Muncie Three Trails Music Series
SUMMER 2025 • Opener: 7 PM | Featured: 8–10 PM
The Muncie Three Trails Music Series is a non-profit partnership between MDDP, MuncieArts, and Rick Zeigler, series founder and organizer. The mission of the series is to bring critically acclaimed, national recording artists to perform free concerts at Canan Commons, Muncie’s premier outdoor performance venue, located in the heart of Downtown Muncie.
NEW THIS YEAR! The 2025 series is presented by Ball State University and features three additional concerts on campus at the Brown Family Ampitheater.
COMING SOON TO MUNCIE, INDIANA!
BLUEGRASS
Steep Canyon Rangers
Saturday, May 31 • Canan Commons
OPENING ACT: Mike Martin & the Beautiful Mess
BLUES/ROCK
Vanessa Collier
Saturday, August 23 • Ball State University Brown Family Amphitheater
OPENING ACT: The Fierce
COUNTRY
Colby T. Helms
Saturday, September 6 • Ball State University Brown Family Amphitheater
OPENING ACT: Stampede String Band
WORLD
Afro Peruvian Jazz Orchestra
Saturday, September 20 • Ball State University Brown Family Amphitheater
OPENING ACT: Ball State University Jazz Orchestra
COMING SOON TO CANAN COMMONS
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2024
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band is a three-piece American country blues band from Brown County, Indiana. They have played up to 250 dates per year at venues ranging from bars to festivals since 2006. To date, they have released ten albums and one EP, most of which have charted on the Billboard and iTunes Charts.
Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2024
Named Entertainers of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) in 2019, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers have consistently delivered chart-topping radio hits and energetic performances for nearly 15 years. The Radio Ramblers are seen by tens of thousands of bluegrass fans every year and since 2013 have become regular guests on the historic Grand Ole Opry.
Sensational Barnes Brothers
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2024
The Sensational Barnes Brothers are a melting pot of the old and the new. As Pop Matters states, “The brothers run through a spectrum of moods and modes in their gospel soul, often bridging the gap between, say, the Soul Stirrers and Stax, all the while keeping a local flavor.” The brothers are able to dive deep into their roots, creating a sound that reflects the music of their history, all the while drawing in a modern-day audience.
Sybarite5
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
Equal parts passion, grit, and musical ecstasy, Sybarite5 is an intoxicating cocktail of genre-breaking artistry. Dubbed “the millennial Kronos” (Theater Jones), Sybarite5 is chamber music’s most dynamic ensemble taking listeners on a musical journey of staggering breadth and depth with new works by living composers, as well as the group’s favorite selections from Radiohead, Coltrane, Komitas, Piazzolla, and Pete Seeger.