Noam Pikelny & Stuart Duncan

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Dates:	Thursday, August 13, 2026 - Thursday, August 13, 2026
Hours:	7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Ages:	Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$ see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

Banjo virtuoso Noam Pikelny joins forces with master fiddler Stuart Duncan for a dazzling evening of bluegrass and acoustic music, blending jaw-dropping technique, inventive arrangements, and deep roots tradition from two of the genre’s most celebrated artists.

NOAM PIKELNY

NOAM PIKELNY is widely recognized as the preeminent banjoist of his generation.

Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the “pros’ top banjo picker,” Noam is a founding member of Punch Brothers, a string ensemble which The Boston Globe calls “a virtuosic revelation” and The New Yorker describes as “wide-ranging and restlessly imaginative.” Pikelny was awarded the first annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass and is a two-time International Bluegrass Music Association Banjo Player of the Year.

In 2019, Noam was awarded the “Best Folk Album” Grammy for the Punch Brothers’ release, All Ashore.

Noam also performs with the GRAMMY nominated bluegrass band, Mighty Poplar, and co-hosts The Energy Curfew Music Hour, a Chris Thile and Punch Brothers musical variety podcast released by Audible in Fall of 2024.

Season 1 was nominated for a Webby Award in the Podcast: Features, Experimental & Innovation category; it also won Most Innovative Audio Experience, Best Live Podcast Recording, and Best Sound Design in the Listener’s Choice category of the 2025 Signal Awards.

Also in2025, Pikelny was inducted into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame under the Five-String Performance category.

STUART DUNCAN

Stuart Duncan could easily be called America’s favorite fiddler.

Raised in Southern California, Stuart took up the fiddle at age seven.

Since then, he has chalked up a career that includes four Grammys, a slew of Academy of Country Music Awards, and nine titles as the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Fiddle Player of the Year.

Now a multi-instrumentalist with a staggering command of not only the fiddle but also the banjo, the guitar, and the mandolin, Stuart Duncan has built upon his bluegrass roots to become an artist that defies categorization and surpasses the limits of any specific genre.

The consummate sideman, Duncan has lent his taste and tone to countless artists and projects.

Whether trading dizzying instrumental licks with the likes of Béla Fleck and Jerry Douglas or adding complimentary fills for vocalists Alan Jackson and Barbara Streisand, Duncan is known for his astute, improvisational style that sparkles without upstaging.

He’s performed with Plant Krauss, Diana Krall, Lyle Lovett, Béla Fleck, Steven Tyler, and Elvis Costello.

Though no one has a true count of how many recordings feature Stuart Duncan, the current estimate nears 900.

Notable recordings include his collaboration with Dolly Parton on her bluegrass albums The Grass is Blue and Little Sparrow, Bela Fleck’s Bluegrass Heart, and the Grammy-winning O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack.

The most provocative evidence of Duncan’s cross-genre expansion may be his collaboration with Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer and Yo-Yo Ma on Grammy-winning The Goat Rodeo Sessions and Not Our First Goat Rodeo.

Despite the awards and accolades, Stuart Duncan remains one of the humblest men in the music business.

A father of three, he spends his time off rebuilding rare instruments and making music with his wife of 35 years, Dieta.

COST

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$41.00

LOCATION

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37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966 map
Phone: 978-546-7391