On tour for their 40th Anniversary, Hot Rize performs in Woodward Theatre on Saturday, November 3rd, 2018. Steeped in bluegrass tradition through long hours on the road spent listening to the genre’s giants, Hot Rize’s music was and is equally informed by a taste for the music of Leadbelly and Freddie King, swing, old-time Appalachia…
Join us for an evening with the Infamous Stringdusters! This show will take place in Woodward Theatre on Friday, November 9th, 2018. Doors open at 7:00 pm, show begins at 8:00 pm. There is no assigned seating. All tickets are general admission, seating is first come/first served. No refunds. Sales tax included. In a genre…
You are purchasing tickets for Friday, November 16th, 2018. Doors will open at 7:00 pm, show begins at 8:00 pm. Fifteentime GRAMMY® Awardwinner Ricky Skaggs' career is easily among the most significant in recent country music history. If Skaggs' burgeoning trophy case full of awards wasn't already enough evidence of that fact, consider that legendary…
You are purchasing tickets for Saturday, November 17th, 2018. Doors will open at 7:00 pm, show begins at 8:00 pm. Fifteentime GRAMMY® Awardwinner Ricky Skaggs' career is easily among the most significant in recent country music history. If Skaggs' burgeoning trophy case full of awards wasn't already enough evidence of that fact, consider that legendary…
Join us Friday, November 30th for Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives! Doors open at 6 pm, show starts at 8 pm. Exhibits will be open for touring up until show time. With legends like George Jones, Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard all passed on, country music purists often echo the question Jones himself asked:…
See the Holiday Classic, The Polar Express, at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum! These tickets are for the 12/1 2:30 showing.
Grammy® winner and Hall of Fame member Del McCoury performs in Woodward Theatre on Saturday, December 8th, 2018. Even among the pantheon of music’s finest artists, Del McCoury stands alone. From the nascent sound of bluegrass that charmed hardscrabble hillbilly honkytonks and the crowning glory of the Grand Ole Opry, to the present-day culture-buzz of…
Join us for a Christmas celebration, bluegrass style. Hall of Fame member Doyle Lawson brings is immense talents to the stage in Woodward Theatre on Saturday, December 15th. Doors open at 6 pm, show begins at 8 pm. Sales tax is included in ticketing fees.As far back as he can remember, Doyle Lawson has loved…
This Christmas classic starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye is a romantic tale that takes place in a Vermont lodge- where it is almost always, a "White Christmas." A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general. Rating: GGenre: Classics, Kids…
In the 1940's, in the town of Hammond, 9-year-old Ralphie wants one thing for Christmas -- an official Red Ryder BB rifle. When he asks his mother for the BB gun for Christmas, she says, "No, you'll shoot your eye out". When he writes an essay about it at school his teacher gives him a…
Television sitcom star Tim Allen made his big screen debut with this light, family-friendly holiday comedy. Allen stars as Scott Calvin, the divorced dad of Charlie (Eric Lloyd). Scott is distressed to learn that his ex-wife Laura (Wendy Crewson) and Charlie's psychiatrist stepfather Neal (Judge Reinhold) have informed his son that there is no Santa…
A darkly comic and surreal contemporization of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, this effects-heavy Bill Murray holiday vehicle from 1988 sees the former SNL funnyman assuming the role of television executive Frank Cross, the meanest and most depraved man on earth. Cross will stoop to unheard of levels to increase his network's ratings -- even…
This is director Frank Capra's classic bittersweet comedy/drama about George Bailey (James Stewart), the eternally-in-debt guiding force of a bank in the typical American small town of Bedford Falls. As the film opens, it's Christmas Eve, 1946, and George, who has long considered himself a failure, faces financial ruin and arrest and is seriously contemplating…
On December 1, 1989, a new chapter of Griswold family dysfunction was unleashed upon the world when National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation made its debut in movie theaters and an instant holiday classic was born. This is the third in the "National Lampoon" series about the Griswold family. In this sequel, the Griswolds must deal with a holiday with…
For his sophomore stab at directing, actor/writer/director Jon Favreau (Swingers, Made), took on this holiday comedy starring Saturday Night Live-alum Will Ferrell. Ferrell stars as Buddy, a regular-sized man who was raised as an elf by Santa Claus (Edward Asner). When the news is finally broken to Buddy that he's not a real elf, he…
Were it not for its profanity-laden opening scenes, John Hughes' Planes, Trains and Automobiles might have been suitable family entertainment: certainly it's heaps less violent and mean-spirited than Hughes' Home Alone. En route to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family, easily annoyed businessman Neal Page (Steve Martin) finds his first-class plane ticket has been…
Home Alone is the highly successful and beloved family comedy about a young boy named Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) who is accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a vacation in France over the holiday season. Once he realizes they've left him home alone, he learns to fend for himself and, eventually has to…
It's Christmas time in L.A., and there's an employee party in progress on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Corporation building. The revelry comes to a violent end when the partygoers are taken hostage by a group of terrorists headed by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who plan to steal the 600 million dollars locked in…
The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum is pleased to debut the show titled Uncle Josh. The production was created to honor Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame member Uncle Josh Graves. Presented as a free concert, the Hall of Fame offers the event as a way for the local community to experience the new Bluegrass…
Join us for a free movie: Groundhog Day on Groundhog Day! Since this is a free event, be sure to reserve tickets in advance by clicking here or below. A cynical TV weatherman, played by Bill Murray finds himself reliving the same day over and over again when he goes on location to the small…
Join us for An Evening with Leftover Salmon 'Stories from the Living Room,' touring behind their book, Leftover Salmon: Thirty Years of Festival!. For any band to thrive on the road for nearly thirty years, there needs to be a constant source of renewal, a fresh spring of creativity at the center of the music that…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. With OUT IN THE OPEN, Steep Canyon Rangers affirm their place as one of the most versatile bands in…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. The world tends to look at accomplishments in the form of accolades and although only in his mid-30’s, Michael Cleveland,…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. With chops so hot, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen were named IBMA’s 2016 Instrumental Group of the Year for the second…
The Dailey & Vincent concert is SOLD OUT! Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. Grand Ole Opry Members, Five-time GRAMMY® award winners individually, three-time GRAMMY®…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. The Isaacs, a multi-award winning family group who began singing 35 years ago are based out of Hendersonville, TN.…
Sierra Hull Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. This is where a preternatural talent becomes a natural woman. This is Sierra Hull’s Weighted Mind. It is…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. Grammy award-winning and Platinum selling artist Suzy Bogguss is one to constantly chase the muse wherever it may lead.…
On Thursday, May 2nd, John Driskell Hopkins performs at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro. A founding member of the Zac Brown Band, Hopkins has performed for over two decades in southern rock and roots music. Based out of the Atlanta, Georgia music scene, Hopkins has been a key figure in…
For more than forty years, Riders In The Sky have led the way in Western music, a genre pioneered by Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. Known for legendary wacky humor and way-out Western wit, the band has continued to take their music to new audiences. In 1982, Riders In The Sky became the first, and…
Visit Owensboro along with the Kentucky Department of Tourism and Brand USA will launch the local campaign for Owensboro being selected as one of ten music cities for Brand USA’s Hear The Music Campaign. The Wooks perform a free concert for the public in honor of Owensboro's selection. The Wooks translate the sights and sounds…
This masterful country stylist from Houston, Texas has been thrilling audiences for more than 50 years.Gene Watson’s tally of 75 charted titles, 23 top-10 hits and 6 number-one records has led to membership in the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame. Radio listeners are still transfixed whenever classics like “FarewellParty,” “Fourteen Carat Mind” or “Love…
On Thursday, June 6th, join us for a free showing of The Unknowns, a documentary film about the volunteers from the U.S. Army's most elite ceremonial unit and the training cycle they endure to honor fallen soldiers. Special Guest: Tomb Guard Justin Bickett, Badge #533, served at the Tomb from 2004-2007
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. When the Earls of Leicester formed in 2013, their mission was ambitious but exact: to preserve and promote the…
Join us at the Hall of Fame for a free exclusive screening of KET's new documentary Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music. Featuring footage from around the world, interviews with legends and newcomers alike and – of course – incredible music, Big Family will make your toes tap and your heart swell with pride for Kentucky’s…
Our Summer show is an hour long Jam packed show full of dancing, acting, fun and laughter that you wont want to miss! Musick Studio's "Summer Jam" is a story about a dancer who attends a prestigious dance camp, but becomes overwhelmed when she can’t keep up with her peers. This is the story of how…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. Join us for a special presentation of Western Kentucky University Public Broadcasting's Lost River Sessions! This will be a…
Join us for a free showing of The Wizard of Oz! Presented by Glenn Family Services and Friday After 5, The Wizard of Oz begins at 7 pm. Tickets are not necessary. Doors open at 6 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at throughout the showing. When a tornado…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. Snider began playing old-time banjo at age 16 after hearing a Flatt & Scruggs album. Soon after, he became…
Join us for Fiddle Extraganza presented by Mudd Furniture! Brothers Randy and Barry Lanham celebrate roots music, clogging, and Kentucky arts with the Lanham Brothers Jamboree. Fiddle Extravaganza features special guests David Morris, Emily Shelton, Skylar Lanham, Mackenzie Bell, and Mark Shelton. This show is taped for public television. Doors open at 5 pm, show…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. John Conlee is a country music icon and has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1981.…
Glenn Family Services presents The Sandlot, shown FREE in Woodward Theatre during Friday After 5. Stroll back to 1962 with us and enjoy this instant classic! When Scottie Smalls moves to a new neighborhood, he manages to make friends with a group of kids who play baseball at the sandlot. Together they go on a…
GET TICKETS On Saturday, August 24th, a fundraising pub crawl is scheduled for downtown Owensboro, Kentucky. The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, multiple bars, restaurants, and beer distributors join forces to benefit local beer representative Brad Witherspoon’s medical fund. The Pub Crawl Fundraiser begins at noon and goes late into the night with…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band has built its reputation the long, slow, hard way. After 12 years of playing…
On Friday, August 30th, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum offers a free showing of the Coen Brothers classic film, O, Brother Where Art Thou?. Presented by Glenn Family Services, the film is shown during Friday After 5 events in the theatre at the Hall of Fame. Prior to the film, members of…
The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum announces the first Downtown ROMP taking place on its outdoor stage Saturday, September 14th, 2019. In conjunction with activities during the Owensboro Air Show, the Downtown ROMP Air Show After Party features four past ROMP Festival alums: Dustbowl Revival, Scythian, Rumpke Mountain Boys, and Hogslop String Band.…
On Thursday, September 19th, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum kicks off a new series, The Nashville Songwriter. Featuring professional songwriters based in Nashville, Tennessee, the series focuses on both hit makers and those searching for their first hit. The series highlights stories and lives of those working to create the soundtrack of…
