As summer's warm nights drift slowly away, a few ambitious leaves begin to cover the earth. We pause for a moment from our busy schedule to appreciate the changing seasons and to reflect on a summer of unforgettable moments. Our incredible experience at Merlefest and our opportunities performing with musical heroes Hot Rize and the Wood Brothers remind us of the beauty of music to inspire and uplift. Our journey across the midwest and out to Colorado shows us the power of nature to excite the spirit and embolden the mind. Our trip to the Northeast showed us the influence of friends and family and the importance of love and support to encourage the creative faculties.

All in all we are feeling ever so grateful and motivated to continue doing what we love!

Speaking of doing what we love, we have some great opportunities ahead of us and would like to share them with you. In addition to some performances throughout our home state of North Carolina, we will be attending the IBMA's at the end of September/beginning of October. The IBMA's are a week long event put on by the International Bluegrass Music Association and feature an awards show, a business conference, and numerous performances by bluegrass bands from all over the world! We are honored to be a part of this years event and look forward to spending time with the amazing bluegrass community.

Here's a look at where we'll be coming up:

Sept. 23rd - Catawba Brewing Company in Morganton, NC  @ 8pm
Sept. 24th - Wilson Beats and Eats in Wilson, NC @ 11am
Sept. 28th - Raleigh Downtown Farmers Market in Raleigh, NC @ 12:15pm
Sept. 28th - Raleigh Marriott City Center in Raleigh, NC @ 1am
Sept. 29th - Pour House in Raleigh, NC @ 10pm
Oct. 1st - Wide Open Bluegrass Street Festival: Dance Tent in Raleigh, NC @ 7:30pm
Oct. 7th - Lexington Glassworks in Asheville, NC @ 5pm *special folk trio performance
Oct. 13th - Lost Province Brewing Co. in Boone, NC @ 7:30pm
Oct. 14th - the Stag's Head in Raleigh, NC @ 8pm
​ Oct. 21st - Nantahala Brewing Co. in Bryson City, NC @ 8pm
Oct. 22nd - Jessup Mill in Westfield, NC @ 7pm
Oct. 27th - Altamont Theatre in Asheville, NC @ 7pm w/Lizzy Ross and Omar Ruiz-Lopez
Oct. 28th - Brewmasters in Wilson, NC @ 7:30pm
Oct. 29th -Mystery Brewing​ in Hillsborough, NC @ 8:30pm

We also have some very exciting news. This winter, Fireside Collective will be heading into the studio to work on our 2nd album!!!! We have a bunch of new material and we couldn't be more excited to lay down some tracks and share them with you all. It will be our first recording since our 2014 release of "Shadows and Dreams" and will feature more original music from various members of the band. 

Once again, we would like to thank everyone for a wonderful summer! The amount of support and encouragement that we received from our friends and family means the world to us. We also got to meet so many wonderful new people who remind us of the power of music to unite and encourage. 

With the gentle autumn breeze carefully guiding the falling leaves, we look forward to spending the fall performing throughout North Carolina and working on our new album.

With deepest love and appreciation,
Fireside Collective

Ahhh, to be back home in the Blue Ridge Mountains! To hear the songbirds sing their sweet mountain melody, to see the tree covered hills dancing in a blue haze, to relax in our peaceful Asheville home... if only for a day. We find ourselves looking back with so many fond memories from our trip out to Colorado. Kicking it off in Nashville TN, seeing all the good folks on the Missouri River at Cooper's Landing, stomping our feet and partying all night in Kansas City at the Westport Saloon, meeting a bunch of awesome new friends in Wichita KS, and of course... Colorado!! What a wonderful state full of exciting towns, supportive people, and beautiful Rocky Mountains! 

We are so thankful to be travelling throughout this beautiful country, doing what we love, and meeting so many wonderful folks. Thank you soooooo much to all of our friends in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, and Tennessee for all your support. Thank you to everyone who tooks us in and gave us a place to rest. It's amazing how often we feel at home, we couldn't do it without y'all!!

After one entire day of "relaxing" in Asheville, aka, running around all day getting the van repaired, cashing checks, and preparing for our next 3 weeks on the road, we are excited to announce our "Great Northeastern Tour"!! 

August 3rd - The Gaslight in Wellsboro, PA @ 9pm
August 5th - The Crittenden Hotel in Coudersport, PA @ 9pm
August 6th and 7th - The Woodsmen Show at Cherry Springs National Park @ all day
August 11th - Rongovian Embassy in Trumansburg, NY @ 6pm
August 13th - 2 Goats Brewing in Hector, NY @ 9pm
August 14th - First Presbyterian Church of Elmira in Elmira, NY @ 7:30 *Special Gospel Set
August 16th - World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, PA @ 8pm w/ Workman Song
August 17th - The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ @ 7:30 w/ Professor Louie & the Crowmatix
August 18th - Joe Squared Station North in Baltimore, MD @ 9 pm w/ the Manly Deeds
August 19th - Yesterday's in Ocean City, NJ @ 8:30pm
August 20th - The Black Gryphon in Elizabethtown @ 7pm

We couldn't be more thrilled to be heading to the area of the country that gave us 3 members of the Fireside Collective! Jesse, Tommy, and Joe were all born in this part of the country and we are excited to share our style of Bluegrass music with the many family and friends we have in the Northeast! The first leg of the tour finds us in North Central Pennsylvania and Central New York, where Jesse spent the first 19 years of his life. We will even be performing an extra special Gospel set at the church Jesse grew up attending! After that, we head to Philadelphia where we are excited to perform at the infamous World Cafe Live!! Next, we venture up to North Jersey, not far from where Tommy made his life debut. We will be closing out the tour in Joe's hometown of Elizabethtown, PA, a night which will most certainly be one for the books!!!

Life is beautiful, the world is a magnificent place, and people working together for a cause greater than themselves is one of the most wonderful aspects of humanity. We are grateful for our time together and our chance to continue playing music for so many awesome people all over this great country.

​Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

We hope to see you on the road sometime soon!