Greensky Bluegrass bring their winter tradition back to The Anthem on Feb. 13

The Michigan jamgrass band's 2027 Winter Tour includes a Saturday night at the Wharf, with Clay Street Unit opening.

For a certain kind of D.C. music fan, February means two things: cold wind off the Washington Channel and Greensky Bluegrass at The Anthem. The tradition is back for 2027.

Greensky Bluegrass play The Anthem on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2027, with the show starting at 7 p.m. Clay Street Unit opens. Tickets run $58.15–$91.45 through Ticketmaster. The date was announced Oct. 27, and The Anthem holds about 6,000.

The show is part of the band's Winter Tour 2027, a 24-date run across January, February and March that goes from Los Angeles in January to Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in March, per JamBase. The support list across the tour includes Magoo, Eggy, Clay Street Unit and Miles Miller, so D.C. draws Clay Street Unit for its night.

Why this room? Because it's become theirs. Greensky have played The Anthem every winter since 2018, pandemic years aside, and the stand has become an annual tradition on The Wharf, as DC Music Review has chronicled. Past runs have been big ones: one year the winter tour came back for two nights at The Anthem with Billy Strings on the bill, per DC Music Review. Parklife DC has covered the band's high-energy jamgrass in the room, and DC Music Review's review of a past stand said Greensky painted The Anthem "with colossal sound and color."

Greensky have played The Anthem every winter since 2018, pandemic years aside.

That history is what makes this worth circling now, three months out. The Anthem is a big room, but it's a big room with a loyal crowd for this band. Fans who have made the February trip to the Wharf a habit will be buying early.

If you're new to Greensky: they're a jamband built on bluegrass instruments — dobro, banjo, mandolin, fiddle-less string-band lineup and all — that plays long, loud, improvised sets, with folk and rock pushing at the edges. The Anthem's big floor and good sightlines suit that kind of show, where the room moves as one through a twenty-minute jam.

When to get tickets: soon. With a single D.C. date on this tour and a tradition behind it, waiting until February is a gamble. Buy through the Ticketmaster link above rather than resale, and check which tier you're getting, since the range runs from general admission up through premium options.

A practical note for a February show on the water: dress for the walk. The Wharf in mid-February can be raw after dark, and you'll be standing in line before doors.

Greensky's winter Anthem show has turned into one of those dates locals plan the season around. Feb. 13 is a Saturday, the night before Valentine's Day. There are worse ways to spend it than three hours of jamgrass with 6,000 friends.

Sources: Greensky Bluegrass Sets Winter Tour With Magoo, Eggy, Clay Street Unit & Miles Miller — JamBase (jambase.com); A Winter Tradition Continues – Greensky Bluegrass Announce Their 2025 Anthem Dates — DC Music Review (dcmusicreview.com); Greensky Bluegrass' Winter Tour Returns for Two Nights at The Anthem with Billy Strings — DC Music Review (dcmusicreview.com); Greensky Bluegrass Paints The Anthem With Colossal Sound and Color — DC Music Review (dcmusicreview.com); Greensky Bluegrass Brings High-Energy Jamgrass to The Anthem — Parklife DC (parklifedc.com)