After covering the jam band world all year, the Live For Live Music editorial team compiled this list of live jams that captivated us in 2025. Whether they highlight memorable sit-ins, showcase unique song choices, or simply feature the kind of telepathic improvisation that keeps fans coming back again and again, these selections represent some of the most thrilling live music moments from a year full of them. Scroll down to view the full track listing for the Live For Live ’25: Jam Selects playlist on nugs. Stream the playlist via the nugs app here.
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Live For Live ’25: Jam Selects – Playlist Track Listing – [Listen on the nugs app]
- Widespread Panic w/ Chuck Leavell – Comfortably Numb – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks
- Mountain Grass Unit – Friend Of The Devil – Portland, ME – Portland House of Music
- Billy Strings – Get No Better – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
- Joe Russo’s Almost Dead – Throwing Stones (Grateful Dead), Pigs (Three Different Ones) (Pink Floyd) – Columbia, MD – All Good Now
- Kitchen Dwellers – Dance Yrself Clean – Steamboat, CO – Steamboat Mountain
- Billy Strings – Here Comes The Sun (The Beatles) – Asheville, NC – ExploreAsheville.com Arena
- The Disco Biscuits – Helicopters – Live Oak, FL – Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
- Mountain Grass Unit – Circada Song – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
- Widespread Panic – Ain’t Life Grand – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre
- Greensky Bluegrass – Grow Together – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks
- Daniel Donato – Rubin & Cherise – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre
- Fireside Collective – Morin’ Down On That Line – Snowshoe, WV – 4848 Festival
- moe. – Buster – New Orleans, LA – Daze Between Festival
- Eggy w/ Bruce Hornsby – Atomic Age – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
- Goose with Sierra Hull – Atlas (The Wood Brothers) – San José del Cabo, Mexico – Viva El Gonzo
- Mountain Grass Unit – Glendale Train (New Riders of the Purple Sage) – Charleston, SC – Charleston Pour House
- Umphrey’s McGee – Hiccup – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl
- Tedeschi Trucks Band – When I’m Sixty-Four (The Beatles), Soul Sweet Song, Sing a Simple Song (Sly & The Family Stone) > I Want to Take You Higher (Sly & The Family Stone) – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
- Widespread Panic – Little By Little – Charleston, SC – Credit One Stadium
- Johnny Blue Skies – Call to Arms – Louisville, KY – Bourbon & Beyond
- The String Cheese Incident – Like A Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan), The Big Reveal – Columbia, MD – All Good Now
- Dogs In A Pile – Help On The Way / Slipknot! – Chicago, IL – Gracias
- Billy Strings – Alive (Pearl Jam) – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
- Widespread Panic w/ Billy Strings – Chilly Water – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
- Gov’t Mule with Derek Trucks – Desdemona (The Allman Brothers Band) – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
- The String Cheese Incident – I Know You Rider – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks
- Eggy – Waiting Game ft. Gibb Droll, John Mailander – Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater
- Crickets – The Disco Biscuits – Philadelphia, PA – Ardmore Music Hall
- Leftover Salmon – Up On The Hill Where They Do The Boogie – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre
- Trey Anastasio Band – Mission in the Rain – San Francisco, CA – Golden Gate Park
- Greensky Bluegrass with Holly Bowling – Windshield – Park City, UT – Park City Song Summit
- Billy Strings – Fire Line – Asheville, NC – ExploreAsheville.com Arena
- Billy Strings – Reuben’s Train (Traditional) – Asheville, NC – ExploreAsheville.com Arena
- Mountain Grass Unit – Jericho > Space Jam – Charleston, SC – Charleston Pour House
- Johnny Blue Skies – It Ain’t All Flowers – Asheville, NC – ExploreAsheville.com Arena
- My Morning Jacket w/ Eggy’s Jake Brownstein & Dani Battat – Steam Engine – Miramar Beach, FL – One Big Holiday
- moe. w/ Dumpstaphunk Horns – Godzilla (Blue Öyster Cult) – New Orleans, LA – Daze Between Festival
- Billy Strings with Michael Cleveland – Meet Me at the Creek – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
- The String Cheese Incident – Colorado Bluebird Sky – Suwannee, FL – Suwannee Music Park
- Kitchen Dwellers – Mountain – Livingston, MT – Pine Creek Lodge
- Widespread Panic – Runnin’ Down a Dream (Tom Petty) – Charleston, SC – Credit One Stadium
