BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:155899@kingstonhappenings.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T190000 DTSTAMP:20260316T191029Z URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/the-travelin-mccourys/ SUMMARY:The Travelin' McCourys DESCRIPTION:From a source deep\, abundant\, and pure the river flows. It’ s there on the map\, marking place and time. Yet\, the river changesas it remains a constant\, carving away at the edges\, making new pathways\, gai ning strength as it progresses forward. TheTravelin’ McCourys are that r iver.\nThe McCoury brothers—Ronnie (mandolin) and Rob (banjo)—were bor n into the bluegrass tradition. Talk about a sourceabundant and pure: thei r father\, Del\, is among the most influential and successful musicians in the history of the genre. Yearson the road with Dad in the Del McCoury Ba nd honed their knife-edge chops and encouraged the duo to imagine howtradi tional bluegrass could cut innovative pathways into 21st century music.\n “If you put your mind\, your skills\, and your ability to it\, I think y ou can make just about anything work on bluegrassinstruments\,” says Ron nie. “That’s a really fun part of this—figuring the new stuff out an d surprising the audience.”\nThe newest member of the band\, fiddler Chr istian Ward\, joined after Jason Carter moved on to pursue a solo career. BassistAlan Bartram\, and Cody Kilby on guitar\, they assembled a group th at could take what they had in their DNA\, the traditions theylearned and heard\, and push the music forward. In fact\, the band became the only gro up to have each of its membersrecognized with an International Bluegrass M usic Association Award for their instrument at least once. There were peer s\, too\,that could see bluegrass as both historic and progressive. Rock a nd Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Allman Brothers Band\,improv-rock kings Phish\, and jamband contemporary Keller Williams were just a few that for med a mutual admiration societywith the ensemble.\nThe band played the All man’s Wanee Festival and guitarist Warren Haynes’ Christmas Jam—an a nnual holiday homecoming ofSouthern music. An early-years jam with the Lee Boys was hailed by many as the highlight of the evening\, and with the vi deocatching fire online\, earned a legion of new\, young fans of their sup ercharged combination of sacred steel\, R&\;B\, and bluegrass.There wer e unforgettable collaborations with country smash Dierks Bentley\, onstage magic jamming with titans String CheeseIncident and Phish\, cutting an al bum with Keller (Pick)\, and creating the Grateful Ball—a tribute concer t-turned-tour bridgingbluegrass with the iconic music of the Grateful Dead .\n“That’s something that’s part of us being who we are\,” says Ro nnie. “It comes\, too\, with us plugging in. It gets louder\, for sure.W e can’t be another version of our dad’s band. It wouldn’t make any s ense for us to do that.”\nTheir concerts became can’t-miss events\, wh ether headlining historic venues or as festival favorites\, drawing the lo ve andrespect of a growing fanbase craving their eclectic repertoire. At t he 2016 edition of DelFest\, an annual gathering of the genre’sbest aptl y named for the McCoury patriarch\, the band delivered the take-away highl ight. Rolling Stone called it “a sublimecombination of rock and bluegras s\, contemporary and classic\, old and young. The best set of the festival …” The river was goingnew places\, getting stronger. It was time to re -draw the map.\nhttps://www.thetravelinmccourys.com/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kingstonhappenings.org/wp-content/upload s/2026/03/615558915_1538202911438599_5333755498821404306_n.jpg CATEGORIES:@Featured,@Newsletter,Music,Nightlife and entertainment LOCATION:Colony Woodstock NY\, 22 Rock City Rd\, Woodstock\, New York\, Uni ted States GEO:42.0424924;-74.11799489999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=22 Rock City Rd\, Woodstock \, New York\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Colony Woodstock NY :geo:42.0424924,-74.11799489999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR