Bluegrass Festival and Event Calendar - June 6
Alabama
June 6-7 — Foggy Hollow Bluegrass Gatherin’ - Wellington, AL. Featuring Bluegrass Artists The Chapmans, Blue Moon Rising, IIIrd Tyme Out, Kudzu String Band, Kelli Johnson, the Herb Trotman band and Foggy Hollow. Tickets are available at the gate for $15 (fri) $25 (Sat.) or a 2 day pass for $30.
Maine
Canceled for 2008 - Blue Hill Bluegrass Festival - Blue Hill, ME. The management of the Blue Hill Bluegrass festival has announced that the 2008 festival will not take place. A much larger Folk, Bluegrass and Acoustic music Festival is scheduled at the Blue Hill Fairgrounds the weekend prior to Blue Hill Bluegrass Festival rendering the smaller Blue Hill Festival economically unfeasible.
Michigan
June 6-8 — Midwest Banjo Camp - Olivet, MI. 2008 Instructors include: Greg Cahill, Cathy Fink, Bill Keith, Jens Kruger, Alan Munde, Mike Sumner, Pete Wernick and many more.
“Come study old-time or bluegrass banjo with some of today’s best players and teachers in both styles. Our program features hands-on classes, demonstrations, two faculty concerts, and still leaves lots of time for jamming with your fellow banjo enthusiasts. “Midwest Banjo Camp Website
West Virginia
June 6-7 — Stonycreek’s Bluegrass Festival - Mineral Wells, WV. Bluegrass acts on the lineup include: Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, Goldwing Express, Stoneycreek, Buck & Co., Bluegrass Mountaineers and others. Tickets are listed at $35 for the weekend on the Stoneycreek Website.
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Upcoming Bluegrass Festivals
April 25-27 — Benson Bluegrass Festival at the Lions Park in Benson, Arizona - Featuring the music of lllrd Generation, Digger Davis & Tombstone Flint Hill Special Titan Valley Warheads, Fiddlemania ~ Bost Family Traditions, Trusting Heart, The Hermit Tree, and the Jam Pac Neighborhood Band
Tickets: Fri - $8.00 Sat & Sun - $12.00 and a 3-day pass is $25.00
May 8-10 — The Doyle Lawson Bluegrass Festival in Denton North Carolina - Scheduled to perform are: Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Dailey and Vincent, Dan Paisley and Southern Grass, Dale Ann Bradley, The Grascals, Randy Waller and The Country Gentlemen, Cadillac Sky, Bill Yates and Friends, Cherryholmes, Paul Williams and Victory Trio, Special Consensus, J.D. Crowe and the New South, and Goldwing Express.
For ticket information contact Denton Farmpark via telephone at (336) 859-2755.
May 16-17 — Blackwater Bluegrass Spring Festival at the Blackwater Park near Jasper, Alabama - Bluegrass artists scheduled to perform include: Marty Raybon, Clear Blue Sky, Iron Horse, Crossing the Gap, Cottonmouth Creek, Foggy Hollow, Canaan’s Crossing and Stan Nelson and Hurricane Creek.
Tickets at the Gate will run $15 and $20 for Friday and Saturday single day passes respectively and a weekend pass is $30.00
Blueplate Special serving up Bluegrass
WDVX’s Blueplate Special will be serving up a heapin’ hot helping of fiddle licks Friday, May 2 when Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper stop by the studios for visit. Also scheduled to appear on May 2 are the Pea Ridge Ramblers.
Clinton, Tenn. Bluegrass baand Laycee Lee and Granite Station will perform on the Blueplate on Tuesday, May 6 wiht guest Alex Leach.
- Fri., May 2: Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Pea Ridge Ramblers
- Tue., May 6: Laycee Lee and Granite Station w/ Alex Leach
East Tennessee’s Own® WDVX will host several great Bluegrass bands on the Blue Plate Special, an hour long radio program featuring bands playing live in the studio. Locals are encouraged to be part of the WDVX studio audience weekdays at noon (Eastern Time) for free performances in downtown Knoxville, Tenn. at the WDVX studios and for those who can’t make it down for a show, listen live on-line.The WDVX studios are located in the Knoxville Visitor’s Center at the corner of Gay Street and Summit Hill Avenue in downtown Knoxville, Tenn.
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