The Savannah Music Festival (SMF) will present a special SMF Encore co-bill featuring giants of western North Carolina modern bluegrass and acoustic music, the Grammy Award-winning modern bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers, and an opening set by the acclaimed Jon Stickley Trio.
WHEN: Saturday, February 18, 8 p.m.
WHERE: Victory North
- 2603 Whitaker St.
- Savannah, Georgia
Known as perennial Billboard chart-toppers and frequent collaborators with renowned banjoist and comedian Steve Martin, Steep Canyon Rangers feature 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. The band started in college at UNC-Chapel Hill, then dove head first into traditional bluegrass. Over the years, they have risen to the top of the genre, headlining festivals including Merlefest and Grey Fox. The band has since expanded their sound to incorporate country, jam and Americana. Steep Canyon Rangers have performed twice at the Savannah Music Festival, most recently with the Del McCoury Band in 2019.
Jon Stickley Trio is an instrumental trio who’s deep grooves, innovative flatpicking and sultry-spacy violin moves the listener’s head, heart and feet. Jon Stickley Trio combines Stickley’s rapid-fire flatpicking guitar with Lyndsay Pruett on violin and Patrick Armitage on drums. Guitar Player Magazine writes: “It’s not your father’s acoustic-guitar music, Instead Stickley’s Martin churns out a mixture of bluegrass, Chuck Berry, metal, prog, grunge, and assorted other genres—all thoroughly integrated into a personal style.”
Tickets
General admission tickets are $35/person. VIP tickets are $125/person and include a pre-show dinner party, open bar serving beer and wine and live music in the courtyard of Victory North Savannah from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. as well as admission to the 8 p.m. concert.
Tickets are available at savannahmusicfestival.org, by phone at 912.525.5050 and in person at 216 E. Broughton St.
This concert is open to the public and is standing-room only. For information or tickets, visit savannahmusicfestival.org or call 912.525.5050.
