About
Aidan Muse is an award-winning banjo player and performer from Twin Lakes, Wisconsin.
Aidan has earned 1st ('21/’23/’24) and 2nd (2022) place titles at the East Troy, WI Bluegrass Festival Banjo Competition, and has been awarded the Kenosha County Fair Merit Award for Musical performance in 2022, ‘23 and ’24, and Judges Favorite in 2025. Aidan’s story was featured on CBS 58 Milwaukee Sunday Morning, WGN-TV Spotlight Chicago, ABC World News Now and Good Morning America First Look, and The Dodo. In 2026, the Wisconsin State Assembly recognized Aidan with the Wisconsin "Hometown Hero" Award.
In 2023, Aidan appeared as the featured Woodsongs Kid for “Banjo Night” on Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, and as a featured performer on Season 2 of Woodsongs Kids, filmed in Lexington, KY. The show is broadcast on over 500 radio stations worldwide, via live webcast, on-line streaming, video/audio podcast, on PBS airing in 90 million households, the RFD network, and on the American Forces Radio Network.
Aidan is a DR Strings Artist, and a member of Tomorrow’s Bluegrass Stars. He has appeared at the 2023 and 2025 IBMA World of Bluegrass Festivals, performing with Kids on Bluegrass, 2024 MerleFest in Wilkesboro, NC as an Acoustic Kids Ambassador, 2025 Mountain Song Festival in Brevard, NC, 2025 Wisconsin Cheese Festival in Lake Geneva, WI, and 2025 East Troy Bluegrass Festival in East Troy, WI. Aidan was also selected to open for and perform with the Grammy Award Winning, Steep Canyon Rangers at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, IL. He has also performed as a guest with the Henhouse Prowlers and Chicken Wire Empire.
Aidan can be booked as a solo, duo, or full band act.
