Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Concert History

Ricky Skaggs(born July 18, 1954 in Lawrence County, Kentucky) is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. Skaggs's music career began in 1970 when he joined Ralph Stanley's bluegrass band, the Clinch Mountain Boys. He plays mandolin, fiddle, guitar and banjo. For a few years, Skaggs was a member of Emmylou Harris's "Hot Band". He wrote the arrangements for Harris's bluegrass-roots album, Roses in the Snow. In addition to arranging, Skaggs sang harmony, and played mandolin and fiddle.

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2024) (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
Apr 04, 2017
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Ryman Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Feb 25, 2017
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center New York, New York, United States
Sep 30, 2016
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Jerry Douglas Presents Earls of Leicester / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

IBMA World of Bluegrass

Red Hat Amphitheater Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Aug 06, 2016
Ry Cooder, Sharon White and Ricky Skaggs / The Head and the Heart / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Victoria Park Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Jul 21, 2016 –
Jul 24, 2016
Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival of Music & Dance 2016
Silversun Pickups / Brett Dennen / Indigo Girls / Mandolin Orange / Monsieur Perine / City of The Sun / John Brown's Body / Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad / Donna the Buffalo / Jim Lauderdale / Jimkata / Great Caesar / Driftwood / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Johnny Dowd / Sim Redmond Band / Sophistafunk / Lurrie Bell / Big Mean Sound Machine / Campbell Brothers / The Horse Flies / Kevin Kinsella / De Temps Antan / Samite Of Uganda / Telekinetic Walrus / The Gunpoets / The Blind Spots / Sihasin / Danielle Ponder & The Tomorrow People / Anna Coogan / Hank Roberts / Uma Galera / Mary Lorson / Fabi / Plastic Nebraska / Jesus Hidalgo / Tamboka / Keith Frank & Soileau Zydeco / Savoy Family Cajun Band / Bear Fox / Richie & Rosie / Rockwood Ferry / Ithaca Bottom Boys / Misses Bitches / Empire Kings / Burns and Kristy / The Grady Girls / Walter Mouton & the Scott Playboys / The Speckers / Julia Felice and the Whiskey Crisis / Keith Secola & His Wild Band of Indians / Gabriel Tavares / Calico Moon / Moontee Sinquah / Preston Frank & His Zydeco Family Band / Powder the Moon / Bubba George / Flying Clouds of South Carolina / Kinobe & the Wamu Spirit / Atsiaktonkie Show all bands
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Trumansburg Fairgrounds Trumansburg, NY
Jun 12, 2015 –
Jun 14, 2015
Huck Finn Jubilee 2015
Keller Williams / Ralph Stanley / Ricky Skaggs / The Infamous Stringdusters / Leftover Salmon / Del McCoury Band / Steep Canyon Rangers / Sierra Hull / Blue Highway / Lonesome River Band / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Detour / Jeff Austin Band
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Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park Ontario, Canada
Oct 17, 2014
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Lied Center for Performing Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Jun 25, 2014 –
Jun 28, 2014
R.O.M.P. Festival 2014
Old Crow Medicine Show / The Wood Brothers / Sarah Jarosz / Railroad Earth / Pokey LaFarge / Del McCoury Band / Doyle Lawson And Quicksilver / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Foghorn Stringband / Rushad Eggleston / The 23 String Band / Missy Raines / The Brotet / Alison Brown Quartet / Sam Bush Band / Bawn In The Mash / The Danberrys / The Boston Boys / Reunion Band / Red Ember / Bradford Lee Folk and the Bluegrass Playboys / Vickie Vaughn Band / David Grisman Folkjazz Trio / Noam Pikelny & Stuart Duncan / Kentucky BlueGrass AllStars / Phoebe Hunt & Connor Forsyth Show all bands
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Yellow Creek Park Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
Sep 14, 2012
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Imperial Theatre Augusta, Georgia, United States
Sep 30, 2011
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder UCD Jackson Hall Davis, California, United States
Sep 17, 2010 –
Sep 19, 2010
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2010
Dr. Dog / Drive-By Truckers / The Devil Makes Three / Carolina Chocolate Drops / The Felice Brothers / Gibson Brothers / Del McCoury Band / The Deep Dark Woods / Darrell Scott / The Black Lillies / Joy Kills Sorrow / Cadillac Sky / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / The Two Man Gentlemen Band / Hoots & Hellmouth / Red Molly / Holy Ghost Tent Revival / Michelle Malone / Woody Pines / Woes / Cutthroat Shamrock / Annie and the Beekeepers / The Defibulators / Boulder Acoustic Society / Blue Mother Tupelo / The New Familiars / Corduroy Road / Christabel And The Jons / The Hot Seats / Shotgun Party / Uncle Monk / Bailey Cooke / Miss Tess & the Bon Ton Parade / Kelley & The Cowboys Show all bands
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Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Oct 03, 2009
Richie Havens / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Robert Earl Keen / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2009

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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 02, 2009 –
Oct 04, 2009
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2009
Elvis Perkins In Dearland / Old Crow Medicine Show / MC Hammer / Neko Case / Steve Earle / Okkervil River / Aimee Mann / Emmylou Harris / Billy Bragg / Gillian Welch / Boz Scaggs / John Prine / Amadou & Mariam / Little Feat / Old 97's / Mavis Staples / Robert Earl Keen / Nick Lowe / Hayes Carll / Jessica Lea Mayfield / Marianne Faithfull / World Party / The Chieftains / Todd Snider / Dar Williams / Reckless Kelly / Allen Toussaint / Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman / Robyn Hitchcock / Rodney Crowell / Marshall Crenshaw / Billy Joe Shaver / Marty Stuart / Del McCoury Band / Malo / Buddy Miller / Booker T / Elizabeth Cook / The Duhks / Jorma Kaukonen / Earl Scruggs / Eliza Gilkyson / Natalie MacMaster / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / The Brothers Comatose / Kimmie Rhodes / Rosie Flores / Moonalice / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Claire Lynch / The Knitters / Kevin Welch / Hazel Dickens / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Great American Taxi / Abalone Dots / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Red Wine / Guy Clark With Verlon Thompson / Doc Watson And David Holt / Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands / The Wronglers / Richie Haven / Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue / Roger Knox / Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock / The Flatlanders Featuring Joe Ely / The Barefoot Nellies / The Fireants / Darrell Scott Band / Pamela Rose With Wild Women / DR. MAGPIE / Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin / Great American Tax / Odcdance / Tim O'Brien Band / austin lounge lizards Show all bands
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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 03, 2008 –
Oct 05, 2008
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2008
Justin Townes Earle / Robert Earl Keen / Loudon Wainwright III / Richard Thompson / Iron & Wine / Tea Leaf Green / Jerry Jeff Walker / Asleep At the Wheel / Elvis Costello / Iris Dement / Tift Merritt / Dave Alvin / MC Hammer / Greg Brown / Odetta / Del McCoury Band / Mike Farris / Gogol Bordello / Earl Scruggs / Tony Rice / Mickey Hart / Heavy Trash / Steve Earle / Carlene Carter / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Waco Brothers / Ben Kweller / Riders In the Sky / Bad Livers / Maura O'connell / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Mark Olson & Gary Louris / Emmylou Harris / Hot Rize / Moonalice / Hazel Dickens / The Desert Rose Band / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / Bill Kirchen / Jon Langford / Sharon Little / Laurie Lewis / Joe Purdy / Dry Branch Fire Squad / The Waybacks / Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch And Fats Kaplin / Poor Man's Whiskey / Nick Lowe / Ruby Jane / John Jorgenson Quintet / Pegi Young / Red Wine / Guy Clark With Verlon Thompson / Los Cenzontles / Alison Brown Quartet / The Wronglers / Cyndi Harvell / Peter Rowan And The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Jerry Douglas Band / Sons And Brothers / Samantha Robichaud / Roan Mountain Hilltoppers / Darrell Scott Band / Global Drum Project / Marty Willson-piper With the Mood Maidens / The Infamous Stringdusters / the Gourds / Robert Plant / Alison Krauss Show all bands
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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Jul 26, 2007 –
Jul 29, 2007
Cambridge Folk Festival
422 Dance Band / Alabama 3 / Allison Moorer / Bellowhead / Breabach / Brian McNeill / Bruce Cockburn / C.J.Chenier & Red Hot Louisiana band / Diana Jones / Emily Maguire / Fanfare Ciocărlia / Fiddlers' Bid / Four Men & A Dog / Haugaard & Høirup / Jackie Oates / James Hunter / Jaune Toujours / Jenna Reid / Joan Baez / Kate Rusby / Kris Drever / Last Orders / Lau / La Vent du Nord / Lisa Knapp / Mabon / Makendoo / Martha Tilston / Martin Simpson / Mike & Ali Vass / Nanci Griffith / Newton Faulkner / Nick Barraclough & The Burglars / No I.D. / Oysterband / Rachel Unthank & The Winterset / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Ruthie Foster / Seasick Steve / Sharon Shannon / Shooglenifty / Solas / Steve Earle / Stömp / Toots & The Maytals / Toumani Diabaté & Symmetric Orchestra / The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain / Under One Sky / The Waterboys / Show of Hands / Wild Willy Barrett Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Oct 08, 2006
Bob Weir and The Waybacks / Del McCoury Band / Hot Tuna / North Mississippi Allstars / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2006

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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Jun 15, 2006 –
Jun 18, 2006
Bonnaroo Music Festival 2006
Radiohead / Death Cab for Cutie / Beck / Bright Eyes / Cat Power / Common / Cypress Hill / My Morning Jacket / Matisyahu / Andrew Bird / Atmosphere / Ben Folds / Elvis Costello / The Streets / Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley / Devendra Banhart / Gomez / Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / Blues Traveler / Bonnie Raitt / Grace Potter and The Nocturnals / Steve Earle / Matt Costa / Dr John / G. Love & Special Sauce / The Magic Numbers / Sonic Youth / The Cat Empire / Seu Jorge / Nickel Creek / The Dresden Dolls / Umphrey's McGee / Steel Pulse / Amadou & Mariam / Sasha / Medeski, Martin & Wood / World Party / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Mike Doughty / Son Volt / Béla Fleck and the Flecktones / Balkan Beat Box / Lyrics Born / Shooter Jennings / The Disco Biscuits / Jerry Douglas / Rebirth Brass Band / The Wood Brothers / Bill Frisell / Les Claypool / Soulive / The Neville Brothers / Dungen / Steel Train / Jackie Greene / David Ford / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Phil Lesh & Friends / Oysterhead / Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars / Tortured Soul / Marah / Dumpstaphunk / Toubab Krewe / Deadboy & the Elephantmen / The Motet / Dios / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Be Your Own Pet / Electric Eel Shock / Brothers Past / Cat Power & the Memphis Rhythm Band / Robinella And The CC String Band / Moonshine Still / Col Bruce Hampton And The Code Talkers / Mike Doughty's Band / Nug Jug / Death Valley '69 / Devotchka / blackalicious / I-Nine / moe. / Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers / Buddy Guy / Bettye LaVette / Rusted Root Show all bands
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Unknown venue Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicates for Jun 15, 2006
Jan 07, 2006
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder The Birchmere Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Apr 29, 2005 –
May 01, 2005
Merlefest
Sam Bush Band / Railroad Earth / Bela Fleck / Jerry Douglas Band / The Duhks / The Waybacks / Tony Rice Unit / Peter Rowan Quartet / The Greencards / The Wayfaring Strangers / Rodney Crowell / Peter Rowan and Richard Greene / Del McCoury Band / Doc Watson / Tim and Mollie O'Brien / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Darrell Scott Band / Donna the Buffalo / Alison Krauss and Union Station / Allison Moorer / BR-549 / Hayes Carll Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Jul 04, 2003
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder

July 4th concert

Baptist Church Mount Pleasant, Texas, United States

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2009 on Oct 2, 2009 [234-small]

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2009
Oct 2 - 4, 2009
 San Francisco, California, United States
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Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder on Jul 14, 2023 [815-small]

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Jul 14, 2023
 Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, United States
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Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Jul 14, 2023
 Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, United States
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Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder on Jul 14, 2023 [817-small]

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Jul 14, 2023
 Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, United States
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Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder on Jul 14, 2023 [818-small]

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Jul 14, 2023
 Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, United States
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Bonnaroo Music Festival 2006 on Jun 15, 2006 [090-small]

Bonnaroo Music Festival 2006
Jun 15 - 18, 2006
 Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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Bonnaroo Music Festival 2006 on Jun 15, 2006 [091-small]

Bonnaroo Music Festival 2006
Jun 15 - 18, 2006
 Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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Bonnaroo Music Festival 2006 on Jun 15, 2006 [092-small]

Bonnaroo Music Festival 2006
Jun 15 - 18, 2006
 Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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Merlefest on Apr 30, 1999 [767-small]

Merlefest
Apr 30 - May 2, 1999
 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Cambridge Folk Festival on Jul 26, 2007 [969-small]

Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 26 - 29, 2007
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder on Jun 22, 2024 [554-small]

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Jun 22, 2024
 Layton, Utah, United States
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Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder on Jun 22, 2024 [555-small]

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Jun 22, 2024
 Layton, Utah, United States
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Genres:

Folk
Country
Americana
Bluegrass

Concerts Per Year:

2024 1 concert
2023 4 concerts
2022 1 concert
2021 2 concerts
2019 8 concerts
2018 3 concerts
2017 3 concerts
2016 3 concerts
2015 1 concert
2014 2 concerts
2012 1 concert
2011 1 concert
2010 1 concert
2009 2 concerts
2008 1 concert
2007 1 concert
2006 3 concerts
2005 1 concert
2003 2 concerts
2002 1 concert
2001 2 concerts
1999 1 concert
1998 1 concert

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How many concerts has Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder had?

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder has had 46 concerts.

What genre is Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder?

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder is most often considered to be Folk, Country, Americana, and Bluegrass.

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The last Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder concert was on June 22, 2024 at Kenley Amphitheater in Layton, Utah, United States.

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