Larry Stephenson

New faces will join the lineup of staples at the 42nd annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival to be held in Bean Blossom, Ind., in June 2008, according to a tentative lineup that’s already being advertised. Among the notable new acts will be The Dailey Vincent Band, featuring Jamie Dailey, a veteran of Doyle Lawson’s Quicksilver, and Darrin Vincent, a longtime member of Ricky Skagg’s Kentucky Thunder.

The 2008 festival will run from June 14 to June 21.

Grand Ole Opry star Gene Watson will also appear at next year’s event. Also featured will be a reunion of Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys with Wayne Lewis and Kenny Baker, and regular events and activities, including the Bill Monroe Sunset Jam, Bluegrass Now Youth Activity Tent, workshops, the Youth Bluegrass Boot Camp (additional charge required) and free admission to the Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Country Star Museum, which is on the festival grounds, 5 miles north of Nashville, Ind.

The lineup advertised via a flyer during the Uncle Pen Day’s Festival in September includes Dr. Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, The Grascals, Cherryholmes, Gene Watson, Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top X-Press, J.D. Crowe & the New South, Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys, Marty Raybon & Full Circle, IIIrd Tyme Out, The Lewis Family, Alecia Nugent, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, James Monroe & the Midnight Ramblers, Eddie & Martha Adcock, the James King Band, Paul Williams & the Victory Trio, Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Ralph Stanley II, Special Consensus, The Sullivan Family, Larry Stephenson Band, David Parmley & Continental Divide, David Davis & the Warrior River Boys, Karl Shiflett &the Big Country Show, Dan Paisley & Southern Grass and Tommy Brown & County Line Grass.

Other acts are expected to be added to the lineup after the first of the year.

Advance tickets and camping reservations are also being accepted at www.beanblossom.com. The concert tickets are currently being sold at a substantial discount.