Camp Springs

The Church Sisters with Caroline Owens at Camp Springs (5/26/23) - photo © Jeromie Stephens Jeromie Stephens braved the rain this past weekend for the Tony Rice Memorial Day Musicfest at Camp Springs in North Carolina. He shared a good many

The cool dizzily weather failed to dampen the spirits of the artists and attendees at Camp Springs Bluegrass Park near Reidsville, NC, this weekend for the first annual Tony Rice Memorial Day Musicfest. Promoters, Cody and Donna Johnson, labored arduously

Cody Johnson, SPBGMA's newly-named Promoter of the Year, is adding a new festival to honor the legendary Tony Rice, at Camp Springs Blue Grass Park in North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend.  Johnson said, "We are excited to announce that we

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run at the 2022 Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival - photo by Laura Tate Photography Labor Day weekend marked the fourth year since Cody and Donna Johnson reopened Bluegrass Park in Camp Springs, NC, site of the first

Original IIIrd Tyme Out Reunion at Camp Springs 2022 - photo by Gary Hatley Bluegrass Park in Camp Springs (near Reidsville, NC) was covered in lawn chairs filled with bluegrass fans this past weekend. Overflow parking was needed. An extra row

Anticipation is high among bluegrass fans as the surviving members of the original IIIrd Tyme Out (Russell Moore, Terry Baucom, Alan Bibey, and Mike Hartgrove) gear up for a reunion show at Camp Springs' Labor Day Bluegrass Festival on Sunday,

Sammy Shelor grabs a selfie with Bobby Osborne at Camp Springs 2021 - photo by Jeromie Stephens We were fortunate to have photographer Jeromie Stephens at last weekend's Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival, where he not only documented many of the stage shows,

Doyle Lawson at the 2021 Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival - photo by Gary Hatley Whether it was the night chill from pre-autumn temperatures or goose bumps from watching a historic movie on the very spot where it was filmed, Friday night

Talk about a family reunion! This year over Labor Day weekend, the vintage classic, Bluegrass Country Soul, will be screened during the 2021 Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival - the very spot where the movie was filmed in 1971. A lot has changed

For many bluegrassers, especially those of the older generations, the name Camp Springs is synonymous with festivals. With Carlton Haney at the helm, it was the place to be on Labor Day weekend throughout the 1970s. After several decades with