Flatrock, N.C. - Bluegrass will be mixed in with plenty of eclectic performers at the llth Flatrock (North Carolina) Music Festival on Sept. 28, 29 and 30.It’s held at Camp Ton-A-Wandah in Flat Rock.

Here’s the lineup:

The Waybacks

Friday Main Stage
3:30 p.m. - FreeGrass
4:45 -Blue Mother Tupelo
6:15 - Ginn Sisters
7:45 - Randall Bramblett Band
9:40 - Waybacks
Midnight — (In the Gym) Barefoot Manner

Friday Lil’ Rec
3 p.m. - Dylan Gilbert
5 - Randall Bramblett and Mike Hines Acoustic
6 - Waybacks - James and Warren - Hot Talkin’ and Slow Pickin’
7 - Every Mother’s Dream
8:30 -Blue Mother Tupelo
10 -Ginn Sisters
Midnight — Anon Dixon Day’s Blues Cafe w/Special Guests

Friday Workshops -Linden Hall
4:45 p.m. - Eric Lovell “Give the Guitar Player a Break - Tips for Being a Good Sideman”
7:15- Gigi Dover “Finding your Voice - Where is It?”

Saturday Main Stage
10:30 a.m. - Sol Driven Train (kids show)
Noon - Ken Kiser - ‘06 Songwriter’s Contest Winner
1 p.m - Songwriter’s Showcase
3:15 -Divine MaGGees
5 - Every Mother’s Dream
6:45 - Rod Picott and The Stray Dogs
8:15 - Trailer Park Rangers
10:10 - Subdudes
Midnight - (In the Gym) Sol Driven Train

Downtown County Band

Saturday Lil’ Rec
9:30 a.m. Whippersnappers Family Band
10:30 - Downtown County Band
11:45 - Steve Simpson
1 p.m. - Candlewyck Duo
2:30 - Near Misses
4:30 - Subdudes - An all Acappella and Harmonies Set
5:45 - Trailer Park Rangers
7:00 - Mieka Pauley
8:30 - Open Mic w/ Top 3 Finalists

Saturday Workshops -Linden Hall
10 a.m. Mieka Pauley-”What is Stage Presence and How Can I Get Me Some?”
11:30 -Martin Anderson - “How to Not Bother the Program Manager and Still Get Your Songs on the Air”
1 p.m. Whippersnappers - “Creating a Family Band OR “You will play the guitar and you will like it’”
2:15 -Dave Hamilton - Kid’s Theremin and Percussion Workshop
3:45-Rod Picott & Joe Kuhlman - “How to Make a Great CD: Great Songs, Beautiful Sounds and Lots of Sales”
6 -Near Misses - “Harmonies: Who’s Note Is It Anyway?”

Sunday Main Stage
10 a.m. Chapel (Near Misses at the Chapel in the Woods)
11- 17 South
12:30 p.m.- Near Misses
2 p.m. Mieka Pauley
3:45 - Ras Alan and the Lions

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The 15th annual Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival, with a lengthy list of performers, will be held Sept. 11-15 on 1,000 acres of the rolling eastern Kentucky countryside.Although concerts won’t start until Sept. 11, campers can start arriving on the grounds on Sept. 1.

The Grascals

Performers include:

Sept. 11: Jack Lewis, Sage Knoll, Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass, Bobby Hutch, The Hillbilly Gypsies

Sept. 12: Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass, Bobby Macky, The James King Band

Sept 13: Katie Penn, The Chapmans, Billie Renee & Cumberland Gap, Michael Cleveland & The Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, Ronnie Reno, Erie Bradley & Grassy Ridge, The Hillybilly Gypsies

Sept 14: Ralph Stanley II, Melvin Goins, Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen, Ronnie Reno, Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, The Grascal’s, Mountain Heart, Special Guest Joe Diffie, Newfound Road

Sept. 15: Dr. Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Sammy Shelor & the Lonesome River Band, Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, Hit & Run, The Chapmans, John Conlee

Emcees will be Sam Jackson and Melvin Goins.

Contacts for the Poppy Mountain festival are:

PO Box 667, Urbana, OH 43078

Office Phone 606-784-2277

Campground Phone (606)780-4192

Web site: http://www.poppymountainbluegrass.com

Email: poppymtn@yahoo.com

Poppy Mountain is located off Interstate 64 in Eastern Kentucky. Direction information can be found on the Web site.

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Larry Stephenson

The Horseshoe Bend Bluegrass Festival runs Sept. 7 and 8 on the banks of the James River in historic Scottsville, Va.

On Friday’s playbill are Charles Frazier & the Virginia Ramblers, The Larry Stephenson Band, the Bluegrass Brothers, Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray and Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers.

Saturday’s lineup includes IIIrd Tyme Out, the Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys, Dark Hollow, Dave Evans and River Bend, the Bluegrass Brothers, Eddie & Martha Adcock and the Country Gentlemen Reunion Band with Randy Waller.

Tickets can be reserved by e-mail at tickets@horseshoebendbluegrass.com or by calling (434)286-4887.
Prices and other information are available at http://www.horseshoebendbluegrass.com

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