What’s it like to be a bluegrass festival bum, roaming the country to soak in your favorite music?

I got a taste of that the first two weekends in November, catching Florida’s Withlacoochee Bluegrass Jamboree, near Dunellon, Fla., and then the following weekend, for a real change in landscape (and temperature), the Greater Downstate Indoor Bluegrass Festival, held inside (thankfully) at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Ill.

Oct. 25 is the final day to order advance weekend passes for the 22nd annual Greater Downstate Indoor Bluegrass Festival at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Ill., generally regarded as one of the Prairie State’s premier bluegrass events.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Give Terry and Jan Lease some credit. They really know how to throw a bash — a bluegrass bash, that is.
Sunday marked the finale of the 21st annual Greater Downstate Indoor Bluegrass Festival, which has been promoted since its inception by the Leases and their organization, Midwest Bluegrass Festivals.
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