Happy Traum Concert History

Happy Traum (born Harry Peter Traum in The Bronx, New York City, on 9 May 1938; died 17 July 2024) was an American folk musician remembered for being a stalwart of the Greenwich Village music scene of the 1960s and the Woodstock music scene of the 1970s and 1980s. For several years, he studied blues guitar with Brownie McGhee, who was a big influence on his guitar style. He was known as one half of Happy & Artie Traum, a duo he began with his brother.

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 19, 2023
Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s
Richard Barone / Jose Feliciano / Eric Andersen / Tom Paxton / Carolyn Hester / Vernon Reid / Steve Earle / David Amram / Steve Katz / Geoff Muldaur / Jenni Muldaur / Marshall Crenshaw / The Bongos / Justin Vivian Bond / Lenny Kaye / Terre Roche / Willie Nile / Happy Traum / Glenn Mercer / Mary Lee Kortes / Eric Ambel / Anthony DeCurtis / Marc Eliot Show all bands
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Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall New York, New York, United States
Apr 30, 2022
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Sam Bush / Peter Rowan / Jerry Douglas / Jim Lauderdale / Scythian / Donna the Buffalo / Earls Of Leicester / The Waybacks / The Kruger Brothers / Andy May / Carol Rifkin / Charles Welch / Happy Traum / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Jack Lawrence / Jeff Little Trio / Joe Smothers / Laura Boosinger / Local Boys / Mark Bumgarner / Mitch Greenhill / Pete & Joan Wernick / Roy Book Binder / T Michael Coleman / Tony Williamson / Wayne Henderson Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 29, 2022
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / We banjo 3 / Greensky Bluegrass / Peter Rowan / Jim Lauderdale / Scythian / Donna the Buffalo / Rissi Palmer / The Waybacks / The Kruger Brothers / Carol Rifkin / Happy Traum / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Joe Smothers / Laura Boosinger / Pete & Joan Wernick / Presley Barker / Wayne Henderson Show all bands
Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Sep 17, 2021
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / LeAnn Rimes / Tedeschi Trucks Band / The Milk Carton Kids / Jim Lauderdale / John Cowan / The Kruger Brothers / The Waybacks / Scythian / Donna the Buffalo / Peter Rowan / The Barefoot Movement / Johnnyswim / Bill & The Belles / Cane Mill Road / Carol Rifkin / Chatham Rabbits / Creole Stomp / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Happy Traum / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Iron Horse Bluegrass / Joe Smothers / Amythyst Kiah Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 10, 2021
Graham Parker / Happy Traum Old Town School Of Folk Music Chicago, Illinois, United States
May 05, 2019
maria muldaur / tom chapin / Vanaver Caravan / Happy Traum Bardavon, 1869 Opera House Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
Apr 27, 2019
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Scythian / Keb' Mo' / Wayne Henderson / Sam Bush / Donna the Buffalo / Earls Of Leicester / The Kruger Brothers / Peter Rowan / Laura Boosinger / Jim Lauderdale / T Michael Coleman / Jerry Douglas / The Gibson Brothers / Jeff Little Trio / The Waybacks / Elephant Sessions / Presley Barker / Chatham County Line / Jack Lawrence / Mark Bumgarner / Mitch Greenhill / Joe Smothers / String Madness / Pete Wernick / HARRIS BROTHERS / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Roy Book Binder / Jontavious Willis / Andrew Alli and Last Night's Blues Band / Happy Traum / Irish Mythen / David LaMotte / Tony Williamson / Driftwood / Billy Townes / Professor Whizzpop! / todd albright / Tom Feldmann / Shane Hennessy / Ellis Dyson & The Shambles / Dirk Powell / Carolina Blue / Ana Egge / Aztec Sun / Andy May / Catfish Keith / Charles Welch / Flattop / David Holt / Webb Wilder Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Aug 19, 2018
Dirt Farmer Festival
The Midnight Ramble Band / Jimmy Vivino / William Bell / Terry Reid / Connor Kennedy / Happy Traum / Jackson Browne / Tash Neal / Amy Helm / Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams / Hiss Golden Messenger (solo) / The National Reserve / Gail Ann Dorsey / Zach Djanikian / Brendan McDonough Show all bands
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Arrowood Farms Accord, New York, United States
Aug 12, 2018
Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s
John Sebastian / Jesse Colin Young / Melanie / Marshall Crenshaw / José Feliciano / Maria Mulder / Jenni Muldaur / Jeffrey Gaines / Nellie McKay / Happy Traum / David Amram / The Kennedys / Tammy Faye Starlite / Jordie / Joe McGinty / Steve Addabbo / Cindy Lee Berryhill / Anthony DeCurtis Show all bands
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SummerStage New York, New York, United States
Jun 24, 2018
Jim Kweskin / Happy Traum

Jim Kweskin / Happy Traum at Colony Cafe

Colony Woodstock Woodstock, New York, United States
Apr 29, 2018
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Jim Lauderdale / Alison Brown / Blind Boys of Alabama / Paul Thorn / The Mccrary Sisters / Peter Rowan / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Donna the Buffalo / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Jeffrey Foucault / Carol Rifkin / Andy May / Bryan Sutton Band / Charles Welch / Wayland / Happy Traum / Jeff Little Trio / Laura Boosinger / Pete & Joan Wernick / Roy Book Binder / Rosie and the Riveters / Wesley Bright And The Honeytones / Steve and Ruth Smith / Ari Eisinger / Richard Ray Farrell / Cane Mill Road / Local Boys / Whitewater Bluegrass Company / Alberti Flea Circus / Steep Canyon Rangers Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 28, 2018
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Rhiannon Giddens / Sam Bush / Jim Lauderdale / Elephant Revival / Alison Brown / Peter Rowan / The Kruger Brothers / Town Mountain / Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer / David Holt / Donna the Buffalo / My Bubba / Terry Baucom / Carol Rifkin / Scythian / Andy May / Banknotes / Bob Hill / Charles Welch / Happy Traum / Jack Lawrence / Jeff Little Trio / Joe Smothers / Mark Bumgarner / Mitch Greenhill / Pete & Joan Wernick / Roy Book Binder / T Michael Coleman / The Waybacks / Tony Williamson / Cicada Rhythm / Dead Horses / Jayme Stone / Rosie and the Riveters / Andrew Collins / Susana and Timmy Abell / Lori King & Junction 63 / Steve and Ruth Smith / Richie And Rosie / Ari Eisinger / Richard Ray Farrell / Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers / Cardboard Fox / Cane Mill Road / Local Boys / Alberti Flea Circus / Ashley Heath / Flatland Harmony Experiment / Ken Crouse / Tommy Emmanuel / North Mississippi Allstars / Buddy Miller Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 27, 2018
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn / Jamey Johnson / The Devil Makes Three / Jim Lauderdale / Watchhouse / Rodney Crowell / Brandy Clark / Peter Rowan / Balsam Range / The Kruger Brothers / The Barefoot Movement / Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer / hubby jenkins / Donna the Buffalo / Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley / Robin & Linda Williams / Lonely Heartstring Band / Sideline / Scythian / Andy May / Bob Hill / David Holt / Jack Lawrence / Happy Traum / Jeff Little Trio / Joe Smothers / Laura Boosinger / Mark Bumgarner / Mitch Greenhill / Pete & Joan Wernick / Roy Book Binder / T Michael Coleman / The Waybacks / Lindsay Lou / Wayne Henderson / Aaron Burdett / Cicada Rhythm / Jeanette Williams Band / The East Pointers / the way down wanderers / Rosie and the Riveters / Andrew Collins / Nu-Blu / Susana and Timmy Abell / Sarah Jane Scouten / Lori King & Junction 63 / Mike Aiken / Fireside Collective / Steve and Ruth Smith / Savannah Smith / Tennessee Jed / Cardboard Fox / Cane Mill Road / Local Boys / Alberti Flea Circus / Ken Crouse Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 29, 2017
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / The Avett Brothers / Béla Fleck / Sam Bush / Earls Of Leicester / Jerry Douglas / Peter Rowan / The Kruger Brothers / Jorma Kaukonen / Sarah Jarosz / Tift Merritt / Mipso / Chatham County Line / Sierra Hull / I Draw Slow / Jim Lauderdale / Bryan Sutton Band / Mitch Greenhill / The Waybacks / John Doyle / Jim Avett / David Holt / Pete & Joan Wernick / T Michael Coleman / Roy Book Binder / Andy May / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Claire Lynch / Front Country / Wayne Henderson / The Contenders / Happy Traum / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Jack Lawrence / Jeff Little Trio / 10 String Symphony / Laura Boosinger / Locust Honey String Band / The Bluegrass Experience / Pat Donohue / Steve James / Tony Williamson / Ed Snodderly / Mark Bumgarner / Local Boys / Joe Smothers / Charles Welch / Steve and Ruth Smith / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Alberti Flea Circus / Swift Creek / Roanoke Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 28, 2017
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / The Avett Brothers / James Taylor / Sam Bush / Leftover Salmon / Jerry Douglas / Peter Rowan / The Kruger Brothers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Jorma Kaukonen / Mipso / Sarah Jarosz / Chatham County Line / Scythian / Sierra Hull / Jim Lauderdale / Bryan Sutton Band / Mitch Greenhill / The Waybacks / Jim Avett / John Doyle / David Holt / Pete & Joan Wernick / T Michael Coleman / Banknotes / Roy Book Binder / Andy May / Wayne Henderson / Happy Traum / The Stray Birds / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Jack Lawrence / Jeff Little Trio / Carol Rifkin / Laura Boosinger / Locust Honey String Band / The Bluegrass Experience / Pat Donohue / Steve James / Ed Snodderly / Mark Bumgarner / Local Boys / Megan Nash / Joe Smothers / Charles Welch / Bob Hill / Gravy Boys / Steve and Ruth Smith / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Alberti Flea Circus / Donna the Buffalo / Mary Bragg / "Transatlantic Sessions" / Karen Matheson / Joe Newberry / Maura O'connell / Declan O'Rourke / Aly Bain Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
May 22, 2016
Jorma Kaukonen / Happy Traum / Chris Smither

Jorma Kaukonen / Happy Traum / Chris Smither at Fur Peace Station

Fur Peace Station Pomeroy, Ohio, United States
Apr 30, 2016
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Lindsay Lou / Andy May / April Verch Band / Ash Breeze / The Barefoot Movement / Becky Buller / Billy Strings & Don Julin / Bob Hill / Britt Gully Music / Bryan Sutton Band / Carbon Leaf / Carol Rifkin / Charles Welch / Clydes On Fire / Commonwealth Bluegrass Band / The Dave Rawlings Machine / David and Valerie Mayfield / Donna the Buffalo / Fireside Collective / Fruteland Jackson / Happy Traum / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Jack Lawrence / Jeff Little / Jeni & Billy / Joe Smothers / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Laura Boosinger / Liz Frame and the Kickers / Mark Bumgarner / Mitch Greenhill / Penny and Sparrow / Pete & Joan Wernick / Roy Book Binder / Salvador / Scythian / Sherman Lee Dillon / Shinyribs / The South Carolina Broadcasters / Sparky & Rhonda Rucker / Stemwinder / Steve and Ruth Smith / String Madness / Sutton, Holt & Coleman / T Michael Coleman / The Commons / The Contenders / The Kruger Brothers / Local Boys / The Waybacks / Williams Brothers / The Wood Brothers / Tom Feldmann / Wayne Henderson / We banjo 3 / Westwend / Wood & Wire / Zoe & Cloyd / Will Overman Band / Alison Brown / Doug Seegers / Peter Rowan / Sam Bush / Jim Lauderdale / Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers / John Oates Show all bands
Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 29, 2016
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Andy May / April Verch Band / Billy Strings & Don Julin / Blue Mafia / Bob Hill / The Brothers Comatose / Bryan Sutton Band / Carol Rifkin / Charles Welch / Donna the Buffalo / Foghorn Stringband / Grace & Tony / Happy Traum / In With The Old / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Jack Lawrence / Jeff Scroggins & Colorado / Jeni & Billy / Jerry Douglas / Joe Smothers / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Kacy & Clayton / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Kristy Cox / Laura Boosinger / Lou Reid & Carolina / Mark Bumgarner / Mitch Greenhill / Pete & Joan Wernick / Roy Book Binder / Sarah Potenza / Scythian / Seth Walker / Sherman Lee Dillon / The Slocan Ramblers / The South Carolina Broadcasters / Steve and Ruth Smith / Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band / Sutton, Holt & Coleman / T Michael Coleman / The Kruger Brothers / The Waybacks / The Whiskey Gentry / Wanamaker Lewis / Wayne Henderson / We banjo 3 / Doug Seegers / Old Crow Medicine Show / Peter Rowan / Jim Lauderdale / Mike Farris Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Nov 20, 2015
Tom Paxton / Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer / Happy Traum / Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band / Lorraine & Bennett Hammon / Sally Rogers / Lisa Null St. Johns Lutheran Church New York, New York, United States
Jun 27, 2015
Happy Traum / Mike & Ruthy at Bearsville Theater
Happy Traum / Mike & Ruthy / Adrien Reju / Tracy Bonham / Professor Louie & The Crowmatix / Rosie Newton / Jessee Havey / Konrad Meissner
Bearsville Theater Woodstock, New York, United States

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John Sebastian / Happy Traum / Jorma Kaukonen / Larry Campbell on Apr 12, 2014 [145-small]

John Sebastian / Happy Traum / Jorma Kaukonen / Larry Campbell
Apr 12, 2014
 Pomeroy, Ohio, United States
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Dirt Farmer Band / Jackson Browne / Marco Benevento / Happy Traum on Jul 12, 2013 [408-small]

Dirt Farmer Band / Jackson Browne / Marco Benevento / Happy Traum
Jul 12, 2013
 Woodstock, New York, United States
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Dirt Farmer Festival on Aug 19, 2018 [310-small]

Dirt Farmer Festival
Aug 19, 2018
 Accord, New York, United States
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John Sebastian / Happy Traum / Jorma Kaukonen / Larry Campbell on Apr 12, 2014 [255-small]

John Sebastian / Happy Traum / Jorma Kaukonen / Larry Campbell
Apr 12, 2014
 Pomeroy, Ohio, United States
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Dirt Farmer Festival on Aug 19, 2018 [974-small]

Dirt Farmer Festival
Aug 19, 2018
 Accord, New York, United States
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Dirt Farmer Festival on Aug 19, 2018 [973-small]

Dirt Farmer Festival
Aug 19, 2018
 Accord, New York, United States
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Dirt Farmer Festival on Aug 19, 2018 [972-small]

Dirt Farmer Festival
Aug 19, 2018
 Accord, New York, United States
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Dirt Farmer Festival on Aug 19, 2018 [971-small]

Dirt Farmer Festival
Aug 19, 2018
 Accord, New York, United States
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Singer-Songwriter
Guitar
Contemporary Folk

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2016 3 concerts
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Happy Traum had?

Happy Traum has had 45 concerts.

What genre is Happy Traum?

Happy Traum is most often considered to be Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Guitar, and Contemporary Folk.

When was the last Happy Traum concert?

The last Happy Traum concert was on November 19, 2023 at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall in New York, New York, United States. The bands that performed were: Richard Barone / Jose Feliciano / Eric Andersen / Tom Paxton / Carolyn Hester / Vernon Reid / Steve Earle / David Amram / Steve Katz / Geoff Muldaur / Jenni Muldaur / Marshall Crenshaw / The Bongos / Justin Vivian Bond / Lenny Kaye / Terre Roche / Willie Nile / Happy Traum / Glenn Mercer / Mary Lee Kortes / Eric Ambel / Anthony DeCurtis / Marc Eliot.

What setlist does Happy Traum play live?

The songs that Happy Traum performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the August 12, 2018 concert at SummerStage in New York, New York, United States:

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  2. Ramblin' Boy

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