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Event Series Savannah Music Festival / District Live Series

A Winter Gathering with Kathy Mattea

District Live at Plant Riverside District 400 West River Street, Savannah, GA, United States

Grammy winner Kathy Mattea brings her rich acoustic music heritage to a unique Christmas holiday music program. Featuring her warm, soulful vocals and skillful arrangements, Kathy’s talented band—featuring some of Nashville’s top musicians—offers a fresh take on a variety of holiday songs: from beloved traditional favorites to selections from her Grammy-winning 1993 album Good News and the […]

$55

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Leftover Salmon

Victory North 2603 Whitaker St., Savannah, GA, United States

In their fourth decade as a band, Leftover Salmon’s current lineup has been together longer than any other and is one of their strongest ever. Built around founding members Drew Emmitt and Vince Herman, the band is now powered by banjo wizard Andy Thorn, the steady rhythm section of bassist Greg Garrison (who performed at […]

$47.00
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Cajun Dance Party: BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet

Ships of the Sea 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Savannah, GA, United States

For 50 years, two-time Grammy winner BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet has been hailed as one of the best Cajun bands in the world. Doucet and the band can be credited with helping take Cajun music from its regional roots in Louisiana to popularity worldwide. Making their Savannah Music Festival debut with these performances, BeauSoleil’s distinctive […]

$45.00
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Cajun Dance Party: BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet

Ships of the Sea 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Savannah, GA, United States

For 50 years, two-time Grammy winner BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet has been hailed as one of the best Cajun bands in the world. Doucet and the band can be credited with helping take Cajun music from its regional roots in Louisiana to popularity worldwide. Making their Savannah Music Festival debut with these performances, BeauSoleil’s distinctive […]

$45.00
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Shovels & Rope / Langhorne Slim

Lucas Theatre for the Arts 32 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA, United States

A co-bill of special acoustic performances! Shovels & Rope’s Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst are an acclaimed folk-rock duo from Charleston, SC. This intimate acoustic set will feature songs from their Fall 2023 Bare Bones tour, where they performed across 16 cities on the East Coast and Midwest. The duo will perform stripped-down renditions of […]

$39 – $79
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East Nash Grass / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes Band

Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA, United States

East Nash Grass, a standout band from Nashville’s vibrant music scene, built its reputation on nightly performances around Music City’s East side. What began as a casual weekly bluegrass night at Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge gradually evolved into a dedicated group, eventually becoming one of bluegrass’s top young bands. In 2024, they won the IBMA […]

$47.00
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East Nash Grass / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes Band

Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA, United States

East Nash Grass, a standout band from Nashville’s vibrant music scene, built its reputation on nightly performances around Music City’s East side. What began as a casual weekly bluegrass night at Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge gradually evolved into a dedicated group, eventually becoming one of bluegrass’s top young bands. In 2024, they won the IBMA […]

$47.00
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Jenny Scheinman’s All Species Parade

District Live at Plant Riverside District 400 West River Street, Savannah, GA, United States

featuring Bill Frisell, Carmen Staaf, Tony Scherr and Kenny WollesenJenny Scheinman, acclaimed violinist and composer, for many years a stalwart of the New York jazz and creative music scenes, returned to her native Humboldt County, California in 2012. She has played Savannah Music Festival with her projects Mischief & Mayhem and Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait, […]

$39.00
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Taj Mahal

Lucas Theatre for the Arts 32 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA, United States

For more than 40 years, four-time Grammy-winning Blues Hall of Famer Taj Mahal and his band have taken blues on a joyous ride through reggae, funk, jazz, Cajun, and more, leaving a trail of swinging hips and raised palms in their wake. The Quintet is made up of internationally renowned bassist Bill Rich and steel […]

$42 – $87

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Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter

Ships of the Sea 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Savannah, GA, United States

With a combined 18 IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year awards, these two phenoms have joined forces for a new duo project that is already taking the industry by storm. Their first single “Give It Away” reached #1 on Bluegrass Today’s charts, and weeks after its release, the duo received two standing ovations at the […]

$45.00
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Step Afrika!

Lucas Theatre for the Arts 32 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA, United States

Founded in 1994 by C. Brian Williams, Step Afrika! is the world’s leading authority on the art form of stepping. Under Mr. Williams’ leadership, stepping has evolved into one of America’s cultural exports. The company’s self-titled work Step Afrika! introduces audiences to stepping through both a traditional and contemporary lens. Step Afrika! combines percussive dance […]

$39 – $79
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Noon30: Darol Anger & Bruce Molsky

Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA, United States

Darol Anger and Bruce Molsky have been musical explorers together for years, sharing a creative universe that’s resulted in some epic collaborations, including the Grammy-nominated Fiddlers Four (with Michael Doucet and Rushad Eggleston), crashing each other’s concerts and recordings, and just finding big joy in playing together. Freestyle fiddler, composer, producer and educator Darol Anger […]

$39.00
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Victor Wooten & The Wooten Brothers

Ships of the Sea 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Savannah, GA, United States

For over four decades, The Wooten Brothers—Victor on bass and vocals, Joseph on keyboards and vocals, Roy on percussion and vocals and Regi on guitar and vocals—have been redefining jazz, funk, soul, R&B, rock, and bluegrass. Growing up as military kids, they shared stages with artists like Curtis Mayfield, The Temptations, and Ramsey Lewis. In […]

$45.00
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Väsen + Hawktail / Darol Anger & Bruce Molsky

Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA, United States

Väsen + Hawktail is the culmination of decades of influence and musical relation. Brittany Haas, Jordan Tice and Paul Kowert met while in college on the East Coast, jamming on Väsen tunes and attending their concerts. These experiences proved highly formative to their musical identities. There’s a strong tie between their respective fiddle traditions and […]

$47.00
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Marcus King

Lucas Theatre for the Arts 32 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA, United States

Marcus King faces heartache, addiction, and mental health head-on in his music. The Grammy-nominated fourth-generation musician from Greenville, SC, started playing guitar at eight years old following in the footsteps of his guitarist father and grandpa. Logging thousands of miles on the road as “The Marcus King Band,” he established himself with unparalleled performance prowess. […]

$47 – $100
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Noon30: Väsen + Hawktail

Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA, United States

Väsen + Hawktail is the culmination of decades of influence and musical relation. Brittany Haas, Jordan Tice and Paul Kowert met while in college on the East Coast, jamming on Väsen tunes and attending their concerts. These experiences proved highly formative to their musical identities. There’s a strong tie between their respective fiddle traditions and […]

$39.00
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Hazel at 100: Della Mae with Laurie Lewis and Alice Gerrard

District Live at Plant Riverside District 400 West River Street, Savannah, GA, United States

In the 100-year anniversary of her birth, the late Hazel Dickens’ pioneering musical legacy will be celebrated by her former duo partner Alice Gerrard, along with some of the leading women of bluegrass, Laurie Lewis and Della Mae.In a career spanning more than 50 years, Alice Gerrard has known, learned from, and performed with many […]

$40.00
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Warren Haynes Band

Lucas Theatre for the Arts 32 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA, United States

Visionary Grammy Award-winning artist Warren Haynes is a cornerstone of the American music landscape, lauded as one of the most formidable guitarists and vocalists of the modern era, and a prolific songwriter and producer. He effortlessly cross-pollinates genres and unfurls solos that broil with passion in his distinctive signature style. Throughout his prolific career as […]

$47 – $100
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Zydeco Dance Party: Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas

Ships of the Sea 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Savannah, GA, United States

For more than three decades, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas have toured extensively, performing everywhere from local Louisiana spots to international stages, with an ensemble that has always been a family affair. Bandleader Nathan Williams started his professional music career at 21, recording singles for his brother’s El Sid label. Sid also opened a […]

$45.00
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Zydeco Dance Party: Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas

Ships of the Sea 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Savannah, GA, United States

For more than three decades, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas have toured extensively, performing everywhere from local Louisiana spots to international stages, with an ensemble that has always been a family affair. Bandleader Nathan Williams started his professional music career at 21, recording singles for his brother’s El Sid label. Sid also opened a […]

$45.00
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John Moreland

District Live at Plant Riverside District 400 West River Street, Savannah, GA, United States

Following an impressive run of albums in the 2010s that earned him a devoted fanbase, accolades from outlets like The New York Times, Fresh Air, and Pitchfork, and a place in the upper echelon of modern Americana singer-songwriters, John Moreland recently took an entire year off from playing shows and didn’t use a smartphone for […]

$40.00
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Junior Brown

Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA, United States

Junior Brown’s inimitable brand of country music fuses western swing with the blues, rockabilly, bluegrass and rock n’ roll. A guitarist and lap steel player of the highest order, he and his luthier Michael Stevens developed his signature double-necked instrument, the guit-steel, in the mid-80s, when switching cables between his lap steel and guitar on […]

$47.00
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Junior Brown

Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA, United States

Junior Brown’s inimitable brand of country music fuses western swing with the blues, rockabilly, bluegrass and rock n’ roll. A guitarist and lap steel player of the highest order, he and his luthier Michael Stevens developed his signature double-necked instrument, the guit-steel, in the mid-80s, when switching cables between his lap steel and guitar on […]

$47.00
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An Evening with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Johnny Mercer Theatre 301 West Oglethorpe Ave, Savannah

A Jason Isbell record always lands like a decoder ring in the ears and hearts of his audience, a soundtrack to his world and magically to theirs, too. Weathervanes carries the same revelatory power. This is a storyteller at the peak of his craft, observing his fellow wanderers, looking inside and trying to understand, reducing […]

$57 – $135