Past Events › 2019-2020 Season

Master guitarists Bombino and Vieux Farka Touré perform joint and separate sets, both electric and acoustic, transporting the audience on a dazzling and intimate musical journey to the Sahara Desert, the original birthplace of the blues.

Best known for her work in the contemporary folk genre, Susan Werner’s talent as a songwriter and vocalist continually drives her to explore new styles.

Keller Williams has gained fame creating his own much-imitated brand of guitar-driven loop-based grooves. From acoustic to electric, bluegrass to rock and beyond, Keller Williams fans know to expect the unexpected from this master musician.

The ArtsCenter’s annual Songs from the Circle shows are a celebration of the best in classic American Folk and Bluegrass.

Grammy-winning Cajun supergroup BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet returns to The ArtsCenter to host a holiday celebration featuring swamp-pop takes on classic holiday tunes.

A multi-platinum recording artist and seven-time Grammy nominee, Joan Osborne is both a commanding, passionate performer and a frank, emotionally evocative songwriter, most known for the massive MTV and international radio smash hit “One of Us.”

A founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons is an expert player on the banjo, fife, guitar, harmonica, jug, percussion, quills, and rhythm bones, and a music scholar with a repertoire that covers over 100 years of American traditional music. Chris Frisina opens.

Called “a vocalist of unerring instinct” by the New York Times, O’Donovan is one of the most sought after vocalists and songwriters of her generation and has collaborated with some of the most eminent names in music. Taylor Ashton opens.

The John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band is an all-star group of four legendary, award-winning musicians—John Jorgenson on acoustic guitar, mandolin and vocals; Herb Pedersen on banjo, acoustic guitar and vocals; Mark Fain on bass; and Patrick Sauber on acoustic guitar and vocals—playing bluegrass like no one has ever played it before.

Alash are masters of traditional Tuvan throat singing, known for their subtle infusion of modern influences into traditional Tuvan music.