02/03 Shannon Whitworth Boone Saloon/Boone 828/264-1811
02/05 Alasdair Fraser Grove Park Inn Celtic Adventure/Asheville
(w/Natalie Haas) 800/438-0050
02/05 Shannon Whitworth Grey Eagle/Asheville 828/232-5800
02/06 Michael Pickett Three Fifteen/Salisbury 704/633-1315
02/09 Jonathan Richman Cat's Cradle/Chapel Hill 919/967-9053
02/10 Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Pour House Music Hall/Raleigh
919/821-1120
02/11 Umphrey's McGee Orange Peel/Asheville 828/225-5851
02/13 Celtic Woman Durham PAC/Durham
02/13 Frank Vignola Johnston Community College/Smithfield
02/13 Steep Canyon Rangers, Crowne Plaza Hotel/Asheville 828/254-3211
02/13 Tony Rice Crowne Plaza Hotel/Asheville (w/Tony
Rice Unit) 828/254-3211
02/13 Umphrey's McGee Neighborhood Thtr/Charlotte
02/15 Tinariwen Univ. of NC/Chapel Hill 919/843-3333
02/18 Allen Toussaint Progress Energy Ctr for Perf. Arts/Raleigh
919/664-8302
02/18 Celtic Woman Ovens Aud./Charlotte
02/18 Christabel & the Jons, Boone Saloon/Boone 828/264-1811
02/18 Holy Ghost Tent Revival, UNC Asheville/Asheville
02/19-20 Donna Jean Godchaux Band, Neighborhood Thtr/Charlotte (w/Dark
Star Orchestra) 866/468-7630
02/19 Flogging Molly The Fillmore/Charlotte (w/Frank Turner)
02/19 Frank Turner The Fillmore/Charlotte (w/Flogging Molly)
02/19 Joe Firstman Evening Muse/Charlotte 704/376-3737
02/20 Pete Huttlinger Asheboro H.S. Perf. Arts Ctr/Asheboro
(w/Bill Danoff & Mack Bailey)
02/20 Shannon Whitworth The Roosters Wife/Aberdeen 910/944-7502
02/23 Ruthie Foster Stage Door Thtr/Charlotte (w/Mike Strauss)
02/24 Carrie Newcomer New Garden Friends Meeting/Greensboro
336/316-2445
02/25 Missy Raines & the New Hip, Orange Peel/Asheville 828/225-5851
02/25 Sam Bush Orange Peel/Asheville 828/225-5851
02/25 The New Familiars Rocket Club/Asheville 828/505-2494
02/26 Eric Bibb The Clayton Center/Clayton (w/Ruthie Foster)
919/553-1737
02/26 Ruthie Foster The Clayton Center/Clayton (w/Eric Bibb)
02/26 Sam Bush Cat's Cradle/Chapel Hill 919/967-9053
02/27 Eric Bibb High Point Thtr/High Point (w/Ruthie Foster)
336/887-3001
02/27 Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Broyhill Civic
Center/Lenoir 828/726-2401
02/27 Ruthie Foster High Point Thtr/High Point (w/Eric Bibb)
02/27 The Kruger Brothers, PineCone Listening Room Series/Holly
Springs 919/567-4000
02/27 Trevor Hall Double Door/Charlotte
02/27 stephaniesid Boone Saloon/Boone 828/264-1811
03/03 Dervish Great Aunt Stella Ctr/Charlotte
03/03 Gordon Lightfoot Stevens Center/Winston-Salem
03/04 Dervish The Arts Ctr/Carrboro 919/929-2787
03/04 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Kenneth R. Williams
Auditorium/Winston-Salem
03/05 Dervish Sunrise Thtr/Southern Pines 910/692-3611
03/06 Mad Tea Party Double Door Inn/Charlotte 704/376-1446
03/07 Hobo Nephews Snug Harbor/Charlotte
03/08 Dropkick Murphys The Fillmore/Charlotte
03/08 Eric Clapton RBC Center/Raleigh (w/Roger Daltrey)
03/09 Hobo Nephews The Garage/Winston-Salem
03/11-14 Dr. Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Mountain Retreat & Learning
Center/Highlands (workshops) 828/526-5838 x0
03/12 Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Orange Peel/Asheville
03/12 Over the Rhine Don Gibson Thtr/Shelby
03/13 Arborea Firestorm Cafe/Asheville (w/Jeff Zentner)
03/13 Rob Ickes The Roosters Wife/Aberdeen 910/944-7502
03/14 Big Medicine NC Museum of History/Raleigh 919/664-8302
03/16 Adrian Legg White Horse Black Mountain/Black Mountain
03/17 Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, Mem. Hall, Univ. of NC/Chapel Hill
03/17 Fishtank Ensemble Rooster's Wife/Aberdeen 910/944-7502
03/18 Battlefield Band The Arts Ctr/Carrboro 919/929-2787
03/18 Benjy Davis Project, The Pour House/Releigh
03/18 Headlights Grey Eagle/Asheville (w/David Bazan)
03/19 Battlefield Band Diana Wortham Thtr/Asheville 828/257-4530
03/19 Benjy Davis Project, Evening Muse/Charlotte 704/376-3737
03/19 David Holt Edgecombe Community College/Tarboro (w/Doc
Watson) 252/823-5166
03/19 Doc Watson Edgecombe Community/Tarboro (w/David Holt)
252/823-5166
03/19 Fairfield Four Smokey Mountain Center for the Performing
Art/Franklin 828/524-1598
03/19 Solas The Arts Ctr/Carrboro 919/929-2787
03/19 The Blind Boys of Alabama, Smoky Mountain Center for the
Performing Arts/Franklin
03/20 Hot Club of Cowtown, Don Gibson Thtr/Shelby
03/20 Steve Forbert The Arts Ctr/Carrboro 919/929-2787
03/23 Carolina Chocolate Drops, Black Banjo Gathering/Boone
03/25 Hot Club of Cowtown, Palustris Fest/Aberdeen
03/25 John McCutcheon Marvin Ridge H.S./Waxhaw x5103
704/290-1500
03/25 The New Familiars Boone Saloon/Boone 828/264-1811
03/26 David Wilcox McGlohon Thtr at Spirit Square/Charlotte
03/27 David Holt Diana Wortham Thtr/Asheville (w/the
Lightning Bolts) 828/257-4530
04/01 Carolina Chocolate Drops, Cat's Cradle/Chapel Hill 919/967-9053
04/01 Shortwave Society Flatrock Wine Shoppe/Flat Rock 828/697-6828
04/02 John Cowan Grey Eagle/Asheville 828/232-5800
04/08 Red Stick Ramblers, Grey Eagle/Asheville 828/232-5800
04/09 Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Beaufort Co. Trad. Music
Festival/Washington
04/09 The Farewell Drifters, Jack of the Wood/Asheville 828/252-5445
04/10 Red Stick Ramblers, Holly Springs Cultural/Holly Springs
919/664-8333
04/10 Robin & Linda Williams, Pinecrest HS/Southern Pines 412/323-2707
04/10 The Farewell Drifters, Evening Muse/Charlotte 704/376-3737
04/11 The Huckleberry Brothers, NC Museum of History/Raleigh
919/664-8302
04/12 George Winston Tryon Fine Arts Ctr/Tryon
04/15 Allen Toussaint Orange Peel/Asheville 828/225-5851
04/15 Lunasa Diana Wortham Thtr/Asheville 828/257-4530
04/15 Rosanne Cash Page Aud./Durham
04/15 The Wailin' Jennys, Progress Energy Ctr for Perf. Arts/Raleigh
919/664-8302
04/16 David Holt Paramount Thtr/Goldsboro 919/583-8432
04/16 Jack Williams Six String Cafe and Music Hall/Raleigh
803/479-1322
04/16 The Kennedys Fiddle & Bow/Winston-Salem 336/727-1038
04/17 Fishtank Ensemble The Roosters Wife/Aberdeen
04/17 Missy Raines & the New Hip, Greenfield Lake Amp./Wilmington
04/17 Sam Bush Greenfield Lake Amp./Wilmington
04/18 Fishtank Ensemble The Arts Ctr/Carrboro 919/929-2787
04/21 Never Say Never Amos' Southend/Charlotte
04/26-29 Pete Wernick Pete Wernick's Bluegrass Jam Camp
pre-MerleFest/Boomer
04/29-30 Doc Watson MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
04/29-30 Pete & Joan Wernick, MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
04/29-30 Sam Bush MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
04/30 Atwater-Donnelly Winston-Salem Dulcimer Fest./Winston-Salem
336/768-3918
04/30 Bearfoot MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
04/30 Brave Combo MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
04/30 Carrie Newcomer Stage Door Thtr/Charlotte 704/372-1000
04/30 Harry Manx MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
04/30 Jim Lauderdale MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
04/30 John Cowan MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
04/30 John Hammond MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
04/30 Missy Raines & the New Hip, MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
04/30 Steep Canyon Rangers, MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
04/30 Tony Rice MerleFest/Wilkesboro (w/Tony Rice Unit)
800/343-7857
05/01-2 Doc Watson MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
05/01-2 Nashville Bluegrass Band, MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
05/01-2 Pete & Joan Wernick, MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
05/01-2 Shannon Whitworth Wilkesboro Community College/Wilkesboro
336/838-6130
05/01 Atwater-Donnelly Winston-Salem Dulcimer Fest./Winston-Salem
336/768-3918
05/01 Bearfoot MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
05/01 Carrie Newcomer The Arts Ctr/Carrboro 919/929-2787
05/01 Harry Manx MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
05/01 Jim Lauderdale MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
05/01 John Cowan MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
05/01 John Hammond MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
05/01 Missy Raines & the New Hip, MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
05/01 Steep Canyon Rangers, MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
05/01 Tony Rice MerleFest/Wilkesboro (w/Tony Rice Unit)
800/343-7857
05/02 The Avett Brothers, MerleFest/Wilkesboro 800/343-7857
05/06 Atwater-Donnelly Oak Ridge Stables/Denver 401/392-1909
05/06 Susan Werner Davis Thtr/Concord
05/07 Atwater-Donnelly House Concert at Harry Taylor's/Charlotte
704/335-8494
05/07 Steep Canyon Rangers, Beaufort Music Festival/Beaufort
252/269-0488
05/07 Susan Werner The Old Thtr/Oriental
05/08 Atwater-Donnelly Celtic Festival at Bethabara
Park/Winston-Salem (10:30am & 1:30pm) 336/924-8191
05/08 Mad Tea Party French Broad River Festival/Hot Springs
05/08 Steep Canyon Rangers, Cat's Cradle/Chapel Hill 919/967-9053
05/08 Susan Werner Don Gibson Thtr/Shelby
05/08 The Seldom Scene Denton Farm Park/Denton 336/859-2755
05/09 Robin & Linda Williams, LEAF/Black Mountain 828/686-8742
05/11 Norah Jones Thomas Wolfe Aud./Asheville
05/12 Norah Jones Ovens Aud./Charlotte
05/14 Audrey Auld Evening Muse/Charlotte 704/376-3737
05/14 Corey Harris Progress Energy Ctr for Perf. Arts/Raleigh
(w/Phil Wiggins) 919/664-8302
05/14 Karan Casey Band Diana Wortham Thtr/Asheville 828/257-4530
05/14 Phil Wiggins & Corey Harris, Progress Energy Ctr for Perf.
Arts/Raleigh 919/664-8302
05/14 Ray Wylie Hubbard Grey Eagle/Asheville 828/232-5800
05/21 Pat McGee Kelly's/Nags Head
05/28 Bradley Walker Cane Creek Campground/Snow Camp 336/376-3456
05/28 Steep Canyon Rangers, Cane Creek Campground/Snow Camp
336/376-3456
05/29 Bua Diana Wortham Thtr/Asheville 828/257-4530
06/04 Laurence Juber The Arts Ctr/Carrboro 919/929-2787
06/10 Christabel & the Jons, Texas Pete Twin City Rib
Fest/Winston-Salem 336/707-9188
06/10 The Hot Seats Texas Pete Twin City Rib Fest/Winston-Salem
336/707-9188
06/13 The Gospel Jubilators, NC Museum of History/Raleigh 919/664-8302
06/19 Claire Lynch Holly Springs Cultural/Holly Springs
919/567-4000
07/01 Tony Rice Catawba Meadows Park/Morganton 828/439-1866
07/02 The Seldom Scene Catawba Meadows Park/Morganton 828/439-1866
07/03 Steep Canyon Rangers, Village Green/Cashiers 828/743-4377
07/04-9 April Verch Swannanoa Gathering/Swannanoa 828/257-4530
07/05-9 Don Rigsby Swannanoa Gathering/Asheville 919/323-5113
07/09 Alison Brown Don Gibson Thtr/Shelby
07/16 Doc Watson Smoky Mountain Ctr for Perf. Arts/Franklin
07/17 John Cowan High Country Fairgrounds/Boone 828/604-7621
07/18-23 Steve Eulberg Western Carolina Univ. Mountain Dulcimer
Week/Cullowhee 828/227-7397
08/06-14 Atwater-Donnelly John C. Campbell Folk School/Brasstown
(Atwater solo) 800/FOLK-SCH 401/392-1909
09/04 Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Cane Creek
Campground/Snow Camp 336/376-3456
09/04 Steep Canyon Rangers, Redbone Willy's Bluegrass & Peddlers
Fest./Lawndale
09/10-12 Steep Canyon Rangers, Mountain Songs Fest./Brevard 823/243-3496
09/10 Doc Watson Mountain Song Festival/Brevard
09/11 The Hot Seats Dancing Fox Music Park Festival/Graham
09/17 Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Smokey Mountain
Center for the Performing Art/Franklin 770/306-9155
09/24 Loudon Wainwright III, Duke Univ. - Reynolds Industrial
Thtr/Durham (Tribute to Charlie Poole)
09/25? Steep Canyon Rangers, Market Square/Reidsville 336/349-1099
09/25 Carolina Chocolate Drops, Duke Univ./Durham
10/15 Vance Gilbert 823 Reynolda LLC - Blessings/Winston Salem
11/12 Doc Watson Meymandi Hall/Raleigh
2011/04/01 Doc Watson North Carolina/Rocky Mount 252/985-5197
2011/04/02 Doc Watson Kirby Civic Aud./Roxboro
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