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Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion

September 19-21, 2025

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The award-winning  Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival celebrates 24 years in Historic Downtown Bristol, VA-TN, home to the 1927 Bristol Sessions, September 19-21, 2025!

The initial lineup includes The Teskey Brothers, Shane Smith & The Saints, Lukas Nelson, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Kaitlin Butts, Sister Sadie, Michael Cleveland, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, and Hippies & Cowboys with more TBA. Weekend passes on sale now at BristolRhythm.com

Bristol Rhythm isn’t just a music festival. It’s an infectious, three-day music experience, bursting with creative passion, electricity, and soul. It’s an annual celebration of Bristol, VA-TN’s rich history as the place where the 1927 Bristol Sessions recordings created the “big bang” of country music; they were the recordings that brought early country music to the mainstream and were the first recordings of The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers.

The influence of the 1927 Bristol Sessions can still be heard in the soundtrack of today. It’s the roots and far-reaching branches of those seminal recordings that fuels the lineup of each Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion.

Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion takes place in Historic Downtown Bristol, TN-VA on State Street and the surrounding area. Located on the Virginia and Tennessee border with 15 stages and indoor venues and close to 80 acts of live music, Bristol Rhythm takes visitors on a journey through Appalachia’s musical past, present, and future. 

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2025 Initial Lineup graphic
2025 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Initial Lineup
A birds eye view of State Street during the festival
A birds eye view of State Street during the festival
Nickel Creek playing at Bristol Rhythm '23
Nickel Creek playing at Bristol Rhythm '23
Grace Bowers performing at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge perform at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2024
Larkin Poe playing at Bristol Rhythm '23
Larkin Poe playing at Bristol Rhythm '23
Margo Price playing at Bristol Rhythm '23
Margo Price playing at Bristol Rhythm '23
Hannah Dasher performing at Bristol Rhythm
Hannah Dasher performing at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion in 2024
Sons of the East playing Bristol Rhythm '23
Sons of the East playing Bristol Rhythm '23
Daniel Donato playing at Bristol Rhythm '23
Daniel Donato playing at Bristol Rhythm '23
The Red Clay Strays perform at Bristol Rhythm &  Roots Reunion
The Red Clay Strays perform at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2024
Fantastic Negrito at Bristol Rhythm '22
Fantastic Negrito at Bristol Rhythm '22
Dance in two states along State Street in Historic Downtown Bristol
Dance in two states along State Street in Historic Downtown Bristol
Sierra Ferrell at Bristol Rhythm '22
Sierra Ferrell at Bristol Rhythm '22
Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash, at Bristol Rhythm '22
Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash, at Bristol Rhythm '22
The War and Treaty at Bristol Rhythm '22
The War and Treaty at Bristol Rhythm '22
Briston Maroney  on Cumberland Square Park Stage at Bristol Rhythm '22
Briston Maroney on Cumberland Square Park Stage at Bristol Rhythm '22
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