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Hi, we’re a family from New Zealand who will be making a big trip to the US in Sep/Oct this year – yay for us!
One of the things we really want to do is see some of our fave muso’s. We’ve seen Lucinda twice in our own country, and will be definitely looking out for any local shows of hers. My question however, is who do you consider a ‘must-see’ in their home country??? We’ll have our 3 kids with us, so can’t visit any dodgy bars 😀 but we’re also hoping to just see anything that is quintessential American country music (apart from country-pop sorry)
So please make some suggestions, our music tastes are varied, and we’re open to any recommendations….
Bloody hell, you guys are no help 😀 I have since discovered “The Crooked Road” so will probably venture that way. And I’m keeping an eye on a few websites of artists we like, but Sep/Oct are still a little far off so no tour dates advertised yet. I’m dreading the possibility that our ‘must-sees’ will disappear overseas when we’re in your country. It’s now less than 4 months and we’re getting pretty excited! Lucky we’ve got some quality local music to see us through until we visit the home of country music.
Hi Nickle, I think the forum is a little overwhelmed by your question… such a huge question without the specific details of where you’ll be or when. When I travel I’ve found that www.pollstar.com is helpful to figure out what shows are in town on the specific dates I’ll be there. You can search by city, venue or artist. In terms of major cities generally, I am always happy with the music scene on any given night in Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, Chicago, Brooklyn, and Austin. In terms of the Northeast, New York City and Boston are always great, but tend to get very expensive quickly (especially if you are a family of five). And, of course, the unanimous advice from this forum would be to see Lucinda, who is touring up a storm. 🙂 Have a wonderful trip! It’s a long flight, but you will be rewarded with great music wherever you end up! VMo
Good stuff vmorris. I would aadd that is it a tad early to see who will be playing where in Setpember and October. Although I get that that you want to make your plans as soon as possible. Keep us posted!
I know, in a tin pot country like NZ any touring artists are announced months (if not years) in advance!
At the moment I’m trying to give myself as much flexibility as possible, but also realising that its a HUGE country that you all live in. After arriving in New York, then to DC, its the 4 weeks after that I’m trying to fill making sure we’re in San Fran by the 22nd Oct for the flight home. A very hard job of fitting in what might be ‘must-sees’ and just accepting that we’re going to have to bypass so much, due to the sheer size of the USA.
FYI – country music is a bit of a ‘dirty word’ in New Zealand, our kids have been hugely influenced by us, and we want to indoctrinate them as much as possible while they’re still impressionable 😉
All-in-all we just want to expose ourselves to as much music as we can while we’re visiting – I’m sure we’ll do fine by winging it, and any country fan from this far away always put Memphis & Nashville on their ‘must see’ list. But any suggestions of who to look out for would also be greatly appreciated.
If anyone has any comments on sports to see that would be great too, I understand even your university level of sport is pretty spectacular. Any suggestions to give us the full American experience would be great.
A few thoughts since I’m on the FF anyway… google or ticketmaster searches should pull these up easily. These are some shows that I’ve been tinkering with:
Merle Haggard and Tift Merritt are playing at Memorial Auditorium on University of North Carolina, Chapel HIll (UNC) campus toward the end of August. Merle’s website has other tour dates through October.
Dwight Yoakam is playing with (opening for?) Eric Church and there are Sept/Oct tour dates on ticketmaster and his website.
The Americana Music Association’s Festival and Conference is in Nashville Sept. 17 – 21. www.americanamusic.org. There’s a great line-up of music.
George Straight has been touring, but I hear the tickets have been way expensive.
Monitor tour dates for Willie Nelson. I haven’t heard anything about fall dates, but am keeping my fingers crossed.
And, of course, Lucinda is a must. Her fall tour promoting the new album begins in LA in late Sept.
I would love to have several months to travel around the country and hit music venues 🙂 What a treat! Vivian
If you’ll be on the west coast the first week of October, you can take the kids to Golden Gate Park for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and see just about everyone! and the following week is the Way Over Yonder Festival in Santa Monica, both kid friendly and great music choices. Hope you have a great time whatever you choose.
Here was last years lineup
http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2013/schedule/and this is for this years Way Over Yonder fest which includes Lucinda. There’s even a Ferris wheel for the kids 🙂
http://www.wayoveryonder.net/info-faq/
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