The Waybacks Concert History

They draw freely from the old school and the old world, but The Waybacks are no throwback. They've been erroneously pigeonholed as a bluegrass band and celebrated as purveyors of "acoustic mayhem." They are as uninhibited and unpredictable as the eclectic San Francisco Bay area that claims them, and for nearly a decade, their experiments have always proven sharp-witted and musically dazzling. They're living proof that in music anyway, evolution and intelligent design are entirely compatible.

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The Waybacks Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2025) (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
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 26, 2018 –
Apr 29, 2018
MerleFest 2018
The Mccrary Sisters / The Blind Boys of Alabama / Mandolin Orange / Brandy Clark / Paul Thorn / Cicada Rhythm / Andy May / Ashley Heath / Kris Kristofferson / Jamey Johnson / The Mavericks / Rhiannon Giddens / Sam Bush Band / Robert Earl Keen / Tommy Emmanuel / Bela Fleck / The Waybacks / North Mississippi Allstars / Jim Lauderdale / Buddy Miller / Shinyribs Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, NC
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
Aug 28, 2016
"Bodega Seafood, Art & Wine Festival" / Pride & Joy / The Waybacks / Bootleg Honeys / John Allaire

Bodega Seafood, Art & Wine Festival

Watts Ranch Bodega, California, United States
Aug 26, 2016
The Waybacks HopMonk Tavern Sebastopol Sebastopol, California, United States
Aug 18, 2016
The Waybacks Sweetwater Music Hall Mill Valley, California, United States
Aug 12, 2016 –
Aug 14, 2016
Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival
"Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival" / The Infamous Stringdusters / Nicki Bluhm / Pokey LaFarge / Mary Gauthier / Forrest O'Connor / The Hillbenders / The Waybacks / Sam Bush Band / New Reeltime Travelers / David Grisman Sextet / Sara Watkins / The Lil' Smokies / Mark O'Connor Family Band / Betse & Clark Show all bands
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Grand Targhee Resort Amphitheater Alta, Wyoming, 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
Apr 28, 2016 –
May 01, 2016
MerleFest 2016
Brandi Carlile / Old Crow Medicine Show / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / John Prine / The Wood Brothers / Jerry Douglas / Tommy Emmanuel / Carbon Leaf / Dave Rawlings Machine / Tim O'Brien / Steep Canyon Rangers / EmiSunshine / The Brothers Comatose / Salvador / Donna the Buffalo / Sierra Hull / Jim Lauderdale / The Williams Brothers / Shinyribs / Nicki Bluhm / Peter Rowan / Doug Seegers / Bryan Sutton / We banjo 3 / Scythian / Alison Brown / Love Canon / The Krüger Brothers / The Waybacks / Wood & Wire / Shannon Whitworth / Sarah Potenza / Annie Moses Band / Grace & Tony / Brennen Leigh / April Verch / David Holt / Jim Avett / The Contenders / The Slocan Ramblers / Sam Bush Band / Becky Buller / Fireside Collective / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Tellico / Brennen Leigh and Noel McKay / Blue Mafia / T. Michael Coleman / Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue / Zoe & Cloyd / The Brothers Landreth / High Plains Jamboree / Noel Mckay / John Fowler / Mark Bumgarner / Carol Rifkin / Jeanette Queen Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, NC
Oct 03, 2014 –
Oct 05, 2014
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2014
Ryan Adams / Yo La Tengo / Chris Isaak / Sharon Van Etten / Social Distortion / Dawes / Built to Spill / Lake Street Dive / Lucinda Williams / Emmylou Harris / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Dwight Yoakam / St. Paul and The Broken Bones / Vince Gill / Mavis Staples / Conor Oberst / John Prine / Sun Kil Moon / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Shawn Colvin / Waxahatchee / Johnnyswim / Thao & The Get Down Stay Down / Deltron 3030 / Robert Earl Keen / Justin Townes Earle / Sarah Jarosz / The Lone Bellow / Jerry Douglas / The Felice Brothers / Rosanne Cash / Hurray for the Riff Raff / The Aquabats / Jonathan Wilson / Jeff Tweedy / Béla Fleck / Blue Rodeo / Reckless Kelly / Bruce Cockburn / Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / The Apache Relay / Cibo Matto / Tony Joe White / Chuck Prophet / Parker Millsap / Nikki Lane / Rising Appalachia / Caitlin Rose / Dave Rawlings Machine / The Good Life / Buddy Miller / Buckwheat Zydeco / Chris Smither / Steve Earle and the Dukes / Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds / Willie Watson / Carlene Carter / Robbie Fulks / Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas / Striking Matches / T-Bone Burnett / Evolfo / Peter Rowan / Moonalice / Blackie And The Rodeo Kings / Joe Russo's Almost Dead / Red Baraat / Hot Rize / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang / The Time Jumpers / Kate York / Kevin Welch / The Mastersons / The Sam Chase / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn / Poor Man's Whiskey / The Waybacks / Rose's Pawn Shop / Dry Branch Fire Squad / The Mccrary Sisters / Chuck Cannon / Malawi Mouse Boys / Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones / Shelly Colvin / Jesse DeNatale / Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands / Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers / The High Bar Gang / Bill Kirchen And Too Much Fun / Jerry Douglas Presents the Earls of Leicester / The Flatlanders Featuring Joe Ely / Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock / Wolf Hamlin & The Front Porch Drifters / Bad Luck Jonathan / Kenny Sears / Alison Brown Quintet including Joe Craven / Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin / THE GO TO HELL MAN CLAN / Whograss / The 3030 Orchestra / Dawn Sears and Ranger Doug Green Show all bands
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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Show Duplicates for Oct 03, 2014
Apr 27, 2014
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Claire Lynch / Nora Jane Struthers / Donna the Buffalo / The Kruger Brothers / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Sheila Kay Adams / Banknotes / Buffalo Barfield / Riley Baugus / Rory Block / Roy Book Binder / Laura Boosinger / Fiona Boyes / The Deadly Gentlemen / Eleanor Ellis / Mary Flower / Mitch Greenhill / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Jim Lauderdale / Jack Lawrence / Jeff Little / Local Boys / The Moore Brothers / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Del Rey / Carol Rifkin / Tut Taylor / Niall Toner / Happy Traum / The Waybacks / Charles Welch / Pete & Joan Wernick / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts / Dailey & Vincent / Jimmy Fortune / The Fox Fire / Watchhouse / Bill Mathis / Joe Penland / ToneBlazers / Merle Haggard / The Barefoot Movement Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 26, 2014
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Claire Lynch / Della Mae / The Steel Wheels / Nora Jane Struthers / Donna the Buffalo / The Kruger Brothers / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Sheila Kay Adams / Bailey Mountain Cloggers / Banknotes / Buffalo Barfield / Riley Baugus / Rory Block / Roy Book Binder / Laura Boosinger / Fiona Boyes / Alison Brown / Buncombe Turnpike / Sam Bush / Cockman Family / The Deadly Gentlemen / Eleanor Ellis / Mary Flower / Mitch Greenhill / Wayne Henderson / High Valley / Bob Hill / I Draw Slow / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Mark Johnson / Larry Keel And Natural Bridge / Jim Lauderdale / Jack Lawrence / Emory Lester / Jeff Little / Local Boys / Andy May / The Moore Brothers / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Tim O'Brien / Del Rey / Carol Rifkin / Peter Rowan / Sanctum Sully / Darrell Scott / Scythian / The Sigmon Stringers / Sleepy Man / Joe Smothers / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / The South Carolina Broadcasters / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Steep Canyon Rangers / Sutton, Holt & Coleman / Tut Taylor / Niall Toner / Town Mountain / Happy Traum / The Waybacks / Charles Welch / Pete & Joan Wernick / Roland White / Blake Williams / Keller Williams / Tony Williamson / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts / The Barefoot Movement / Nu-Blu Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 25, 2014
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Sheila Kay Adams / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Balsam Range / The Barefoot Movement / Buffalo Barfield / Rory Block / Roy Book Binder / Alison Brown / Buncombe Turnpike / Cockman Family / Donna the Buffalo / The Duhks / Josh Farrow / Mary Flower / Wayne Henderson / Bob Hill / The Hillbenders / I Draw Slow / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Mark Johnson / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / The Kruger Brothers / Jim Lauderdale / Jack Lawrence / Emory Lester / Jeff Little / Local Boys / Locust Honey String Band / Lonesome River Band / Andy May / Misty River / Nu-Blu / Tim O'Brien / Joe Penland / Missy Raines / Red June / Carol Rifkin / Peter Rowan / Darrell Scott / Scythian / The Sigmon Stringers / Steve and Ruth Smith / Joe Smothers / Todd Snider / The South Carolina Broadcasters / The Steel Wheels / Steep Canyon Rangers / Sutton, Holt & Coleman / Tut Taylor / ToneBlazers / Happy Traum / The Travelin' McCourys / Volume Five / The Waybacks / Pete & Joan Wernick / Shannon Whitworth / Keller Williams / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts / Old Crow Medicine Show Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Mar 29, 2014
The Waybacks HopMonk Tavern Sebastopol Sebastopol, California, United States
Apr 26, 2013
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Phil Wiggins / Corey Harris / Chris Smither / The Honeycutters / The Black Lillies / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Alberti Flea Circus / Banknotes / Buffalo Barfield / Riley Baugus / Jim Lauderdale / Matraca Berg / Blind Boy Paxton / Roy Book Binder / Laura Boosinger / Calico Moon / T Michael Coleman / Dehlia Low / Enter the Haggis / Della Mae / Donna the Buffalo / Jerry Douglas / Tom Feldmann / The Greencards / Wayne Henderson / Bob Hill / David Holt / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Red Molly / Johnson's Crossroad / Kickin Grass / The Kruger Brothers / Jack Lawrence / Local Boys / Doug Macleod / Andy May / Misty River / The South Carolina Broadcasters / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / The Neighbors (NC) / The New Familiars / Paul's Creek Band / The Quebe Sisters / Carol Rifkin / Peter Rowan / Scythian / The Sheets Family / The Sigmon Stringers / Steve and Ruth Smith / Joe Smothers / Snyder Family Band / Del McCoury Band / Kirk Sutphin / Keller Williams / Bryan Sutton Band / Pete Wernick / Sutton, Holt & Coleman / Delta Rae / Patrick Sweany / Tut Taylor / ToneBlazers / Radney Foster / The Waybacks / Pete & Joan Wernick / The Wild Rumpus / Tony Williamson Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Mar 23, 2013
The Waybacks Sweetwater Music Hall Mill Valley, California, United States
Aug 17, 2012
The Waybacks Berkeley Cafe Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

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