There are voices that belong to the land itself — voices that sound like they were always here, waiting for someone to sing through them. Alison Krauss has that kind of voice. And when she stands alongside Union Station, the band that has helped define modern bluegrass for three decades, what emerges isn’t just music. It’s something closer to a hymn for the American countryside.
On July 12, 2026, Krauss and Union Station will bring their luminous, genre-transcending catalog to Bethel Woods Center for the Arts — the storied grounds in Bethel, NY, where the original Woodstock festival once rewrote the rules of what live music could be. Few pairings of artist and venue feel this inevitable.
Krauss has earned 27 Grammy Awards, more than any other female artist in history, and her work with Union Station — anchored by the staggering instrumental talents of Jerry Douglas, Dan Tyminski, Ron Block, and Barry Bales — has produced some of the most beautiful recordings in American roots music.
Bethel Woods, nestled in the rolling hills of Sullivan County, is the rare venue that matches the magnitude of its performers. The pavilion’s open-air design and sweeping lawn seating create an atmosphere where the music seems to drift across the landscape like morning fog.
This is a show for anyone who has ever been stopped in their tracks by a harmony so pure it felt like it rearranged something inside them. Krauss and Union Station don’t perform concerts so much as they hold vigils for the best of what acoustic music can do.
Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster.