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Instructors
Bands
Festivals
Music Stores
Radio Shows
Publications
Associations
E-mail Disccusion Groups
Other Links
This is an (always incomplete)
list of upcoming bluegrass festivals in New England for the 2009 season.
Band lineups and festival information are always subject to change, so
make sure to check each festival's website for the latest information
before you make plans. I left out those festivals that I have no information,
have not updated their websites, or can't find via a websearch.
Additions or changes? - please send an e-mail to
calendar@bbu.org
For an extremely complete,
Candi Sawyer's 2010 Bluegrass
Guide . Details for ordering are on her website.
Date |
State |
Festival |
Band Lineup and Event Information |
| April 23-25, 2010 |
MA | New England Folk Festival |
2010 Band Lineup: Too many to mention - check out the website! Info: NEFFA, PMB 282, 1770 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140, USA.
Phone: 781-662-6710 e-mail:
neffa@neffa.org |
| May 14-16, 2010 | MA |
Camp Kiwanee |
2010 Lineup: Crossfire, Patmos Brothers, Matt Miklus, Rocky Run, Three Tall Pines,No Spare Parts, Railroad House, Dawn Kenney, Three Cats & A Dog, Falmouth Fiddlers, Black Jack Crossing, Hickory Strings, Bradford Bog People, One Way Track, The Sue Rocha Band, Wildcat Bogstompers and Bay Ridge Bluegrass Info: 1 Camp Kiwanee Rd, Rte 58, Hanson MA . Call 508-280-4825 /508-542-0781 for more info. To purchase tickets....checks/m.o. made payable to: 'BOTB' 55 Wareham St Carver MA 02330 OR, stop by the Laughing Moon Boutique , Plymouth MA to purchase. |
| June 3-6, 2010 | CT | Strawberry
Park Bluegrass Festival |
2010 Lineup: Dailey & Vincent, Marty Stuart, The Greencards, Peter Rowan, The Gibson Brothers, Dry Branch Fire Squad, The Farewell Drifters, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, The Boston Boys, Amy Gallatin, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Rockin’ Acoustic Circus, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Red Molly. The festival will also host a Kid's
Academy Fri-Sun. More info on Kid's Academy contact Kim Cyr at
ctbma@yahoo.com |
| June 4-6, 2010 | NY | Adirondack Bluegrass League Bluegrass Roundup McConchies Heritage Acres |
2010 Band Lineup: Corey Zink & T Shaun Batho, Fairview Avenue, Special Creek, Cliff Down and The Barn Pickers & String Dusters, Washington County Line, Cedar Ridge, Burdo's Space, The Evans Family Band, Riverview Ramblers, The BOB Band, J Peter Yakel and Flood Road, Warren County Ramblers, Out Of The Valley, Sweet Cider, Stoned on Bluegrass, The Siver Family, Bleeker Mountain Folk, The Bluebillies, Truegrass, Springwater Info: For more information: Phone (518) 696-4322 or Email: adirondackbluegrassleague@gmail.com |
| June 12, 2010 | MA | Bluegrass on the Farm Festival 10am-8pm |
2010 Band Lineup: Bluegrass Invitation Band, No Spare Parts, Iron Skillet Band, Crossfire Band, Dawn Kenney/Loose Ends. Tickets $10 person, Kids 12 and under free. Net proceeds to Mass Lions Eye Research. Good food, children's activities, T-shirts. Info: Ken Corti - 781-336-9711 |
| June 13, 2010 | CT | Bluegrass for Food Festival |
Bands include: Breakheart Hill, the Jesse Lee Singers, Eight Mile River Band, Crossover, Monadnock Bluegrass, the Gospel Friends, Sam Tidwell & Friends, and the Gallagher Family Band. Admission is FREE, but attendees are encouraged to bring donations of non-perishable food items, which will be collected, and then given to the Covenant Soup Kitchen & Emergency Food Pantry at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Willimantic, CT. Camping info: (860)564-8887. Festival info: (860)455-9400 or email bluegrasstime@charter.net |
| June 17-20, 2010 |
ME | Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival Litchfield Fairgrounds - Litchfield, Maine |
2010 Band Lineup: Alecia Nugent (LA), Little Roy & Lizzy (GA/TN), Audie Blaylock & Redline, The Larry Gillis Band (GA) Thur, Fri. Tim Graves & Cherokee (AL) Fri. White Mountain Bluegrass (NH), Bluegrass Diamonds (NB), Wilf Clark & The Misty Mountaineers (ME), Blue Horizon (NS), Phat Grass (ME), Aroostook County Bluegrass (ME), Blue Around The Edges (RI) Sat.The LaClaires (ME) Sun, Robinson Gospel Sing Along (MA) Sun. Blistered Fingers (ME) Thurs., Fri. Info: Greg and Sandy Cormier, 263 Trafton Road, Waterville, ME 04901 ph. 207-873-6539, e-mail: blist-f@blisteredfingers.com |
| June 18-20, 2010 | NY |
Maple Ridge Center 7421 East Road – Lowville, NY 13367-9115 |
2010 Band Lineup: Kenny and Amanda Smith, Alan Bibey and Grassetowne, Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, Audie Blaylock and Redline, and more... info: 315-376-2640 |
| June 17-20, 2010 | VT | Jenny Brook Family Bluegrass Festival Tunbridge Fairgrounds - 1 Fairground Lane, Tunbridge, Vermont |
2010 Band Lineup: The GIBSON BROTHERS, SELDOM SCENE, DON RIGSBY & DUDLEY CONNELL, LEROY TROY & TENNESSEE MAFIA JUG BAND, AUDIE BLAYLOCK & REDLINE, GRASSTOWNE, SUMMERTOWN ROAD, ACOUSTIC BLUE, SMOKEY GREENE, HEMINGWAY BROTHERS, BRENDA MATHEWS & FRIENDS, and The SETH SAWYER BAND and The SAWYER BROTHERS! Info: Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival, c/o Candi Sawyer, 164 Church Avenue,
Bellows Falls, VT 05101, 802-463-1184, 802-463-3673~Fax. email:
candacesawyer@comcast.net |
| June 25-27, 2010 | NY | Madrid Bluegrass River Festival Weekend Madrid, NY
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2010 Lineup: Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa, Acoustic Blue, Beartracks, James Reams and the Barnstormers, Digger Davis & Tombstone, Spare Change, Foodstamp Ramblers, Old Barn Boys, Pat Ashley, Generation Gap, Leatherwood valley, Madrid Gospel Group, For more information: email madridbluegrass@hotmail.com
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| July 2-4, 2010 | CT | Mineral Springs Family Campground Foot Stompin' Festival Stafford Springs, CT |
2010 Lineup: Acoustic Blue, Amy Gallitan & Still Water, Charter Oak Bluegrass, Cross Over, Gail Wade & Turning Point, Grassroutes, Old Thyme Bluegrass Singers, Southern Rail, True Grass Info: 860-684-2993 |
| July 8-11, 2010 |
Vermont | Basin Bluegrass Festival Brandon, VT |
2010 Lineup: Remington Ryde, Redstone Ridge, Digger Davis and Tombstone, Acoustic Blue, Blistered Fingers, Cabn Fever, Smokey Greene, Dave Nichols and Spare Change, Cannonball Express, The Spinney Brothers, Steel Rail, Breaking Strings, Bluegrass Revisited Info: Basin Bluegrass, 91 Charberry Ln, Brandon, VT
05733-8680.
basinbluegrass@yahoo.com. More info - call (802) 247-3275.
After July 4, 2009- call (802) 236-1096. |
| JULY 15-18, 2010 | Near Albany, NY |
Grey
Fox Bluegrass Festival Walsh Farm Oak Hill, NY (NOTE NEW LOCATION) |
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| July 16-18, 2010 | Maine | Whites Beach Bluegrass Festival |
2010 Lineup: No Info |
| July 22-25, 2010 | New York | Norwich Family Bluegrass Festival |
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| July 22-25, 2010 | Maine | Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Festival Directions: |
2010 Lineup: The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Gibson Brothers, The Claire Lynch Band, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, The Bluegrass Gospel Project, The Belleville Outfit, The Good Lovelies, The Packway Handle Band, Darol Anger and the Republic of Strings, Joy Kills Sorrow, The Toughcats, The Bagboys, Muddy Marsh Ramblers, Bits & Pieces and more to come..Featuring the New England Flatpicking and Banjo Championships Info: Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Association, P.O. Box
593, Cornish, Maine 04020. Phone 207 625-8656.
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| August 5-8, 2010 | CT | Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival Martin Park, East Hartford, CT |
2010 Lineup: Blackstone Valley Bluegrass, David Davis and the Warrior River Boys, The Earl Brothers, Freight Hoppers, The Gibson Brothers, The Greencards, Hot Buttered Rum, James Reams & the Barnstormers, Josh Williams Band, Mike Cleveland & Flamekeepers, Next Best Thing, Packway Handle Band, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Southern Rail, The Expedition Show |
| August 5-8, 2010 | NH | Pemi Valley Bluegrass Festival |
2010 Lineup: The Bartley Brothers (KY), Straight Drive (NJ), 2nd Wind (NH), Smokey Greene (NY), Pine Hill Ramblers (MA), Lost Mountain (MA), Cardigan Mountain Tradition (NH), The Kickin' Grass Band (NC), Acoustic Blue (MA), Southern Rail (MA), Monadnock (NH), Parker Hill Road (NH), Geddes Road Band (NH), Robinson's Gospel Jam. |
| August 7, 2010 | ME | Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival Rangeley, ME |
2010 Band Lineup: the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience and the Del McCoury Band, along with Darol Anger, Scott Law, & Sharon Gilchrist and the Infamous Stringdusters. Festival activities include live music, beer gardens and Saddleback Country Style Barbecue. It’s held on August 7, from 11:00 am to 7:30 pm in Rangeley, Maine. All VIP seating tickets are $65; all other tickets are $35, and children 12 and under are free. To purchase tickets, call 1-866-918-2225 or www.saddlebackmaine.com |
| August 12-15, 2010 | VT | Lake Champlain Bluegrass Festival Route 2, Alburg, Vermont. |
2010 Lineup: Cherryholmes, The Spinney Brothers, Bluegrass Gospel Project, Acoustic Blue, Banjo Dan and the Midnight Plowboys, Big Spike Bluegrass, Steel Rail Bluegrass, Mad Mountain Scramblers, and more.. Free Camping, Fiddle & Banjo Contest, Craft Fair and more. Info: Please visit our web page at www.lakechamplainmusic.com or call 802-482-7766 or info@lakechamplainmusic.com |
| August 13-15, 2010 | ME | The Grass is Blue at Stonehedge Picking Party Gray, ME |
2010 Lineup: Due to the negative effects of both the weather and economy on The Grass is Blue 08 and 09, and the continued down turn in the economy leaving many of our friends unemployed and financially and emotionally hurting. We have decided to turn The Grass is Blue 2010, into a “Pickin’ Party” like no other for this year. We are opening our awesome stage to all who wish to perform, and our facility to all who wish to camp and enjoy a wonderful weekend with your Bluegrass friends, whether field picking, listening, learning, or showing your stuff. Info: Sue and Russ Jeffords, Stonehedge, 342 W. Gray Road, Gray, ME 04039. 207-428-3659. |
| August 26-29, 2010 | NY |
Lodi, NY |
2010 Lineup: Smokey Greene, Larry Gillis Band, Jesse Alexander Band, James King Band, Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, Millers Crossing, David Davis and the Warrior River Boys, GrassTowne, Josh Sloan and Coal Town, The Little Roy and Lizzy Show, Lost and Found, US Navy Band Country Current, Remington Ryde, Goldwing Express, The Pasture Kids. Info: Pickin' In The Pasture, 2515 Covert Rd., Lodi, NY 14860, 607.582.6363. email alex11@capital.net |
| August 26-29, 2010 |
Maine | Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival Litchfield Fairgrounds - Litchfield, Maine |
2010 Lineup: The Grascals (TN) Sat., Nothing Fancy (VA) Fri., Karl Shiflett & Big Country (TX) Thur., Mark Phillips & IIIrd Generation (OK) Sat., Sun., The Spinney Brothers (NS) Thur., Fri., Simon St. Pierre (ME) Fri., Bluegrass Diamonds (NB) Fri., Sat., Acoustic Blue (MA) Sat., Sun., Remington Ryde (PA) Thur., Fri., Crossover (CT) Sat., Sun., The Fiddling Landrys (NB) Fri., Sat., Original Conditions (ME) Thurs., Sun., Robinson Gospel Sing Along (MA) Sun., And Your Host Band, Blistered Fingers (ME) Fri. Info: Greg and Sandy Cormier, 263 Trafton Road, Waterville, ME 04901 ph. 207-873-6539, e-mail: blist-f@blisteredfingers.com |
| Sept 2-5, 2010 | Maine |
Farm Park, |
2010 Band Lineup: Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out, Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice, Goldwing Express, The Spinney Brothers, White Mounain Bluegrass, Blistered Fingers, The Hemmingway Brothers, Crossover, Blue Horizon, Phat Grass, Aroostook County Bluegrass, The LaClaires Info: 519 N Caribou Rd. Fort Fairfield, ME 04742suburbanelectric@hotmail.com or call (207) 227-6242 |
| Sept 3-5, 2010 | VT | 3rd Annual North Branch Bluegrass Festival North Branch Bluegrass Festival Grounds |
2010 Band Lineup: Blackstone Valley Bluegrass, Mad Mountain Scramblers, Cardigan Mountain Traditions, Big Spike Bluegrass, Staber & Chasnoff Trio, Possum Haw, Reunion Hill Band, Boots N' Shorts, The Bagboys ...and more to be announced E-mail: info@nbbluegrass.com |
| October 1-3, 2010 | MA |
Cape Cod Mandolin Camp
East Sandwich Beach, MA
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Cape Cod Mandolin Camp
East Sandwich Beach, MA
more info: 617 306 8055
The fifth annual Cape Cod Mandolin Camp will be at East Sandwich Beach, Massachusetts from October 1-3, 2010. CCMC is open to all adults who play mandolin, or wish to learn. A special beginners’ track is available, and no music reading skills are required.
Students will study and perform throughout the weekend in their choice of musical styles, including bluegrass, classical, blues, klezmer, choro, western swing, and others. Concerts will be open to the public. Special guest for 2010 is Roland White.
For more information please visit:
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