Stick Ramblers / Marty Stuart / The SteelDrivers / Crooked Still / Sarah Jarosz / Sierra Hull / Tim O'Brien
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Walsh Farm Oak Hill, New York, United States
Jul 11, 2009
Tim O'Brien Bluegrass In The Hills Hopedale, Ohio, United States
Jun 27, 2009
Tim O'Brien McKinney Performing Arts Center McKinney, Texas, United States
Jun 22, 2009
Tim O'Brien Repertory Theatre Creede, Colorado, United States
Jun 21, 2009
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
"Telluride Bluegrass Festival" / Emmylou Harris / Todd Snider / The SteelDrivers / Mike Farris / W.P.A. / Tim O'Brien / Béla Fleck
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Telluride Town Park Telluride, Colorado, United States
Jun 20, 2009
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
"Telluride Bluegrass Festival" / Gaelic Storm / Sam Bush / Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson / Yonder Mountain String Band / John Cowan / Jerry Douglas / Tim O'Brien / Punch Brothers / Greensky Bluegrass
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Telluride Town Park Telluride, Colorado, United States
Jun 19, 2009
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
"Telluride Bluegrass Festival" / Elvis Costello / Béla Fleck / Toumani Diabate / Jenny Lewis / Jim Lauderdale / Crooked Still / Railroad Earth / John Cowan / The Greencards / Blue Canyon Boys / Tim O'Brien
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Telluride Town Park Telluride, Colorado, United States
May 23, 2009
Delfest
"Delfest" / Tim O'Brien / J.D. Crowe & The New South / The Lee Boys / Sam Bush / Great American Taxi / Old Crow Medicine Show / Railroad Earth / Peter Rowan / Leftover Salmon
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Allegany County Fairgrounds Cumberland, Maryland, United States
May 22, 2009 –
May 24, 2009
2nd Annual DelFest
Del McCoury Band / The Travelin' McCourys / Old Crow Medicine Show / Leftover Salmon / Sam Bush / Railroad Earth / Dark Star Orchestra (Tribute to Grateful Dead) / Peter Rowan and The Free Mexican Air Force / J.D. Crowe and the New South / Tim O'Brien / Ollabelle / The Infamous Stringdusters / Steep Canyon Rangers / The Lee Boys / Joe Craven / Cornmeal / Crooked Still / Great American Taxi / Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass / Ronnie Bowman and the Committee / Davisson Brothers Band / Dre’s Awakening / Vinegar Creek Constituency / Broken Blossoms / The Hillbilly Gypsies / Kentucky Fried Pickin’ / Lonesome County / Manatawny Creek Ramblers / Mon River Ramblers Paradise Ranch Show all bands
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Allegheny County Fairgrounds Cumberland, Maryland, United States
May 16, 2009
"RiverRoots Music & Folk Arts Festival" / Sam Bush / Tim O'Brien / Troubadours Of Divine Bliss / Brigid Kaelin

RiverRoots Music & Folk Arts Festival

Ohio River Valley Folk Festival Grounds Madison, Indiana, United States
May 03, 2009
Tim O'Brien Los Abrigados Resort & Spa Sedona, Arizona, United States

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Oct 3, 2009
 San Francisco, California, United States
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"Norwegian Wood Festival" / Mark Knopfler / Pieta Brown / Tim O'Brien on Apr 8, 2010 [546-small]

"Norwegian Wood Festival" / Mark Knopfler / Pieta Brown / Tim O'Brien
Apr 8, 2010
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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2nd Annual DelFest on May 22, 2009 [916-small]

2nd Annual DelFest
May 22 - 24, 2009
 Cumberland, Maryland, United States
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2nd Annual DelFest on May 22, 2009 [915-small]

2nd Annual DelFest
May 22 - 24, 2009
 Cumberland, Maryland, United States
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Wide Open Bluegrass Festival on Sep 29, 2017 [861-small]

Wide Open Bluegrass Festival
Sep 29 - 30, 2017
 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Delfest on May 23, 2009 [472-small]

Delfest
May 23, 2009
 Cumberland, Maryland, United States
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Transatlantic Sessions
Feb 5, 2015
 Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
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Peter Rowan,Sam Grisman Project at Ryman Auditorium on Jan 9, 2025 [055-small]

Peter Rowan,Sam Grisman Project at Ryman Auditorium
Jan 9, 2025
 Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Jan 9, 2025
 Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Genres:

Folk
Country
Bluegrass
Americana
Newgrass
Celtic
Progressive Bluegrass
Christian Bluegrass
Old-Time
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Latest Setlist (01/16/2025):

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  1. Thinkin' Like a Fish
  2. Pretty Fair Maid in the Garden
  3. I Breathe In
  4. Arthur Darling
  5. Keith In A Palm Tree
  6. I'm a Mess for You
  7. Cup of Sugar
  8. Gal of Mine
  9. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
  10. Hold to a Dream
  11. I'm Working on a Building
  12. Wayne Bond/Shaking Down The Acorns
  13. The High Road
  14. The Cran Man
  15. I Wish My Love Was A Red Red Rose
  16. Little Lamb Little Lamb
  17. Jack of Diamonds
  18. The Crossing
  19. The Drunkard's Hiccup (Jack of Diamonds)
  20. The Crossing
  21. Back To Eden
  22. Waggoner's Lad
  23. Coleen Malone
  24. O'Carolan's Concerto
  25. Mick Ryan's Lament

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 25 concerts
2025 41 concerts
2024 22 concerts
2023 37 concerts
2022 39 concerts
2021 6 concerts
2020 6 concerts
2019 24 concerts
2018 24 concerts
2017 63 concerts
2016 87 concerts
2015 30 concerts
2014 50 concerts
2013 64 concerts
2012 67 concerts
2011 53 concerts
2010 62 concerts
2009 53 concerts
2008 89 concerts
2007 35 concerts
2006 71 concerts
2005 69 concerts
2004 7 concerts
2003 4 concerts
2002 4 concerts
2001 2 concerts
2000 2 concerts
1999 6 concerts
1998 3 concerts
1997 5 concerts
1996 1 concert
1994 2 concerts
1991 1 concert
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