MUNCIE, IN — A free concert featuring country/bluegrass artist Colby T. Helms is planned for Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Brown Family Amphitheater on the Ball State University campus.
The concert, which will begin at 7 p.m., is part of the 2025 Muncie Three Trails Music Series.
The Brown Family Amphitheater on the Ball State University campus.
Stampede String Band will be the opening act.
The Muncie Three Trails Music Series is a non-profit partnership between Muncie Downtown Development Partnership and Rick Zeigler, series founder and organizer.
At the bottom of the Southwest Virginia foothills half-a-mile from the nearest neighbor, 22-year-old Colby T. Helms resides in an “underground house” built by his late father on land his family has owned for generations.
Colby first dreamed of making music his life at age 12, when a group of Blue Ridge Mountain old-time and bluegrass players performed songs like The Ozark Mountain Daredevils’ “Standing On The Rock” and the gospel classic “A Beautiful Life” at his father’s funeral in Boones Mill, Virginia.
To make his dream a reality, he taught himself guitar, banjo and mandolin by watching local performers and YouTube videos. A veteran performer in the Blue Ridge/Appalachian Mountains region by age 18, Colby wrote the songs that would become his debut semi-autobiographical concept album, “Tales of Misfortune,” as a senior in high school.
The album delves into the beginning of his story, starting off as a dream and ending with the passing and remembrance of his father.
Colby’s band, the Virginia Creepers, consists of Billy Hurt on fiddle, Stewart Werner on banjo and vocals, and Chandler Beavers on mandolin.
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