Ernie Evans, Norman Adams, Judy Adams, and Debi Evans at the 2019 Palatka Bluegrass Festival Evans Media Source, one of the largest promoters of bluegrass events in the southeastern United States, has acquired Adams Bluegrass Festivals, who have been dominant in
Norman Adams' name has become almost synonymous with bluegrass festivals. For 43 years he has been putting on bluegrass weekend events across the southeastern US, including the big holiday shindigs over Thanksgiving and New Years in Myrtle Beach and Jekyll
The 40th Jekyll Island Bluegrass festival, hosted by Norman and Judy Adams, kicked off with Volume 5. This group has rapidly become a festival favorite on the bluegrass circuit. The Gary Waldrep band continued its string of consecutive appearances on the Jekyll stage.
This past weekend, bluegrass promoter Norman Adams was presented with a special certificate of recognition from the International Bluegrass Music Association for his 40 years of presenting bluegrass music festivals. It was in August of 1974 that Adams hosted his first festival
