Concerts

Previous events

Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle on WDVX Blue Plate Special "Big Plate"

Friday, June 17 @ 12:00PM — 1:00PMFri, Jun 17 @ 12:00PM — 1:00PM

Barley's Taproom & Pizzeria, 200. East Jackson Ave, Knoxville

Jeff and Sarah return to the WDVX Blue Plate Special! Free to the public, all ages. Broadcast live locally on 89.9FM and streaming at www.wdvx.com

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle at Dollyfest in the Old City

Saturday, June 4 @ 1:15PM — 2:15PMSat, Jun 4 @ 1:15PM — 2:15PM

Old City, Knoxville

Jeff and Sarah will perform on the Dollyfest stage, corner of Sutherland and Central Ave. Sponsored by Boyd's Jig & Reel.

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Sarah Pirkle at Childrens Festival of Reading

Saturday, May 21 @ 10:00AMSat, May 21 @ 10:00AM

Worlds Fair Park, Knoxville

Sarah will be performing on WDVX Kidstuff Live with host Sean Mcullough at 10:00 AM and a solo set at 1:30 in the Music Tent as part of Childrens Festival of Reading!

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Sarah Pirkle & Griffin Vann

Friday, May 13 @ 7:00PM — 10:00PMFri, May 13 @ 7:00PM — 10:00PM

Trailhead Beer Market, 1317 Island Home Ave., Knoxville

A homey outdoor venue! Jeff may sit in for a few as well. Come hang with us. Free to the public, all ages.

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle on 6 o'clock Swerve

Thursday, May 5 @ 6:00PM — Friday, May 6 @ 7:00PM (EDT, UTC-04)Thu, May 5 @ 6:00PM — Fri, May 6 @ 7:00PM (EDT, UTC-04)

Barleys Taproom & Pizzeria, 200. East Jackson Ave, Knoxville

Live on 6 o'clock Swerve, hosted by Wayne Bledsoe! All ages, Free to the public! Be part of the audience or listen to the live stream at https://www.realknoxvillemusic.com/?fbclid=IwAR1yUgkTSsPmB95puidDGVB6sJ0a9jrmgkjaryw9o0ZCtIedTehXqwbIEHY

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle Facebook LIVE for Boyd's Jig & Reel!

Tuesday, April 7, 2020 @ 7:00PM — 8:00PMTue, Apr 7, 2020 @ 7:00PM — 8:00PM

Boyds Jig & Reel

Sarah hosts the Tuesday night Old Time string jam at Boyds Jig & Reel. Since we can't jam in person, the Jig & Reel is hosting us for a Facebook live concert! Watch here....https://www.facebook.com/boydsjigandreel/

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle Behind the Barn LIVE Home bound concert!

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 @ 7:00PM — 8:00PMWed, Mar 18, 2020 @ 7:00PM — 8:00PM

Since we can't be with yall at Bluetick Tavern this evening because of CDC recommendations for gatherings during this time, we are gonna do a live performance from our house! We'll play some of our tunes, talk about some of the artists we've had on the show before, talk about who is coming up. If you feel like tipping the band, we will be sharing all tips with our Behind the Barn crew at Bluetick, splitting all tips evenly with our sound engineer Trevor Konrath and your servers every week, Kayleigh Hackbart and Anne Stubee. You can tip us thru Paypal, pirklebarbra@gmail.com and Venmo, @Sarah-Pirkle-1

Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 @ 8:00PMWed, Dec 11, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Behind the Barn at Barley's Maryville, Broadway, Maryville, Tn

A concert series broadcast in front of a live audience every Wednesday on WFIV 105.3 FM! Listen in at www.myi105.com

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 @ 8:00PMWed, Dec 4, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Behind the Barn at Barley's Maryville, Broadway, Maryville, Tn

A concert series broadcast in front of a live audience every Wednesday on WFIV 105.3 FM! Listen in at www.myi105.com

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 @ 8:00PMWed, Nov 27, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Behind the Barn at Barley's Maryville, Broadway, Maryville, Tn

A concert series broadcast in front of a live audience every Wednesday on WFIV 105.3 FM! Listen in at www.myi105.com

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle

Wednesday, November 20, 2019 @ 8:00PMWed, Nov 20, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Behind the Barn at Barley's Maryville, Broadway, Maryville, Tn

A concert series broadcast in front of a live audience every Wednesday on WFIV 105.3 FM! Listen in at www.myi105.com

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 @ 8:00PMWed, Nov 13, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Behind the Barn at Barley's Maryville, Broadway, Maryville, Tn

A concert series broadcast in front of a live audience every Wednesday on WFIV 105.3 FM! Listen in at www.myi105.com

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 @ 8:00PMWed, Nov 6, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Behind the Barn at Barley's Maryville, Broadway, Maryville, Tn

A concert series broadcast in front of a live audience every Wednesday on WFIV 105.3 FM! Listen in at www.myi105.com

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 @ 8:00PMWed, Oct 30, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Behind the Barn at Barley's Maryville, Broadway, Maryville, Tn

A concert series broadcast in front of a live audience every Wednesday on WFIV 105.3 FM! Listen in at www.myi105.com

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 @ 8:00PMWed, Oct 23, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Behind the Barn at Barley's Maryville, Broadway, Maryville, Tn

A concert series broadcast in front of a live audience every Wednesday on WFIV 105.3 FM! Listen in at www.myi105.com

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 @ 8:00PMWed, Oct 16, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Behind the Barn at Barley's Maryville, Broadway, Maryville, Tn

A concert series broadcast in front of a live audience every Wednesday on WFIV 105.3 FM! Listen in at www.myi105.com

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 @ 8:00PMWed, Oct 9, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Behind the Barn at Barley's Maryville, Broadway, Maryville, Tn

A concert series broadcast in front of a live audience every Wednesday on WFIV 105.3 FM! Listen in at www.myi105.com

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 @ 8:00PMWed, Oct 2, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Behind the Barn at Barley's Maryville, Broadway, Maryville, Tn

A concert series broadcast in front of a live audience every Wednesday on WFIV 105.3 FM! Listen in at www.myi105.com

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Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 @ 8:00PMWed, Sep 25, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Behind the Barn at Barley's Maryville, Broadway, Maryville, Tn

A concert series broadcast in front of a live audience every Wednesday on WFIV 105.3 FM! Listen in at www.myi105.com

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Jeff Barbra, Sarah Pirkle, & Griffin Vann

Saturday, September 21, 2019 @ 8:00PMSat, Sep 21, 2019 @ 8:00PM

Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave., Knoxville, TN

We will be joined by our good friend Griffin Vann for a great time at the beautiful Laurel Theater, one of the best concert halls around!

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May 23 2022

South of Scruffy Podcast

Jeff and I had a great conversation with our friend Ben Fields on his podcast, "South of Scruffy". We reminisced about how we met Ben when we were all performing the Actor's Co-op production of "Measured in Labor" back in…

Oct 29 2021

Streaming concert for the Laurel Theater 10/29/21!

I pre-recorded a concert for Jubilee Community Arts and the Laurel Theater! It will stream from this link on Youtube and Facebook at 8:00 EST. October 29, 2021

Sarah Pirkle in concert for Jubilee Community Arts

May 2 2021

Cover of Levon Helm on the porch

Apr 16 2021

Folk & Traditional Arts Master Artist Fellowship from South Arts!

This is amazing! I've got to thank my friend and gifted fiddler Libby Weitnauer for suggesting I apply for this fellowship, and for writing a letter of recommendation for me. Big thanks also to my sister friend and all around…

Apr 2 2021

Good Friday 2021

I wrote this song last year, when we were just a few weeks into this Covid thing. The forecast for Easter Sunday called for rain, this sounded like some kind of proverb or old saying to me. I researched it…

Mar 9 2021

East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame!

This was exciting, affirming, and also a little scary at the same time...I'm being inducted into the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame, songwriting category! After looking at the past inductees, my first thought was "man, my catalog is THIN"…

Apr 6 2020

Online Lessons!

Well, I've been dragged into the world of online video conferencing for teaching, and...I like it! I wasn't sure if my teaching style could be adapted to this format, but its worked well and I've actually found some advantages to…

Aug 16 2019

New sheet music! And a wrist fracture...

You know what is humbling? Falling on the pavement out of the blue for no real apparent reason. My detective skills led me to believe I rolled my ankle on a piece of gravel. Alls I know is I was…

Jun 8 2019

dang, we've been doing this a long time now...

We had to crack open the only physical copy of our first album "Dog Years" to be able to upload the music to this website. It was still in the shrink wrap. I forgot what the inside liner notes and…

Feb 17 2018

Maybe the cover?

I'm doing the "art" for this project myself this time. I LOVE box turtles, we have a nice community in our habitat. Its nice to share the space with them, I consider it good luck if I see one. This…

Feb 4 2018

New music...FINALLY!

We did it, we went to Dave Coleman's studio in E. Nashville, holed up for a weekend and recorded some of the songs we've written. If you don't know Dave's work, check him out here... www.davecoleman.biz

Dave is one…