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
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Return of Camp Springs String Music Championships goes well
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
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Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival 2020 a go
Cody Johnson, with sign depicting his dad, the late Bill Johnson, as he appeared in Bluegrass Country Soul. It happened! Cody and Donna Johnson, new owners of Camp Springs Bluegrass Park, labored diligently throughout the spring and summer, and were allowed to
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Lots of great live bluegrass this weekend, in person and online
This is a big weekend for bluegrass fans, especially lovers of bluegrass festivals! After six months of no live music pretty much anywhere, there are two major festivals being held in person. Down in North Carolina, at the site of the
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Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival slated for Labor Day
Even in the midst of a pandemic, Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival near Reidsville, NC, believes the show must go on. The site of the first bluegrass festival ever held in the Tarheel State reopened last year under new ownership, that
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Resurrected Camp Springs festival endures into 2020
On the anniversary of its 50th year, Camp Springs, the first bluegrass festival to be held in North Carolina, reopened on its original site near Reidsville, Labor Day weekend of this past year. Pioneered by legendary music promoter, Carlton Haney,
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More photos from Camp Spring 2019
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
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Camp Springs reopens for 50th Anniversary
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
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50th Anniversary Labor Day Bluegrass Festival at Camp Springs
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
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Labor Day Bluegrass Festival returns to Camp Springs in 2019
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