Nickel Creek, Hayloft (Mother Mother cover), live at the Fox Theater, Oakland, October 6, 2023 (4K)

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Nickel Creek play a cover of the Mother Mother song "Hayloft" live in concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California on October 6, 2023. Nickel Creek is a Grammy Award winning bluegrass band from Southern California consisting of Chris Thile (mandolin), Sara Watkins (fiddle), and Sean Watkins (guitar). Joining them onstage was Jeff Picker (bass), who also happens to be married to the incomparable Sara Jarosz. This show was part of the band's 57-show Celebrants North America Tour, their first tour in 9 years.

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Nickel Creek official bio:

Nickel Creek is the platinum-selling, internationally renowned roots trio of mandolinist Chris Thile, violinist Sara Watkins and guitarist Sean Watkins. The Grammy-winning band has revolutionized folk and roots music since first performing together as children at a pizza parlor in San Diego in 1989, signing to acclaimed roots label Sugar Hill Records after wowing the bluegrass circuit for a decade. Nickel Creek quickly broke through in 2000 with their Grammy-nominated, Alison Krauss-produced self-titled LP, which showcased not just their instrumental virtuosity but their burgeoning songwriting prowess. The trio quickly followed that effort with the Krauss-produced This Side, a landmark release that earned Nickel Creek the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album and brought their progressive take on acoustic music to a broader audience, greatly influencing the sound and trajectory of roots music in the process. 2005’s Grammy-nominated Why Should the Fire Die? found the trio pushing genre boundaries even further, incorporating elements of alt-rock and indie pop into their singular brand of acoustic music. Nickel Creek’s most recent album, 2014’s critically acclaimed and joyously received A Dotted Line, ended a seven-year recording and touring hiatus for the band, during which members explored other musical and creative avenues.

Each member of Nickel Creek has taken part in many outside projects over the years, too. Thile is a 2012 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and served as the host of the American radio variety show Live from Here (formerly A Prairie Home Companion) from 2016 to 2020. Over the course of Nickel Creek’s career, Thile has released collaborative albums alongside world-renowned musicians like Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Brad Mehldau and Stuart Duncan. His Grammy-winning band Punch Brothers has released six studio albums, the most recent being 2022’s Hell on Church Street, a re-imagining of the beloved 1983 Tony Rice album Church Street Blues. Sean Watkins has kept busy outside of Nickel Creek, too, co-founding Watkins Family Hour with Sara, releasing three albums with the collective and maintaining the long-running collaborative show in Los Angeles for a decade. Sean has also released a string of solo albums, most recently 2020’s This Is Who We Are with the Bee Eaters. Sara Watkins’ extracurricular projects include the aforementioned Watkins Family Hour band, as well as co-founding the Grammy-winning roots trio I’m With Her alongside Aoife O’Donovan and Sarah Jarosz. Sara has released four studio albums, most recently 2021’s Under the Pepper Tree. She has contributed fiddle to recordings by artists like Phoebe Bridgers, the Killers and John Mayer.

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Celebrants Tour Dates (2023):

April 15 — Cincinnati, OH @ Brady Music Center
April 17 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Byham Theater
April 18 — New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
April 20 — Concord, NH @ Capitol Center For The Arts
April 21 — Portland, ME @ State Theatre
April 22 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway Park
April 23 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
April 25 — Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing Co.
April 27-29 —Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
April 30 — Wilkesboro, NC @ MerleFest
May 1 — Charlottesville, VA @ Ting Pavilion
May 3 — York, PA @ Appell Center for the Performing Arts
May 4 — New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17
May 31 — Charleston, SC @ Spoleto Festival
June 2 — Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
June 3 — Greenville, SC @ Peace Center
June 4 — Lexington, KY @ Railbird Festival
June 6 — Akron, OH @ E.J. Thomas Hall
June 8 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Frederik Meijer Gardens Amphitheater
June 9 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
June 10 — Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
June 11 — Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory at The District
June 13—Kansas City, MO @ Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
June 16 — Telluride, CO @ Telluride Bluegrass Festival
July 6 — Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheatre
July 7 — Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
July 8 — Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater
July 9 — Rohnert Park, CA @ Weill Hall
July 11 — Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort
July 12 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden
July 13 — Steamboat Springs, CO @ Strings Music Pavilion
July 15 — St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
July 16 — Bayfield, WI @ Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
July 18 — Detroit, MI @ The Masonic Temple
July 19 — Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall