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Annual Festivals |
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Name |
Location |
Date |
Website |
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Pikeville Hillbilly Days |
Pikeville, KY |
4/17/2008 - 4/19/2008 |
Over 100,000 people converge on Pikeville, KY (pop 5000)
for 3 days of fun. Parades, dancing, live
bluegrass music (probably not much jamming) cornhole
competition and more.
http://www.hillbillydays.com/ |
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Merlefest |
Wilkesboro, NC |
4/24/2008- 4/27/2008 |
www.merlefest.org |
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Lewis Family Homecoming |
Lincolnton, GA |
5/1/2008 - 5/3/2008 |
http://thelewisfamilymusic.com/ |
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Gettysburg Bluegrass
Festival |
Gettysburg, PA |
5/15/2008 - 5/18/2008 |
http://www.gettysburgbluegrass.com/index2.cfm |
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Auburn Bluegrass Jam |
Auburn, KY |
5/15/2008 - 5/17/2008 |
Event held at McCutchen-Coke City Park. RV hooks
and primitive camping available. On stage music as
well as jamming. Call 270-542-4149 for more info. |
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Menokin Bluegrass Festival |
Warsaw, VA |
5/10/2008 |
http://www.menokinbluegrass.com |
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Ralph Stanley Festival |
Coeburn, VA |
5/22/2008 - 5/24/2008 |
http://drralphstanley.com/events/festival/index.shtml |
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Bluegrass 101 Festival |
Shepherdsville, KY |
6/6/2008 - 6/7/2008 |
http://www.bluegrass101.com/BardstownFestival2008.htm |
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Steve Kaufman Acoustic Kamps |
Maryville, TN |
6/8/2008 - 6/15/2008 |
http://www.acoustic-kamp.com/ |
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Steve Kaufman Acoustic Kamps |
Maryville, TN |
6/15/2008 - 6/22/2008 |
http://www.acoustic-kamp.com/ |
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ROMP |
Owensboro, KY |
6/26/2008 - 6/28/2008 |
http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/riverofmusic/ |
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Telluride Bluegrass
Festival |
Telluride, CO |
6/19/2008 - 6/22/2008 |
http://www.bluegrass.com/telluride/ |
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Kentucky Lake Bluegrass
Festival |
Aurora, KY |
6/13/2008 - 6/14/2008 |
http://www.kylakebluegrassfestival.com/ |
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Bean Blossom Bluegrass
Festival |
Bean Blossom, IN |
6/14/2008 - 6/21/2008 |
http://www.beanblossom.com/ |
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Festival of the Bluegrass |
Lexington, KY |
6/12/2008 - 6/15/2008 |
http://www.festivalofthebluegrass.com/Home.html |
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Kentucky Lake Bluegrass Festival |
- |
6/13/2008-6/14/2008 |
http://www.klbf.org/ |
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Stringbean Bluegrass Festival |
Jackson County, KY |
6/19/2008 - 6/21/2008 |
http://www.geocities.com/stringfest/ |
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Back to Harlan Bluegrass
Festival |
Harlan, KY |
6/26/2008 - 6/28/2008 |
www.harlanbgfestival.com |
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Grey Fox Bluegrass
Festival |
Ancramdale, NY |
7/17/2008 - 7/20/2008 |
http://www.greyfoxbluegrass.com/general/home.php |
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Old Time Fiddlers Festival |
Leitchfield, KY |
7/18/2008 - 7/19/2008 |
http://www.kentuckyfiddler.com/ |
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36th Annual Rockygrass |
Lyons, CO |
7/25/2008 - 7/27/2008 |
http://www.bluegrass.com/rockygrass/ |
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Blazin Bluegrass in Big
South Fork |
Whitley City |
9/18/2008 - 9/20/2008 |
www.blazinbluegrass.com |
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Osbourne Brothers Festival |
Hyden, KY |
7/31/2008 - 8/2/2008 |
http://www.osbornebrosfestival.com/ |
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Williamson County Fair |
Franklin, TN |
8/1/2008 - 8/9/2008 |
http://www.williamsoncountyfair.org/ |
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Branstetter Park Bluegrass Festival and Homecoming |
Summer Shade, KY |
8/23/2008 - 8/24/2008 |
http://www.metcalfechamber.com/ |
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JD Crowe Bluegrass
Festival |
Wilmore, KY |
8/28/2008 - 8/30/2008 |
http://www.jdcrowefestival.com/ |
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Franklin Music Festival |
Franklin, KY |
9/5/2008 - 9/6/2008 |
http://www.franklinmusicfestival.com/ |
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Poppy Mountain Bluegrass
Festival |
Morehead, KY |
10/16/2008 - 10/20/2008 |
http://www.poppymountainbluegrass.com/ |
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Jerusalem Ridge Festival |
Rosine, KY |
10/2/2008 - 10/5/2008 |
http://www.jerusalemridgefestival.org/ |
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Walnut Valley Festival |
Winfield, KS |
9/17/2008 - 9/21/2008 |
http://www.wvfest.com/ |
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Raymond Fairchild Mountain Music |
Maggie Valley, NC |
10/17/2008 - 10/18/2008 |
http://www.eaglenestnc.com/listings/ |
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Monroe County Watermelon Festival |
Tompkinsville, KY |
9/6/2008 |
http://monroecounty.virtualave.net/watermelonfestival.html |
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Vine Grove Bluegrass Festival |
Vine Grove, KY |
9/26/2008 - 9/27/2008 |
http://www.vinegrovebluegrass.com |
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IBMA Fan Fest |
Nashville, TN |
9/29/2008 - 10/5/2008 |
http://cms.ibma.org/site/events.programs/wob/fanfest.asp |
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Jerusalem Ridge Festival |
Rosine, KY |
10/2/2008 - 10/5/2008 |
http://www.jerusalemridgefestival.org/ |
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
No. 6 |
San Francisco, CA |
10/3/2008 - 10/5/2008 |
http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/ |
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Regular Jams |
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Name |
Location |
Date |
Website |
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Steve Austin Music Shop |
Portland, TN |
2nd Saturday of every
month from 2PM to 4PM |
- no website - |
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Buck Hill Cabin |
Bowling Green, KY |
Thursday Nights 6:30PM - till nobody
wants to play |
Buck Hill Cabin is located on Old Louisville Road.
You'll see it on the left before you get to Smokey Pig
if you are heading east out of Bowling Green. |
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Rosine Jam |
Rosine, KY |
Friday Nights 6PM - till everybody
is tuckered out. |
Homeplace of Bill Monroe, jamming at the general store
(inside and on the porch), in the parking lot, and on
the stage in the barn. Make the "pilgrimage" to
the birthplace of bluegrass. |
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Vine Grove Bluegrass Jam |
Vine Grove, KY |
Monday 6:00PM - 10:00PM EST |
Optimist
Club Park in Vine Grove (The same park the Vine Grove
Bluegrass Festival is held) Near the intersection Knox
Ave. and HWY 144 One block from the BP Station.
- Open to the public
- Bring your own chair
- No amplifiers or electric instruments
- No alcohol/drugs
Vine Grove
City Hall Vine Grove, KY, 40175
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Bluegrass Venues |
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Name |
Location |
Dates |
Website |
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Kentucky Opry |
Draffenville, KY |
Schedule |
http://www.kentuckyopry.com/ |
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Mountain Stage |
Charleston, WV |
Schedule |
http://www.mountainstage.org/ |
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Renfro Valley |
Renfro Valley, KY |
Schedule |
http://www.renfrovalley.com/ |
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Mountain Arts Center |
Prestonsburg, KY |
- |
http://www.macarts.com/ |
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Grand Ole Opry |
Nashville, TN |
Schedule |
http://www.opry.com/ |
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Station Inn |
Nashville, TN |
- |
http://www.stationinn.com/ |
