Earl Scruggs Music Festival

New this year at North Carolina's Earl Scruggs Music Festival in late August is a talent competition they are calling Battle of the Banjos. The title is a nod to their namesake, but in fact, no banjos need be present

The PacJAM Ramblers at the 2024 Earl Scruggs Music Festival - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock For the third year in a row, kids and parents involved with the Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) and the Young Appalachian Musicians (YAM) programs enjoyed

The Earls of Leicester at the 2024 Earl Scruggs Music Festival - photo © Bryce LaFoon When it comes to comfort and convenience, music festivals can vary in terms of what they offer. For the most part, those elements aren't always

AJ Lee & Blue Summit at the 2024 Earl Scruggs Music Festival - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The 2024 Earl Scruggs Music Festival held at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, NC over Labor Day Weekend is now

The Clover Pickers at the 2023 Earl Scruggs Music Festival - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock From its inception and inaugural Labor Day weekend event in 2022, The Earl Scruggs Music Festival and the Tryon International Equestrian Center located in Mill

The Earls of Leicester at the 2023 Earl Scruggs Music Festival - photo © Bryce Lafoon Bryce Lafoon spent this past weekend at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival in Mill Spring, NC, and has shared these images from the stage shows.

The Earl Scruggs Music Festival in Mill Springs, NC, dedicated to preserving the music of the banjo pioneer and those he has influenced, is supplementing their weekend offerings to include a number of fan experiences as add ons to your

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Darin & Brooke Aldridge at the inaugural Earl Scruggs Music Festival, Labor Day 2022 - photo by Bryce Lafoon Here is another gallery of images shot by Bryce Lafoon of Lightshifter Studios during the Earl Scruggs Music Festival over Labor Day

Béla Fleck at the debut Earl Scruggs Music Festival, September 2022 - photo © Bryce Lafoon Here is another gallery of Bryce Lafoon's photos from the very first Earl Scruggs Music Festival in Mill Spring, NC over Labor Day weekend 2022. We