PENDLETON — You’ve got to have some major fiddle chops to tour for more than 10 years with Lyle Lovett and his Large Band.

On Thursday, Aug. 22, Luke Bulla will bring that talent to the stage at Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $20 and available at pendletonarts.org. For information, call 541-278-9201.

Bulla has been singing and playing music most of his life. Touring with and singing in his family band from age 4, Luke took up the fiddle at 7.

Over the course of the next few years, he won the National Fiddle Contest in Weiser, Idaho, six times in his respective age categories. His seventh win came in the Grand Champion division at age 16, making him the youngest to have earned the title at the time. In addition to violin, Bulla plays guitar and mandolin, and sings and writes songs.

In the spring of 1999, Bulla moved to Nashville to establish himself as a full-time musician. He spent his early years in Tennessee playing fiddle in Ricky Skaggs’ band, Kentucky Thunder, which earned him his first Grammy Award.

Following the Skaggs stint, he became a member of the John Cowan Band. More recently, Bulla has performed and/or recorded with a variety of musicians, including Brandi Carlile, Jim Lauderdale, Darrell Scott, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Bryan Sutton, Kevin Costner & Modern West, Russ Barenberg Trio, Shawn Colvin, Tony Rice, Chris Thile, Peter Rowan, Patty Griffin, Glen Phillips, Rodney Crowell and Earl Scruggs.

With his long-time friend Casey Driessen, Bulla founded the band Wisechild, which toured briefly with John Mayer and Counting Crows. In 2009, Lyle Lovett asked Bulla to join his Large Band, with whom he toured full time until 2023.

The Pendleton performance is made possible through the support of Thompson RV.