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Luke Bulla

  • Black Forest Community Center 12530 Black Forest Road Colorado Springs, CO, 80908 United States (map)

NO ADVANCE TICKET SALES. ADMISSION IS FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED AT THE DOOR. $15 GENERAL ADMISSION, $8 MEMBERS.

Luke Bulla has been singing and playing music most of his life, touring with and singing in his family band from the age of four. Luke took up the fiddle at age seven. Over the course of the next few years, he won the National Fiddle Contest in Weiser, Idaho, six times in his respective age categories. His seventh win came in the Grand Champion division at age sixteen, making him the youngest to have earned the title at the time.

In the spring of 1999, Luke moved to Nashville to establish himself as a full time musician. He spent his early years in Tennessee playing fiddle in Ricky Skaggs’ band, Kentucky Thunder, which earned him his first Grammy Award. Following the Skaggs stint, he became a member of the John Cowan Band. Luke has also performed and/or recorded with Brandi Carlile, Jim Lauderdale, Darrell Scott, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Bryan Sutton, Shawn Colvin, Tony Rice, Chris Thile, Peter Rowan, Patty Griffin, Glen Phillips, Rodney Crowell, Earl Scruggs, and many others. Luke was also a perennial instructor at Mark O’Connor’s fiddle camps in his early Nashville years.

In 2009, Luke released a solo EP featuring Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Aoife O’Donovan and many more. That same year, Lyle Lovett asked Luke to join his Large Band, with whom he toured full time until 2023.

Luke released the LP, Who Loves You Better, produced by Bryan Sutton, in May 2016. After many years as a sideman, Luke is currently touring the country playing solo performances.

Opening acts: Beans and Biscuits, Ava Grace

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+++ NO ADVANCE TICKET SALES. ADMISSION IS FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED AT THE DOOR. +++

Doors open at 6:15 pm; concert starts at 7:00 pm with two opening acts. $15 general admission, $8 members and students with ID; free for ages 12 and younger (become a member before or at the show and $tart $aving right away!). Open jam on the front porch from 5-6:30. All are welcome, to play, or just to listen!

No advance ticket sales. Admission only at the door.

+++ Free, off-street parking is available in the church lot across the street from our hall. +++

Baked goods, coffee, tea, and water available for purchase in the Community Center.

Earlier Event: July 12
Bettman and Halpin
Later Event: August 23
Beth Gadbaw Celtic Trio