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Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - Stomping Grounds @ The Salt Shed, Chicago 12/3/25
YouTube video by Sojahsey1
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December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Well....I guess that makes sense. #2025recap #musicrecap
December 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Well....I guess that makes sense. #2025recap #musicrecap
Quick preview of the merch from the current Flecktones Jingle All the Way Tour.
T-shirts, posters, and records, as expected, but also wrapping paper, cookie cutters and ornaments!
Just about 2 weeks left of the tour, don't miss out!
Dates and setlists here: archivesincowtown.org/yearspec.php...
T-shirts, posters, and records, as expected, but also wrapping paper, cookie cutters and ornaments!
Just about 2 weeks left of the tour, don't miss out!
Dates and setlists here: archivesincowtown.org/yearspec.php...
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Quick preview of the merch from the current Flecktones Jingle All the Way Tour.
T-shirts, posters, and records, as expected, but also wrapping paper, cookie cutters and ornaments!
Just about 2 weeks left of the tour, don't miss out!
Dates and setlists here: archivesincowtown.org/yearspec.php...
T-shirts, posters, and records, as expected, but also wrapping paper, cookie cutters and ornaments!
Just about 2 weeks left of the tour, don't miss out!
Dates and setlists here: archivesincowtown.org/yearspec.php...
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shoutout to this Flecktones setlist I got signed in 2009 where Howard thought my name was Pam (probably misled by that long-stemmed D in Béla's signature there)
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
shoutout to this Flecktones setlist I got signed in 2009 where Howard thought my name was Pam (probably misled by that long-stemmed D in Béla's signature there)
We were able to add 3 25+ year old Flecktones setlists thanks to a few recent recordings that have surfaced.
Feb 1, 1992 @ Omni Theater in Memphis
Sep 13, 1998 @ Ziggy's in NC
Oct 30, 1999 @ Taft Theater in Cincinnati
Check out all the details over at archivesincowtown.org
Thanks to the tapers!
Feb 1, 1992 @ Omni Theater in Memphis
Sep 13, 1998 @ Ziggy's in NC
Oct 30, 1999 @ Taft Theater in Cincinnati
Check out all the details over at archivesincowtown.org
Thanks to the tapers!
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We were able to add 3 25+ year old Flecktones setlists thanks to a few recent recordings that have surfaced.
Feb 1, 1992 @ Omni Theater in Memphis
Sep 13, 1998 @ Ziggy's in NC
Oct 30, 1999 @ Taft Theater in Cincinnati
Check out all the details over at archivesincowtown.org
Thanks to the tapers!
Feb 1, 1992 @ Omni Theater in Memphis
Sep 13, 1998 @ Ziggy's in NC
Oct 30, 1999 @ Taft Theater in Cincinnati
Check out all the details over at archivesincowtown.org
Thanks to the tapers!
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Ziggy's on 1998-09-13 https://archive.org/details/bfft11998-09-13
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Ziggy's on 1998-09-13 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Bela Fleck & The FlecktonesZiggy'sWinston Salem, NCSeptember 13, 1998Source: Neumann SKM-184's-> Beyerdynamic MV-100-> Sony D8 (FOB,...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Ziggy's on 1998-09-13 https://archive.org/details/bfft11998-09-13
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Virginia Theater on 2025-12-01 https://archive.org/details/bfft2025-12-01
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Virginia Theater on 2025-12-01 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
FIRST SET 01. Next02. Silent Night >03. Sleigh Ride04. Christmas Time Is Here >05. Linus and Lucy06. Vic Holiday Medley07. Scratch & Sniff08. The...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Virginia Theater on 2025-12-01 https://archive.org/details/bfft2025-12-01
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2025-12-01 - Virginia Theater
#LiveMusic #Champaign
#BélaFleck and the Flecktones
#AlashEnsemble
Set lists I got from FoH.
#LiveMusic #Champaign
#BélaFleck and the Flecktones
#AlashEnsemble
Set lists I got from FoH.
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
2025-12-01 - Virginia Theater
#LiveMusic #Champaign
#BélaFleck and the Flecktones
#AlashEnsemble
Set lists I got from FoH.
#LiveMusic #Champaign
#BélaFleck and the Flecktones
#AlashEnsemble
Set lists I got from FoH.
The Flecktones tour starts TONIGHT at the Ryman in Nashville.
Unfortunately Howard Levy had to drop out for medical reasons, but the tour will go on with Béla, the Wootens, Jeff Coffin, and Alash. Plus Sierra Hull will now be joining them on select dates!
Tickets for some shows still available!
Unfortunately Howard Levy had to drop out for medical reasons, but the tour will go on with Béla, the Wootens, Jeff Coffin, and Alash. Plus Sierra Hull will now be joining them on select dates!
Tickets for some shows still available!
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Flecktones tour starts TONIGHT at the Ryman in Nashville.
Unfortunately Howard Levy had to drop out for medical reasons, but the tour will go on with Béla, the Wootens, Jeff Coffin, and Alash. Plus Sierra Hull will now be joining them on select dates!
Tickets for some shows still available!
Unfortunately Howard Levy had to drop out for medical reasons, but the tour will go on with Béla, the Wootens, Jeff Coffin, and Alash. Plus Sierra Hull will now be joining them on select dates!
Tickets for some shows still available!
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Starting on November 26th, Jeff Coffin will join Béla Fleck and the Flecktones for the Jingle All The Way tour! Visit www.flecktones.com for tour dates and tickets.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Starting on November 26th, Jeff Coffin will join Béla Fleck and the Flecktones for the Jingle All The Way tour! Visit www.flecktones.com for tour dates and tickets.
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Taft Theater on 1999-10-31 https://archive.org/details/bfft1999-10-31.Pfeil
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Taft Theater on 1999-10-31 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones10/30/1999Taft Theater - Cincinnati, OHSource: (FOB Technically - Front Row Balcony) Schoeps CMC64 (@ 110 deg) > MIT REF >...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Taft Theater on 1999-10-31 https://archive.org/details/bfft1999-10-31.Pfeil
Béla Fleck and BEATrio are up for a Grammy this year for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album!
This marks Béla's 46th nomination overall, across 21 different categories.
This is also the 12th nomination for BEATrio drummer Antonio Sánchez and the first for harpist Edmar Castañeda.
This marks Béla's 46th nomination overall, across 21 different categories.
This is also the 12th nomination for BEATrio drummer Antonio Sánchez and the first for harpist Edmar Castañeda.
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Béla Fleck and BEATrio are up for a Grammy this year for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album!
This marks Béla's 46th nomination overall, across 21 different categories.
This is also the 12th nomination for BEATrio drummer Antonio Sánchez and the first for harpist Edmar Castañeda.
This marks Béla's 46th nomination overall, across 21 different categories.
This is also the 12th nomination for BEATrio drummer Antonio Sánchez and the first for harpist Edmar Castañeda.
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Just Bela Fleck playing on Sesame Street with 2 chickens.
Sesame Street: Béla Fleck Plays Concerto For Banjo and Two Chickens
YouTube video by Sesame Street
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November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just Bela Fleck playing on Sesame Street with 2 chickens.
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The 2026 GRAMMY nominations are here!
🏆 Béla Fleck
🏆 Gene Scheer
🏆 Los Angeles Master Chorale
🏆 Yuja Wang
🏆 Yo-Yo Ma
🏆 Alisa Weilerstein
🔗 opus3artists.com/2026-grammy-nominees
🏆 Béla Fleck
🏆 Gene Scheer
🏆 Los Angeles Master Chorale
🏆 Yuja Wang
🏆 Yo-Yo Ma
🏆 Alisa Weilerstein
🔗 opus3artists.com/2026-grammy-nominees
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The 2026 GRAMMY nominations are here!
🏆 Béla Fleck
🏆 Gene Scheer
🏆 Los Angeles Master Chorale
🏆 Yuja Wang
🏆 Yo-Yo Ma
🏆 Alisa Weilerstein
🔗 opus3artists.com/2026-grammy-nominees
🏆 Béla Fleck
🏆 Gene Scheer
🏆 Los Angeles Master Chorale
🏆 Yuja Wang
🏆 Yo-Yo Ma
🏆 Alisa Weilerstein
🔗 opus3artists.com/2026-grammy-nominees
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BEATrio - Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda & Antonio Sánchez - are taking the project back out on the road in 2026 including Europe and North American legs ...
Béla Fleck Announces 2026 BEATrio European and North American Tour Dates
Béla Fleck announces 2026 BEATrio tour dates across Europe and North America with Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez.
www.jambase.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
BEATrio - Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda & Antonio Sánchez - are taking the project back out on the road in 2026 including Europe and North American legs ...
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October 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Victor Wooten and his brothers are bringing their legendary family groove to Europe this fall. Tour dates inside. www.notreble.com/buzz/2025/10...
October 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Victor Wooten and his brothers are bringing their legendary family groove to Europe this fall. Tour dates inside. www.notreble.com/buzz/2025/10...
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall on 2025-08-26 https://archive.org/details/bfft2025-08-26.chapman.flac16
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall on 2025-08-26 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Bela Fleck & the FlecktonesAugust 26th, 2025The UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall, Berkeley, CA, USA-----Set 1-----01. Frontiers ...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall on 2025-08-26 https://archive.org/details/bfft2025-08-26.chapman.flac16
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Green Acres Music Hall on 1998-09-12 https://archive.org/details/bfft1998-09-12
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Green Acres Music Hall on 1998-09-12 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Bela Fleck & The FlecktonesGreen Acres Music HallBostic, NCSeptember 12, 1998Source: Neumann SKM-184's->Beyerdynamic MV-100->Sony D8 (FOB,...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Green Acres Music Hall on 1998-09-12 https://archive.org/details/bfft1998-09-12
Thanks @kanadakev.com for sharing! Somehow, we did not have this show in our db!
But we do now w/setlist: archivesincowtown.org/showinfo.php...
One of the final Flecktones shows of 1997 as Béla would instead tour with Edgar Meyer and Mike Marshall in fall supporting the Uncommon Ritual album.
But we do now w/setlist: archivesincowtown.org/showinfo.php...
One of the final Flecktones shows of 1997 as Béla would instead tour with Edgar Meyer and Mike Marshall in fall supporting the Uncommon Ritual album.
#OTD in 1997 I was seeing Béla, Victor, Future Man and new member Jeff Coffin for a night of funk, bluegrass, rock, jazz.
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
September 25, 1997
Ogden Street Concert Hall
Buffalo, New York
#ticketstubs
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
September 25, 1997
Ogden Street Concert Hall
Buffalo, New York
#ticketstubs
September 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thanks @kanadakev.com for sharing! Somehow, we did not have this show in our db!
But we do now w/setlist: archivesincowtown.org/showinfo.php...
One of the final Flecktones shows of 1997 as Béla would instead tour with Edgar Meyer and Mike Marshall in fall supporting the Uncommon Ritual album.
But we do now w/setlist: archivesincowtown.org/showinfo.php...
One of the final Flecktones shows of 1997 as Béla would instead tour with Edgar Meyer and Mike Marshall in fall supporting the Uncommon Ritual album.
The Acoustic Trio returns! Last week Béla Fleck joined Casey Driessen and Bryan Sutton in Chattanooga for an Evening Social.
Let us know if you have any setlist details or other artifacts/recordings from the show!
Here are stats from their only tour in 2005: archivesincowtown.org/allyrsongs.p...
Let us know if you have any setlist details or other artifacts/recordings from the show!
Here are stats from their only tour in 2005: archivesincowtown.org/allyrsongs.p...
September 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The Acoustic Trio returns! Last week Béla Fleck joined Casey Driessen and Bryan Sutton in Chattanooga for an Evening Social.
Let us know if you have any setlist details or other artifacts/recordings from the show!
Here are stats from their only tour in 2005: archivesincowtown.org/allyrsongs.p...
Let us know if you have any setlist details or other artifacts/recordings from the show!
Here are stats from their only tour in 2005: archivesincowtown.org/allyrsongs.p...
A previously uncirculated Flecktones recording from 1996 was just added to archive.org allowing us to fill in a missing 29 year old set from the trio era with guest Mike Marshall!
Check out the setlist here: archivesincowtown.org/showinfo.php...
And the recording here: archive.org/details/bfft...
Check out the setlist here: archivesincowtown.org/showinfo.php...
And the recording here: archive.org/details/bfft...
September 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A previously uncirculated Flecktones recording from 1996 was just added to archive.org allowing us to fill in a missing 29 year old set from the trio era with guest Mike Marshall!
Check out the setlist here: archivesincowtown.org/showinfo.php...
And the recording here: archive.org/details/bfft...
Check out the setlist here: archivesincowtown.org/showinfo.php...
And the recording here: archive.org/details/bfft...
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🪕Béla Fleck joined Billy Strings, Bryan Sutton and Royal Masat during their tour stop at the Ryman in Nashville on Sunday.
Check out video from the sit-in ...
Check out video from the sit-in ...
Béla Fleck Sits In With Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton At Ryman Auditorium
Béla Fleck brought his banjo to The Ryman Auditorium stage on Sunday to join Billy Strings, Bryan Sutton and Royal Masat for a collaborative night in Nashville.
www.jambase.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🪕Béla Fleck joined Billy Strings, Bryan Sutton and Royal Masat during their tour stop at the Ryman in Nashville on Sunday.
Check out video from the sit-in ...
Check out video from the sit-in ...
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Pease Auditorium on 1996-11-10 https://archive.org/details/bfft1996-11-10.Pfeil
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Pease Auditorium on 1996-11-10 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones11/10/96Eastern Michigan University Pease Auditorium - Ypsilanti, MISource: (FOB - Center) Schoeps CMC621 > SX-M2 >...
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September 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Live at Pease Auditorium on 1996-11-10 https://archive.org/details/bfft1996-11-10.Pfeil
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#nowplaying #musicsky #bluegrass Chet Atkins, Bela Fleck, & Jerry Douglas - Alabama Jubilee Three of the all-time greats together. Bela and Jerry were just baby-faced beginners, but they were already sounding great www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEwY...
Chet Atkins, Bela Fleck, & Jerry Douglas - Alabama Jubilee
YouTube video by BluegrassLibrary
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September 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
#nowplaying #musicsky #bluegrass Chet Atkins, Bela Fleck, & Jerry Douglas - Alabama Jubilee Three of the all-time greats together. Bela and Jerry were just baby-faced beginners, but they were already sounding great www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEwY...