WILMINGTON — More concerts have been announced for the Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre concert season.
From Old Crow Medicine Show to Rhiannon Giddens, the Wallflowers to Big Something, a multitude of sounds and acts either have tickets going on sale this week or already are live for concert-goers.
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Here are details:
Jesse Welles
An American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Ozark, Arkansas, Jesse Welles’ Red Tour is stopping in town on July 26, with special guest Steph Strings.
Welles gained popularity in 2024 on TikTok, with his music often criticizing corporate greed, the war in Gaza, and the fentanyl crisis. Having played music since 2018, he shifted toward more political topics after his father’s heart attack.
Welles has performed on the late-night circuit, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and won the Spirit of Americana/Free Speech Award at the 2025 Americana Music Honors and Awards in 2025.
Between 2024 and 2025, he released eight albums and two EPs. He has previously opened for Dead Sara, Greta Van Fleet, Rival Sons, and Royal Blood.
Tickets to his show go on sale March 27 at 10 a.m., with a presale on March 26 at 10 a.m., here.
The Wallflowers
Jakob Dylan and the Wallflowers are headed back to Greenfield Lake on August 7 to perform its 1996 album, “Bringing Down the Horse,” for its 30-year anniversary.
The album features the hit song “One Headlight,” as well as “6th Avenue Heartache” and “The Difference.”
The group formed in Los Angeles and released its debut self-titled album in 1992. Since, it has sold over 10 million albums internationally, won two Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and “One Headlight” won Best Rock Song. The song also featured in Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 100 pop songs.
Tickets go on sale Friday, March 20 at 10 a.m. and presale tickets are currently on sale, available here.
Rhiannon Giddens
The Greensboro native will be returning to Wilmington July 22 as a part of an almost 40-date tour, with plans to go international as well.
The renowned musician got her start with the Black string band Carolina Chocolate Drops but has gone on to perform solo, as well as found an all-female banjo supergroup, Our Native Daughters.
Known for a wide variety of accomplishments, she is a MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, and a Pulitzer Prize winner for her opera “Omar,” the tale of Omar Ibn Said, a West African Islamic scholar enslaved in South Carolina. She’s also a two-time Grammy award winner for best folk album and best traditional folk album.
She hit mainstream last year when Giddens’ banjo-playing was featured on Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter” album for the song, “Texas Hold ‘Em.”
Giddens hosted a TV show on PBS called “My Music with Rhiannon Giddens,” and has been a part of two podcasts: “Aria Code” from New York City’s NPR affiliate station WQXR and “American Railroad” from Silkroad. She performed music for the acclaimed video game, “Red Dead Redemption II,” and wrote two children’s books titled “Build a House” and “We Could Fly.”
She also created her own music festival, Biscuits and Banjos, in 2025 as a celebration of Black culture and music based in Durham.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.
Old Crow Medicine Show
The Americana string band based out of Nashville, Tennessee, will be coming to Wilmington on March 31.
Old Crow Medicine Show formed in 1998 but the band gained recognition in 2000 after bluegrass icon Doc Watson discovered the band busking in Boone, North Carolina. Since, it has released 12 albums, including “Remedy,” which won a Grammy for best folk album.
The Old Crow Medicine Show was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2013 and its most recent albums include “Jubilee” in 2023 and a Christmas album in 2025.
Tickets are on sale and available for purchase here.
Big Something
American alternative rock band Big Something will be coming to the Port City on June 13 to perform its seventh studio album, “Headspace” — released in 2023.
Based in Burlington, North Carolina, the band formed in the state in 2009 and was founded by vocalist Nick MacDaniels. The formation was followed shortly after by the band’s debut album, “Stories from the Middle of Nowhere,” in 2009.
Big Something also started its own music festival in 2012, called “The Big What?” which takes place at the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center in Pittsboro, North Carolina. The band most recently released its live album, “Certified Fresh Vol. 1.”
Tickets are on sale now and available here.
Rising Appalachia
Rising Appalachia, a sister-fronted folk band consisting of Leah Song and Chloe Smith, is coming through town on May 10.
The five-member band started first as a recording project in 2005, before becoming a fully-fledged band in 2006. The group began busking the French Quarter in New Orleans, and much of the band’s work centers around environmental sustainability and justice.
The band has ten albums out and another one forthcoming in October 2026 titled, “Trade Your Troubles,” which covers topics such as self-care, rest, and reconnecting with the earth and tradition. Its most well-known songs include “Resilient,” “Harmonize,” and “Wider Circles.”
Tickets are on sale and available for purchase here.
Punch Brothers
The Punch Brothers will take the GLA stage on May 23. Founded by mandolinist Chris Thile in 2006 in Brooklyn, New York, the bluegrass band is an acoustic quintet.
The band has six full albums and two EPs, and its 2018 album, “All Ashore” won the Grammy for Best Folk Album in 2019. Its most recent album was released in 2022 and titled, “Hell on Church Street,” and will be played on tour.
The tour kicks off on May 14.
Tickets are on sale and available for purchase here.
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