Camp Springs

Russell Moore with IIIrd Tyme Out at the 2019 Camp Springs festival - photo by Laura Ridge In addition to Sandy Hatley, who shared a report from the 50th Anniversary Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival yesterday, Laura Ridge was also on site

50 years ago on Labor Day weekend, the first bluegrass festival in North Carolina was held at Camp Springs Bluegrass Park. This past weekend, the inaugural event resumed, following the labor of its new owners, Cody and Donna Johnson of

Last Fall we shared news that there is to be a bluegrass festival at the famous old Camp Springs site where music impresario Carlton Haney held Labor Day festivals from 1969 onwards. Developments are now well advanced to the point of

Fiddler's Roll Call at the 1971 Camps Springs Blue Grass festival - photo by Tom Isenhour The property has been obtained, cleanup has begun, and the new owners of Carlton Haney's old Blue Grass Park in Camp Springs, NC are planning

We heard today from Becky Johnson with the Camp Springs Music Foundation in North Carolina. These are the folks who have been attempting to purchase the old campground and site for the legendary Camp Springs festivals once hosted by Carlton

Bluegrass fans of a certain age will quickly smile and nod at the mention of Camp Springs. It's the name of the site in North Carolina where Carlton Haney settled his bluegrass festivals after hosting them for four years in Virginia during the