2023-07-30 Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI
Set 1
Sally Goodin
Must Be Seven
Pyramid Country
Ole Slew Foot
Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
Hello, City Limits
Turmoil & Tinfoil
Catch and Release
And Am I Born To Die?1
Long Forgotten Dream
Rank Stranger
This Old World
Meet Me At The Creek
Tennessee
SETLIST NOTES
Billy solo, a cappella
2023-07-29 Thompson’s Point, Portland, ME
Set 1
Dreadful Wind & Rain
Dust In A Baggie
Hellbender
Libby Phillips Rag
My Alice
Love and Regret
Fire Line
Raleigh & Spencer1
Home Of The Red Fox
Little Maggie
Watch It Fall
My Walkin’ Shoes2
Highway Hypnosis
Set 2
Handsome Molly
Thirst Mutilator
Dealing Despair
It’s Raining Here This Morning
Doin’ Things Right3
Peartree
Steam Powered Aereo Plane4
Down In The Hollow
Home
Old Man At The Mill
Clinch Mountain Backstep
Ashland Breakdown
Red Rocking Chair5
Wargasm
Encore
Doin’ My Time
SETLIST NOTES
Last Played 2022-06-23 | 123 show gap
Last Played 2019-10-30 | 337 show gap
Billy addressed the crowd at the beginning of "Doin' Things Right" regarding a few recent incidents, reminding the crowd to do what they want but to always be cool and respectful of each other.
Billy Failing on lead vocals
"E.M.D." (The David Grisman Quintet) tease
2023-07-28 Thompson’s Point , Portland, ME
Audio/Video
Set 1
Drifting With The Tide1
New Camptown Races
Taking Water
Running The Route
Dig A Little Deeper In The Well
Bound To Ride
Red Daisy
The Old Mountaineer
Bringing Mary Home
Old Train
Leaders
Southern Flavor
Everything’s The Same
Whiskey River2
Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)
Set 2
Little Sadie
Pretty Daughter
The Fire On My Tongue
Drifter’s Escape
Enough To Leave
Hollow Heart
In The Morning Light
Dusty Miller
The Lonesome River
Running
Hide and Seek
Ride Me High
Hide and Seek
Encore
Blue Mule
SETLIST NOTES
FTP - Don Reno and Red Smiley
FTP - Johnny Bush
2022-07-27 Metro Chicago, IL
Set 1
Set 2
Encore
SETLIST NOTES
Billy Strings solo
Dos Billys (Billy Strings on clawhammer banjo, Billy Failing on banjo)
"Axel F" (Harold Faltermeyer) intro
Billy strings on Casio DG-20 Synth guitar
FTP on Casio
Full band around single mic
2024-07-26 Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater Bridgeport, CT
Set 1
Little Maggie1
While I’m Waiting Here
The Fire On My Tongue
Secrets
Taking Water
Hellbender
Tipper
Gone A Long Time
Leaving London
Ice Bridges
Home2
How Long Have I Been Waiting On You?3
On The Line
Train 45
Ruby
Set 2
Turmoil & Tinfoil
Red Daisy
Fire Line
Running
Love Like Me
Dos Banjos4
Methodist Preacher
Cabin Song
John Deere Tractor5
Kentucky Mandolin
Pretty Daughter
Encore
Leaders6, 7
Wargasm
SETLIST NOTES
Finishes 2024-07-19 Fairwell Fest version
Billy Strings on his "Bride" Preston-Thompson D-SBA Custom guitar
Billy shared how he often heard his Dad and Uncle Brad play this one together
Dos Banjos by Dos Billys
Dedicated to Mom, who's in attendance
"Come Together" (The Beatles) tease
With chorus from "Why Don't We Do it in the Road? (The Beatles)
2023-07-25 Leader Bank Pavilion Boston, MA
Set 1
Big Ball In Boston
Salty Sheep
Heartbeat Of America
This Old World
Katy Daley
While I’m Waiting Here1
Psycho
Meet Me At The Creek
John Hardy2
The Gold Rush2
I’ll Go Stepping Too3,4
Roll On Buddy, Roll On3
Set 2
Freeborn Man
Long Forgotten Dream
John Deere Tractor
On The Line
Train 45
California Sober
All Fall Down
West Dakota Rose
Secrets
Away From The Mire
SETLIST NOTES
"Presbyterian Guitar" (John Hartford) intro
Billy Strings on guitar with Victor Furtado on clawhammer banjo
Full band with Victor Furtado on clawhammer banjo
Last Played 2020-07-19 | 285 show gap
2022-07-24 Iroquois Amphitheater Louisville, KY
Set 1
Taking Water
Ice Bridges
Secrets
Old Dangerfield1
Love and Regret
With A Vamp In The Middle
Southern Flavor
Red Daisy
Nothing’s Working
This Old World
Black Mountain Rag
Turmoil & Tinfoil
Set 2
Molly And Tenbrooks1
Thirst Mutilator
Running
Watch It Fall
West Dakota Rose
Doin’ My Time
On The Line
Love Like Me
Long Forgotten Dream
Home
Uncle Pen
Dusty Miller
Shackles & Chains
Pretty Daughter
SETLIST NOTES
FTP - Traditional
2025-07-22 Spark Arena Auckland 1010, New Zealand
SETLIST NOTES
"Pyramid Country" fake-out intro
Royal Masat on lead vocals
Royal Masat on a Nord Stage 3 88-Key Keyboard & Billy Failing on Masterton ML-1: Missing Link Béla Fleck Baritone Banjo
Billy Failing on lead vocals
Last Time Played 2023-03-03 | 194 show gap
Billy Strings solo on clawhammer banjo
Dos Billys (Billy Strings on clawhammer banjo and Billy Failing on banjo)
Full Band (minus Alex) around single mic
"The Shire" (Howard Shore) intro
Last Time Played 2024-05-25 | 81 show gap
2023-07-21 Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater Bridgeport, CT
Set 1
The Fire On My Tongue
Know It All
Tennessee Stud
Long Forgotten Dream
All Of Tomorrow
Turmoil & Tinfoil
This Old World
Heartbeat Of America
In The Morning Light
West Dakota Rose
99 Years (Is Almost For Life)
Dust In A Baggie
Set 2
Taking Water
Running
My Alice
California Sober
Ole Slew Foot
Show Me The Door
I’m Still Here1
Planet Caravan
E.M.D. (Eat My Dust)
Nothing’s Working
Red Daisy
On The Line
Train 45
Encore
Y’all Come
SETLIST NOTES
"Last Train To Clarksville" (The Monkees) tease
2019-07-20 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2019 Billy Strings & Friends, High Meadow Stage, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2019
Set 1
Thirst Mutilator
On The Road Again1
Dust In A Baggie
Ernest T. Grass2
Black Clouds
I Haven’t Seen Mary In Years
My Sweet Blue Eyed Darling
Pretty Daughter
Taking Water
I’ll Remember You, Love, In My Prayers
Reverend
Meet Me At The Creek3
SETLIST NOTES
FTP
I Can See Clearly Now teases
Heaven Is A Place On Earth jam
2019-07-20 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2019 -- Catskill Stage Billy Strings solo
Set 1
Beaumont Rag
John Henry
Groundhog
Little Sadie
Brown’s Ferry Blues
Give The Fiddler A Dram
Whistling Rufus
Ragtime Annie
And Am I Born To Die?1
Frosty Morn
Georgia Buck
Soldier’s Joy2,3
Watson Blues2
Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down2
June Apple2
Nashville Blues
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
SETLIST NOTES
Billy Strings solo, a capella
w/ Jarrod Walker
Dueling mandos
