A festival featuring concerts by some of the top bluegrass
and acoustic musicians in the nation
Dec. 5-6, 2025
The Balsam Range Art of Music Festival features concerts in historic Stuart Auditorium and a range of workshops with internationally-acclaimed bluegrass band Balsam Range alongside top artists from across the country! The festival line-up includes Balsam Range, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Darren Nicholson Band, Atlanta Pops Orchestra Ensemble, The Cleverlys and Balsam Range with special guests – Featuring Tony Creasman (drums), David Johnson (Steel) , Milan Miller (Telecaster) , and Jeff Collins (piano) – An exciting twist on Balsam Range classics and more! On sale now are festival concert tickets and packages that include tickets with special reserved seating and lodging at Lake Junaluska. Learn more at the official Balsam Range Art of Music Festival website.
Tickets & Lodging
- 2025 Festival Lodging Packages feature on-site festival lodging and tickets with premium reserved seating.
- Festival Concert Tickets
- Book Lodging at Lake Junaluska for the festival weekend.
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- Official Festival Website
For on-site festival lodging, call reservations at 828-452-2881, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Stay at Lake Junaluska during the festival, and be just steps from the concerts in historic Stuart Auditorium and workshops held inside The Terrace Hotel and at the nearby Harrell Center. Lodging is available at our lakeside Terrace Hotel and historic Lambuth Inn.
To book lodging, call 800-222-4930 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to speak with a reservationist or book online.
2025 Balsam Range Art of Music Festival Package
Enjoy on-site festival lodging at Lake Junaluska, premium reserved seating at the 2025 Balsam Range Art of Music Festival concerts and more when you purchase a 2025 festival package. The 2025 Balsam Range Art of Music Festival concerts will be Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, and Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, with a kickoff event on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.
The 2018 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year, Balsam Range, has become one of the genre’s most award-winning acts. Since forming in 2007, the group has garnered 13 IBMA awards on the heels of 13 critically acclaimed albums. Balsam Range has left audiences spellbound while headlining major festivals from coast-to-coast, selling out venues across the nation and in multiple appearances at the Grand Ole Opry. The band collaborated with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra Ensemble to record 2 albums, the second of which, Mountain Overture, debuted on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart at #5 and the Classical Crossover Chart at #6. Their album Mountain Voodoo debuted at #4 on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums Chart and remained on that chart for 45 weeks. Three singles from that album reached #1 on the Bluegrass Today Chart, including “Blue Collar Dreams,” which spent three consecutive months at the top. The follow-up album, Aeonic debuted at #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart and spent 46 total weeks on the chart. The album featured hit songs like “The Girl Who Invented The Wheel,” “Get Me Gone” and “Angel Too Soon.”
The band recently claimed the #1 radio chart spots with their singles, “Richest Man,” “Grit and Grace,” “Rivers, Rains and Runaway Trains,” “Santa Barbara” and “Highway Side” all from their latest album (#13 for the band,) 2021’s Moxie and Mettle.
In 2023 a new album, Kinetic Tone featured the number #1 tune “That’s What The Years Do”, the second single, “Snake Charmer” topped at #3, and the third release single “We’ll All Drink Money” hit the #2 spot.
In addition to winning Entertainer of the Year, Balsam Range vocalist Buddy Melton won IBMA’s Male Vocalist of the Year and bass player Tim Surrett won IBMA’s Bass Player of the Year in 2018.
In 2022, founding member Darren Nicholson left the band to pursue his solo career and the band welcomed mandolin virtuoso, Alan Bibey to the team!
Bibey is a 2 time IBMA Mandolin Player of The Year winner and a 9 time SPBGMA Mandolin of The Year winner
