Join us on Friday, April 11th, as we kick off the 2025 Showbarn Session series with an acoustic and solo evening featuring Steve Earle, one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation. This exclusive Showbarn Session offers a one-of-a-kind blend of music, culinary delights, and cocktails, creating the perfect atmosphere for our Ashbourne Farms community to enjoy.

Event Highlights include a live performance by the legendary songwriter and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Steve Earle, in an intimate setting. Guests will also savor gourmet heavy hors d’oeuvres crafted from locally sourced ingredients, showcasing the culinary excellence of Ashbourne Farms. Premium cocktails and complimentary full service bar will be available, along with valet parking to ensure a seamless and luxurious arrival experience.

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About The ARTIST

Steve Earle is one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation. A protégé of Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, his songs have been recorded by icons like Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, and Emmylou Harris. His 1986 album Guitar Town became an Americana classic, and his 1988 hit Copperhead Road was named an official Tennessee state song in 2023.

Earle’s albums The Revolution Starts...Now (2004), Washington Square Serenade (2007), and TOWNES (2009) earned consecutive GRAMMY® Awards. His 2022 release, Jerry Jeff, paid tribute to his mentor Jerry Jeff Walker. A producer as well, Earle has worked with Joan Baez and Lucinda Williams. Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020, Earle was honored by the Bruce Springsteen Archives in 2023, and his latest album, Alone Again (Live), was released in July 2024.

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About SHOWBARN SESSIONS

At Ashbourne Farms, we approach music the same way we approach the land. It’s to be honored, preserved, and nurtured to ensure it lasts for generations.

Showbarn Sessions are an ongoing series of musical and culinary experiences highlighting a variety of artists in a uniquely intimate environment enveloped by a serene natural landscape and the splendor of Ashbourne Farms.

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About Our Partner

Wendell Berry’s The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, published in 1977, started a global conversation on the dire state of agriculture. The Berry Center was launched in 2011 to continue this conversation and preserve Wendell Berry’s legacy and the exceptional agricultural contributions of his family. Our mission is to honor that legacy by continuing this work.

Our work seeks to provide solutions to essential issues that are rarely in public discourse and certainly not reflected in agricultural policies. “What will it take for farmers to be able to afford to farm well?” and “How do we become a culture that supports good farming and land use?” These are just a few of the questions that The Berry Center is addressing. We believe that the answers—while firmly rooted in local work—are central to solving some of the world’s most pressing problems, including the devastation of natural resources and biodiversity; rapid onset of climate change; economic and social inequities; and the collapse of healthy farming and rural communities.