The Scene
'Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion isn’t just a music festival. It’s an infectious, three-day music experience, bursting with creative passion, electricity, and soul. Every third weekend in September, State Street in historic Downtown Bristol, TN/VA is amped to the beat of Appalachia’s past, present, and future.'
Festival Info
2012 Artist Lineup
- A Great Disaster
- Alli Epperson
- Amazed by Grace
- Amythyst Kiah
- Angel Snow
- Annabelle’s Curse
- Anne & Pete Sibley
- Anthony Keys & Chris Rose
- Apache Relay, The
- April Taylor
- April Verch Band
- Balsam Range
- Bearfoot
- Beth Snapp
- Bill Mize with Beth Bramhall
- Billy Joe Shaver
- Bits & Pieces
- Black Lillies, The
- Blakley Leonard
- Bluff City UMC – Praise Through Song
- Box Set
- Boxcars, The
- Brad White’s Open Mic “All States” Comedy
- Breaking Tradition
- Brittany Haas & Lauren Rioux
- Buxton
- Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
- Calico Moon
- Carl Anderson
- Carrie Rodriguez
- Charlie Engle & Megan Clay
- Chris Thomas King
- City and Colour
- Comedy & Country Variety Show: The Moron Bros. & Phil Campbell of Hee Haw, hosted by Tim White of Song of the Mountains
- Corklickers, The
- Crooked Road Sinners, The
- Daisi Rain
- Dale Ann Bradley
- Dale Watson
- Dave Eggar & Deoro
- David Mayfield Parade, The
- David Via & The Bristol Pistols
- David Wax Museum
- Deep Dark Woods, The
- Della Mae
- Delta Reign
- Delta Spirit
- Dex Romweber Duo
- Dismembered Tennesseans, The
- Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
- Dr. Dog
- Duty Free
- Earth By Train
- East High Bluegrass Band
- Ed Snodderly
- Elephant Revival
- Empty Bottle String Band
- Eric Brace & Peter Cooper
- Erin McDermott
- ETSU Bluegrass
- ETSU Celtic Band
- ETSU Old Time Pride Band
- Father Edward Richard
- Fiddlin’ Carson Peters Band, The
- Folk Soul Revival
- Gail Wade
- Gerald Sheppard
- Gibson Brothers, The
- Girls Guns & Glory
- Good Rocking Sam
- Grass Cats, The
- Ha Ha Tonka
- Hard Times
- Harlow Experience, The
- Harris Brothers, The
- Hello Stranger featuring Dale Jett
- Hey Boys, The
- Hollow Ground
- Holston Mountain Boys
- Honey Badgers, The
- Hot Club of Cowtown
- Humming House
- Hundred Acres
- If Birds Could Fly
- Impeach Dixon
- Jack Beck & Wendy Welch
- James Justin & Company
- Jay Clark & Jimmy Davis
- Jess Nunley
- Jim Lauderdale
- Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
- Jonny Corndawg
- Josh Oliver
- Josh Phillips Folk Festival
- JP Harris & The Tough Choices
- JP Parsons
- JP Stallard & Neal Huff
- JV Squad
- Kaitlyn Baker
- Karen Poston & Poor Valley
- Kazoobie Kazoo
- Kenny Vaughan
- Kim Lyons
- King Super & The Excellents
- Kristen Minor
- Last Train Home
- Leigh Beamer
- Lore
- Loves It!
- Lydia Loveless
- Lyons, Robinette, Snapp: Girls with Guitars
- Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues
- Matt Flinner Trio
- Matt Osborne Band featuring Darrell Webb
- Mckenna Andrews
- Megan Jean & The KFB
- Megan McCormick
- Milk Carton Kids, The
- MilkDrive
- Mountain Mission School
- Mountain Music School String Band
- Mountain Park Old Time Band
- My New Favorites
- Nomadz, The
- Nu-Blu
- Onward, Soldiers
- Pam Tillis
- Paper Bird
- Paul Lee Kupfer
- Pert Near Sandstone
- Possum Creek Playboys, The
- Rambling Rose
- Rebekah Jean
- Red June
- Red Molly
- Relacksachian
- Republik Steele
- Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band
- Rex Montgomery & Mike Jessee
- River Whyless
- Roan Mountain Moonshiners
- Robert Earl Keen
- Roger Rasnake
- Ron Short & the Possum Playboys
- Sam Bush Band
- Sam Lewis Band ft. Kenny Vaughan
- Sapling Grove
- Scotty Melton
- Shadow Drifters, The
- Shovels & Rope
- Sierra Hull & Highway 111
- Sigean
- Silas Lowe
- Skeeter & The Skidmarks
- Slaid Cleaves
- Sol Driven Train
- Spirit Family Reunion
- SteelDrivers, The
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Surprise Artists Jam
- Susan Brown & Friends
- Symphony Rags
- Tara Mills with Strings Attached
- These Undowners
- this mountain
- Tift Merritt
- Time Sawyer
- Todd Grebe & Cold Country
- Uncle Lucius
- Underhill Rose
- Virginia Whirlwind
- VW Boys, The
- Walden Stubbs
- Wayne Henderson & The Virginia Luthiers
- WDVX Blue Plate Special featuring Brittany Haas & Lauren Rioux / David Wax Museum
- WDVX Tennessee Shines featuring Bearfoot & Folk Soul Revival
- Whiskey Gentry, The
- Wild Rumpus, The
- William Walter & Tucker Rogers
- Wise Old River
- Zach Deputy
- Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers