Just Announced! Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton with Royal Masat, Live at the Schaefer Center for Two Nights!
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Just Announced! Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton with Royal Masat,
Live at the Schaefer Center for Two Nights!
Performing September 11 and 12, in celebration of the collaborative new release “Live at the Legion.” Show is ticketed as a lottery, open now through April 21.
BOONE, NC — Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton with Royal Masat announce two nights of performances at Appalachian State University’s Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts, September 11 and 12. These shows will be ticketed as a lottery, with ticket requests open now until April 21 at 2:00PM ET. Request tickets at billystrings.com/LATL.
2x Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings joins forces with renowned guitarist Bryan Sutton to release their new collaborative album, Live at the Legion. Recorded live on April 7,
2024 at Nashville’s American Legion Post 82, the album showcases the acclaimed duo performing 20 traditional bluegrass and folk songs, including new renditions of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright,” Doc Watson’s “Way Downtown” and more.
Released as a surprise today—the one-year anniversary of the recording—the album is now available to stream and pre-order CD or vinyl HERE.
In celebration of the release, Strings and Sutton will perform a series of intimate shows this fall (with Royal Masat), including stops at the Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY (two nights), Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium (two nights), Chattanooga’s The Signal, and Boone, NC’s Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts (two nights). These shows will be ticketed as a lottery, with ticket requests open now until April 21 at 2:00PM ET. Request tickets here: billystrings.com/LATL.
Ahead of the joint dates, Strings will continue his extensive headline tour through this summer including stops at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum, Lexington’s Rupp Arena (two nights), Minneapolis’ Target Center, Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Arena (two nights), Tampa’s Yuengling Center and Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom (two nights, both sold-out)—Strings’ first-ever Canadian shows. He will also embark on his first headline arena tour across Australia and New Zealand in July and join Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour next month. See below for complete tour itinerary, full details can be found at www.billystrings.com/tour.
The release adds to yet another landmark year for Strings, who won Best Bluegrass Album at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards for Live Vol. 1. Strings’ first live album, Live Vol. 1 debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Bluegrass Albums chart this past summer (stream/purchase here). Furthermore, Strings released his latest full-length studio album, Highway Prayers, this past fall, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s all-genre Top Album Sales Chart—the first time in 22 years that a bluegrass album has been the top-selling album across genres. Released via Reprise Records, Highway Prayers was produced by Strings and Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Mac Miller, Aimee Mann) and continues to receive widespread critical attention, with GQ calling Strings “the hottest roots-music phenomenon in decades” and Pitchfork praising, “the bluegrass wunderkind expands his palette, exploring new textures and emotional registers while staying true to his beloved genre.” Listen to Highway Prayers HERE.
Since his 2017 debut, Strings has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd Grammy Awards, Artist of the Year at the 2023 and 2022 Americana Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year at the 2023, 2022 and 2021 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards and Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards among several other accolades. He has also performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, PBS’ Austin City Limits, and Bluegrass Underground, as well as countless sold-out shows worldwide.
Tickets
This event is being sold through Ticketmaster, but the Schaefer Center Box Office staff is available to answer questions. Contact
About Appalachian Arts (rebranding in August 2025 from the Schaefer Center Presents)
Appalachian Arts performing arts series offers campus and community audiences a diverse array of music, dance and theatre programming designed to enrich the cultural landscape of the Appalachian State University campus and surrounding area. By creating memorable performance experiences and related educational and outreach activities, the series promotes the power and excitement of the live performance experience; provides a “window on the world” through the artistry of nationally and internationally renowned artists; and showcases some of the finest artists of our nation and our region. Musical events range
from symphony orchestra and chamber music performances to jazz, folk, traditional, international, and popular artists. Theatre productions run the gamut from serious drama to musical comedy. Dance performances offer an equally wide array of styles, from ballet to modern dance to international companies representing cultural traditions from around the world. For more information, visit TheSchaeferCenter.org.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
App State Campus Store, Explore Boone, Courtyard by Marriott, Graystone Lodge, Hampton Inn & Suites, Holiday Inn Express, Our State Magazine, PBS North Carolina, High Country Radio (WZJS and WATA), WDAV 89.9 FM, WFDD 88.5FM, WKSK The Farm, and WASU 90.5FM.
LIVE AT THE LEGION TRACK LIST
1. Nashville Blues
2. Tom Dooley
3. Little Darling Pal of Mine
4. Walk on Boy
5. Texas Gales
6. Cold, Cold World
7. Way Downtown
8. Randall Collins > Done Gone
9. Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents
10. Groundhog
11. Open Up Them Pearly Gates
12. Two Soldiers
13. Last Day at Gettysburg
14. Salt Creek > Big Sandy River
15. Travelin’ Man
16. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
17. Darling Corey
18. Mary of the Wild Moor
19. Give the Fiddler a Dram > Whistling Rufus > Ragtime Annie
20. Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
BILLY STRINGS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES BOLD: ticket registration open now
April 9—Tampa, FL—Yuengling Center
April 11—Savannah, GA—Enmarket Arena
April 12—Savannah, GA—Enmarket Arena
April 15—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena (SOLD OUT)
April 17—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
April 18—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
April 19—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
May 13—Phoenix, AZ—Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre (Outlaw Music Festival Tour)
May 15—Chula Vista, CA—North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre (Outlaw Music Festival Tour)
May 16—Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Bowl (Outlaw Music Festival Tour)
May 18—Wheatland, CA—Toyota Amphitheatre (Outlaw Music Festival Tour)
May 20—Nampa, ID—Ford Idaho Center Arena
May 22—Spokane, WA—ONE Spokane Stadium Outlaw Music Festival Tour)
May 24—Ridgefield, WA—Cascades Amphitheater
May 25—George, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre (Outlaw Music Festival Tour)
May 30—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena
May 31—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena
June 6—Rosemont, IL—Allstate Arena
June 7—Rosemont, IL—Allstate Arena
June 11—Kansas City, MO—T-Mobile Center
June 13—St. Louis, MO—Chaifetz Arena
June 14—St. Louis, MO—Chaifetz Arena
June 20—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena
June 21—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena
July 15—Melbourne, Australia—Margaret Court Arena
July 17—Sydney, Australia—ICC Sydney Theatre
July 19—Brisbane City, Australia—Riverstage
July 22—Auckland, New Zealand—Spark Arena
August 8—Milwaukee, WI—Fiserv Forum
August 9—Minneapolis, MN—Target Center
August 12—Fargo, ND—SCHEELS Arena
August 15—Bozeman, MT—Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
August 16—Missoula, MT—Adams Center
August 19—Vancouver, BC—Commodore Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
August 20—Vancouver, BC—Commodore Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
September 5—Owensboro, KY—Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum – Woodward Theatre*
September 6—Owensboro, KY—Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum – Woodward Theatre*
September 11—Boone, NC—Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts*
September 12—Boone, NC—Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts*
September 14—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium*
September 15—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium*
September 16—Chattanooga, TN—The Signal*
*Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton with Royal Masat www.billystrings.com
For more information, please contact Asha Goodman 615.320.7753, Catherine Snead 615.320.7753 or Carla Sacks 212.741.1000 at Sacks & Co.,
