The Gibson Brothers at the 2023 Thomas Point Beach Festival - photo © Dale Cahill The 44th Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival was held under blue skies this year. Thomas Point's typically enthusiastic crowd of veterans and newcomers filled the seats
Event Reviews
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Fast Track at Kentuckians of Michigan
Fast Track at the Kentuckians of Michigan (9/1/23) - photo © Bill Warren Fast Track spent the Labor Day weekend performing in Canada. They passed through Detroit on Friday evening and stopped at the Kentuckians of Michigan and did a show. The
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Camp Springs Labor Day Bluegrass Festival continues to grow
Junior Sisk at the 2023 Camp Springs Labor Day festival - photo © Laura Tate Photography "This was our fifth year," Camp Springs promoter, Cody Johnson, shared on Sunday night at the close of the Labor Day weekend festival. "It continues
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’23 Camp Springs Labor Day Bluegrass Festival kicks off
Cindy and Terry Baucom/Ronald Smith at the '23 Labor Day Bluegrass Festival - photo © Gary Hatley Today marks day one of Camp Springs three-day Labor Day bluegrass festival. Cody and Donna Johnson purchased the park, site of the first bluegrass
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Appalachian Reign Remembered – Appalachian Reign
From 1975-1984, Tom Knowles and his band Appalachian Reign were fixtures in the Washington, DC bluegrass scene. Performing primarily at local night spots and festivals on the East Coast, Appalachian Reign consisted of various instrumentalists and vocalists throughout their nine
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2023 Brown County Bluegrass Festival wrap up
Russel Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out at the '23 Brown County Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The 31st annual Brown County Bluegrass Festival is complete. Edgar Loudermilk and his staff are to be congratulated on another successful festival. Yes it
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4th annual Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots Festival report
Mighty Poplar at the 2023 Green Mountain festival - photo © Dale Cahill In just four years, Jill and John Turpin have worked hard to create in the Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots festival an event which matches their vision of
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Thursday at the Brown County Bluegrass Festival
Lonesome River Band at the 2023 Brown County Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren After some late night/early morning storminess Thursday turned sunny, hot, and humid at the 2023 Brown County Bluegrass Festival. Every band went on stage damp and
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Brown County Bluegrass Festival kicks off for 2023
Cedar Creek at the 2023 Brown County Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The festivities at the Brown County Bluegrass Festival in Georgetown, OH kicked off on Monday with a chili cookoff. Tuesday early arrivals had a southern bean supper.
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Debut Webster Bluegrass Jamboree & Ice Cream Social report
The Companion Band plays the Dieterle Corncrib Stage (8/5/23) in Dexter, MI This report is a contribution from Chris Sorenson with Companion Custom Banjos, who helped put on this new event in southeastern Michigan. On August 5, festival goers traveled back in