2025 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
May 16 – Punch Brothers
May 23 – The Infamous Stringdusters with The Last Revel
May 31 – Josiah and the Bonnevilles with The Wilson Springs Hotel
June 13 – Kashus Culpepper with Brenna MacMillan
June 27 – Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder with John Doyle*
June 28 – Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder with John Doyle
July 11 – Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
July 26  – Traveling Players Ensemble Present Cymbeline
August 1 – Steep Canyon Rangers with Timbo*
August 2 – Steep Canyon Rangers with Timbo
August 29 – Brent Cobb
September 12 – Rising Appalachia
September 13 – Darrell Scott with Michael Daves & Jacob Jolliff*
September 27 – Keller and the Keels 
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*Bonus Show

2025 SEASON PASSES SOLD OUT

Purchase Individual Tickets Below

Saturday, JULY 26, 2025
cymbEline

Presented by the Traveling Players Ensemble 

The Traveling Players Ensemble return to the Lime Kiln stage with their production of Cymbeline. Peek into the dysfunctional family of Princess Innogen, as she fights her parents to marry Posthumous for love. One of Shakespeare’s four romances, sometimes classified as a tragicomedy, this play is a whirlwind of events — complete with war, slander, mistaken identity, beheading, and a final “recognition scene to end all recognition scenes” that keeps audiences and actors alike gasping through to the final reunions. Cymbeline is intense, physical, sweet, horrifying, and utterly surprising. Cymbeline is a beloved play that is less frequently performed - so catch it when you can!  

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​Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door.
Show starts at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:00pm.
Ages 10+ | 2.5 hours, including 15-minute intermission

This show is not included in the Season Pass

BONUS SHOW
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025
STEEP CANYON RANGERS

Opener: Timbo
Sponsored by Kendal at Lexington
Steep Canyon Rangers is made up of Graham Sharp on banjo and vocals, Mike Guggino on mandolin/mandola and vocals, Aaron Burdett on guitar and vocals, Nicky Sanders on fiddle and vocals, Mike Ashworth on drums and vocals, and Barrett Smith on bass, guitar, and vocals.

Over the band’s esteemed career, the three-time Grammy nominees have released 14 studio albums, three collaborative albums with actor and banjoist Steve Martin, been inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, and appeared on some of music’s biggest stages. In 2013, Nobody Knows You won the GRAMMY Award for Best Bluegrass Album, while 2012’s Rare Bird and 2020’s North Carolina Songbook garnered nominations in the same category.
Timbo
Born & raised in Music City, Timbo made waves working the Nashville honky-tonk circuit & kickstarted his career by releasing his debut EP to critical acclaim. Backed by a myriad community of lifelong musicians, he formed a band with a sound many have dubbed, "Soul Country."​

​Timbo's sound showcases his traditional roots in country music & culture. Hear his unique style on iTunes & Spotify, or live in Music City, & beyond. 
​Tickets are $40 in advance or $45 at the door.
Show starts at 7:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2025
​STEEP CANYON RANGERS

Opener: Timbo
Sponsored by CornerStone Bank
Steep Canyon Rangers is made up of Graham Sharp on banjo and vocals, Mike Guggino on mandolin/mandola and vocals, Aaron Burdett on guitar and vocals, Nicky Sanders on fiddle and vocals, Mike Ashworth on drums and vocals, and Barrett Smith on bass, guitar, and vocals.

Over the band’s esteemed career, the three-time Grammy nominees have released 14 studio albums, three collaborative albums with actor and banjoist Steve Martin, been inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, and appeared on some of music’s biggest stages. In 2013, Nobody Knows You won the GRAMMY Award for Best Bluegrass Album, while 2012’s Rare Bird and 2020’s North Carolina Songbook garnered nominations in the same category.
Timbo
Born & raised in Music City, Timbo made waves working the Nashville honky-tonk circuit & kickstarted his career by releasing his debut EP to critical acclaim. Backed by a myriad community of lifelong musicians, he formed a band with a sound many have dubbed, "Soul Country."​

​Timbo's sound showcases his traditional roots in country music & culture. Hear his unique style on iTunes & Spotify, or live in Music City, & beyond. 
​Tickets are $40 in advance or $45 at the door.
Show starts at 7:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2025
​Brent Cobb

Sponsored by Robert L. Faulkner & Son, Inc.
Brent Cobb is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter from Georgia, whose music is steeped in the rich traditions of the American South. In a blend of country rock, laid-back grooves, and rich storytelling, dubbed as "southern eclectic", Cobb crafts songs that capture the essence of the South's diverse cultural landscape, including his latest album, Southern Star. Having spent a decade in Nashville writing hits for artists like Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, and Little Big Town, Cobb returned to Georgia to reconnect with the source of his inspiration. Southern Star was recorded at the acclaimed Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, GA, and features an all-local lineup of southern musicians, showcasing Cobb's commitment to honoring and preserving the music of his home region. As he continues to tour, Cobb remains a powerful voice in the country scene, offering a fresh yet timeless take on southern music that resonates with fans across the globe.
​Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door.
Show starts at 7:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025
RISING APPALACHIA

Sponsored in honor of ConnectionsPlus Healthcare + Hospice
Rising Appalachia is an internationally touring folk ensemble steeped in the soul of the South. It is the brainchild of Atlanta-raised sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith, rooted in the rich musical traditions of their family and their journey into song as performers, writers, and song catchers.They have that touch that only siblings can have. And now, fresh off the press, they present their first album of cover songs Folk & Anchor, a carefully curated collection of remakes. From Bob Dylan to Hoizer,Erykah Badu to Beyonce, hear these songs in a voice uniquely their own. Recorded at Echo Mountain in Asheville North Carolina, the band has leaned into new renditions of old favorites, showcasing their wide range of style and sound.

Rising Appalachia makes music as a reflection of their times, blending Americana music with lyrics, rhythm and poetry of our times. The band's unique sound was shaped by Leah and Chloe's soulful vocals, simple instrumentation, and seamless harmonies, unique to siblings steeped in the multi-generational music of the South. They are joined by a host of incredible musicians who bring their own cultural influences, enriching the blend of Appalachian, Irish, Americana, Latin and world roots music that defines the smooth sound of Rising Appalachia...
​Tickets are $35 in advance or $40 at the door.
Show starts at 7:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm.

BONUS SHOW
​SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2025
DARRELL SCOTT

Opener: Michael Daves and Jacob Jolliff
Sponsored by Furr Insurance Agency and Lexington & the Rockbridge Area Tourism
Multi-Instrumentalist and Singer-Songwriter Darrell Scott mines and cultivates the everyday moment, taking the rote, menial, mundane, and allowing it to be surreal, ever poignant, and candidly honest, lilting, blooming, and resonating. The words he fosters allow us to make sense of the world, what is at stake here, and our place in it. And ultimately, Darrell knows the sole truth of life is that love is all that matters, that we don’t always get it right, but that’s the instinctive and requisite circuitous allure of things, why we forever chase it, and why it is held sacred.

​Darrell Scott comes from a musical family with a father who had him smitten with guitars by the age of 4, alongside a brother who played Jerry Reed style as well. From there, things only ramped up with literature and poetry endeavors while a student at Tufts University, along with playing his way through life. This would never change.
Michael Daves and Jacob Jolliff
Michael Daves and Jacob Jolliff are two of America’s premier bluegrass talents. After years of collaborating in various bands and informal settings they have teamed up as a formidable duo featuring high lonesome vocal harmony and fiery flatpicking. Their sound is an homage to the classic guitar-mandolin “brother duets” while leaving plenty of room for improvisation and inspired left turns. They effortlessly straddle the line between hard-core traditional bluegrass and experimental forms.
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Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Michael Daves grew up playing bluegrass in the grand old tradition of staying up late & singing loud. Although he’s since moved north, the Southern roots permeate his music, however traditional or experimental. Heralded as “a leading light of the New York bluegrass scene” by the New York Times, Daves has garnered attention for his work with Chris Thile, Steve Martin, Tony Trischka, and others in addition to his solo performances. His album “Sleep With One Eye Open” with Thile earned a 2011 Grammy nomination.

Although he is best known as a roots musician, Daves gravitated toward experimental music and jazz while studying at Hampshire College in Massachusetts. Relocating to Brooklyn in 2003, he began to crave the social interaction and musical challenges of bluegrass: "In Western Massachusetts, I was mostly doing jazz. By the time I moved to New York, I was ready to leave that behind, get back to my personal roots in bluegrass music. There were good jam sessions in New York and I was excited to reenter a regular jamming culture in the city. And I was getting back into rock music, too. The Brooklyn scene in 2003 and 2004 was pretty fertile. There was a lot of great, kind of raw, experimental rock music happening at that time, drawing me in, scratching an itch."

Jacob Jolliff has become one of the country's most notable contemporary mandolinists. He was a member of the beloved New England roots band Joy Kills Sorrow, while attending Berklee School of Music on a full scholarship. In 2012, Jolliff won the National Mandolin Championship in Winfield, KS. Now a fixture of the national bluegrass community, he has collaborated and shared the stage with Darol Anger, Sam Bush, Ronnie McCoury, Jerry Douglas, Tony Trischka, and David Grisman among others. When Joy Kills Sorrow disbanded in 2014, Jolliff got the call to join Yonder Mountain String Band with whom he toured full time through 2019. In 2022 Jolliff released a self-titled Jacob Jolliff Band album and toured with Béla Fleck as part of My Bluegrass Heart.
​Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door.
Show starts at 7:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2025
​KELLER AND THE KEELS

Sponsored by Modine
Virginian Keller Williams released his first album in 1994, FREEK, and has since given each of his albums a single syllable title: BUZZ, SPUN, BREATHE, LOOP, LAUGH, HOME, DANCE, STAGE, GRASS, DREAM, TWELVE, LIVE, ODD, THIEF, KIDS, BASS, PICK, FUNK, VAPE, SYNC, RAW, SANS, ADD, SPEED, CELL, DROLL and now DEER.

Williams returns to Lime Kiln with his Appalachian Psychedelic Bluegrass project, Keller & the Keels. Joining him are award-winning flat picker Larry Keel and his rock solid, in the pocket bass playing wife, Jenny Keel. They make up two thirds of this super fun trio Keller started in 2004. With three albums recorded together (Grass, Thief and Speed), the handful of gigs they play together each year turn into acoustic picking parties. As Keller says, "We vowed from the beginning that we wouldn't do it often so that when we did, it would be special, and it is."
​Tickets are $35 in advance or $40 at the door.
Show starts at 7:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm.

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