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Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival

  • Entries being accepted for Podunk festival songwriters contest

    January 16, 2023 | by John Lawless

    The Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival in Goshen, CT is now accepting entries for their 2023 Songwriters Contest. The competition has been held annually since 2010 as a part of this popular New England festival. A $25 entry fee puts amateur or

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  • Can’t You Hear It Callin’ wins Podunk Songwriters Contest

    August 30, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Earlier this month during the 25th annual Podunk Bluegrass Festival in Goshen, CT, the winners of their Podunk Songwriters Contest were announced for 2022. First prize went to Stan Keach and Jeff Trippe for Can't You Hear It Callin', a song

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  • 2021 Podunk Bluegrass Festival round up

    August 16, 2021 | by Dale and Darcy Cahill

    Circus No. 9 at the 2021 Podunk Bluegrass Festival - photo by Dale Cahill The campers were lined up on route 63 when Podunk Bluegrass Festival 2021 opened its gates on Wednesday, August 11 in Goshen, CT. Rich Heepe welcomed the

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  • Creative solutions for post COVID bluegrass festivals in 2021

    May 19, 2021 | by Dale and Darcy Cahill

    A summer without bluegrass was unimaginable last year. To our amazement, festival after festival decided to postpone their events until 2021. Many promoters held out hope, especially those who held festivals in the late summer and fall. However, as the

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  • 2021 Podunk Songwriters Contest submissions open

    February 2, 2021 | by John Lawless

    The Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival, held each summer in Connecticut for the past 25 years - except for 2020, when pandemic restrictions made that impossible - is all set to go forward with their 2021 event. It is wonderful news

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  • Boyd Timothy wins Podunk’s 2020 Bluegrass Festival Songwriting Contest

    August 6, 2020 | by Dale and Darcy Cahill

    This year’s bleak bluegrass festival season left both musicians and festival lovers disappointed. While bluegrass fans held out hope that late summer and fall festivals might not have to cancel, one by one festival promoters all reached the same conclusion,

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  • Podunk’s New Home: The Goshen Fairgrounds

    August 12, 2019 | by Dale and Darcy Cahill

    Now in its 23rd year, the Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival may have found its forever home at The Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen, CT. Rich James, long time festival organizer, tells us that attendance was up and on Friday they had to triple the

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  • Podunk’s Telefunken Band Competition contestants for ’19

    February 11, 2019 | by John Lawless

    The Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival has announced the competitors for this year's Telefunken Band Competition. The annual invitational event selects the four best entrants who submit applications, and then choose a champion on stage during the August festival. Festival staff look

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  • New location announced for Podunk Bluegrass Festival

    October 11, 2018 | by John Lawless

    The Podunk Bluegrass Festival has announced a new location for the popular Connecticut event, starting in August 2019. Following this year's festival, the five year lease Podunk had with the Hebron Lions Club expired, and the organizers were informed that the

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  • 2018 Podunk Bluegrass Festival wrap up

    August 17, 2018 | by Dale and Darcy Cahill

    Fairgrounds at Podunk 2018 made for easy, organized camping - photo by Dale Cahill It has been ten years since we last attended the Podunk Bluegrass Festival, and boy how it has changed. This summer, we finally returned to enjoy Podunk’s

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