Come and join us at the 50th Annual Fathers’ Day Weekend Bluegrass Festival at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, California!

Four days of family fun, jamming, workshops, square-dancing, workshops, Children’s Programs, Kids on Bluegrass, camping on site, and three stages of the best in Bluegrass and Old Time Music under the beautiful pine trees.

Current lineup includes The Travelin' McCourys, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, The Gibson Brothers, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, Junior Sisk Band, Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands, Good Ol’ Persons, The Canote Brothers, Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick -50 Years of Togetherness, Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee, and Clinton Davis String Band.

Our California Showcase Bands are: Bearcat Stringband, Matt Michienzie Band, Mission Blue, The Town Howlers, and Windy Hill.

And our Vern's Stage Performers are: Bay Area Special, Blue Birds on a Wire, Charlie Torch, The Corn Likkers, Critical Grass, Dadweed, Deep Thicket Dwellers, Flatpick Hotel, Hey Lonesome!, Jesse Appelman’s West Coast Stringband Project, The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion, Marin County Breakdown, Matt & George and their Pleasant Valley Boys, Muddy Mountain West, and Skillet Licorice.

Three Stages of Music

Camping amongst the Pines

Extensive Youth Program

Free workshops

Free Square-dances

Food, Crafts, Beverages

Luthier’s Pavilion

Best jamming West of the Rockies

Family fun for all

FATHER’S DAY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE 

SATURDAY, JUNE 14

MAIN STAGE

10:00 am The Town Howlers

11:05am  The Canote Brothers

12:15 pm The Gibson Brothers

2:20 pm The Travelin' McCourys

3:30pm  Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick

4:25pm Lifetime Membership Awards

4:40 pm Kids on Bluegrass

6:50pm AJ Lee & Blue Summit

8:20 pm Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

9:50 pm The Travelin’ McCourys

PIONEER STAGE

12:00 pm Black Banjo Reclamation Project Showcase

1:30pm The Town Howlers

2:35pm Youth Academy Show

3:40pm Cal. Bluegrass Pioneers

4:55pm The Canote Brothers

6:10 pm Good ‘Ol Persons

VERN'S STAGE

12:00 pm Bay Area Special

12:45pm Blue Birds on a Wire

1:20pm volunteer of the Year Award

1:30pm Critical Grass

5:15 pm Skillet Licorice

6:10pm Jesse Appelman’s West Coast Stringband Project 

SQUARE DANCE!

WHITNEY PAVILION (Near Vern's Stage)

7.00 pm - no experience needed!

Friday: Clinton Davis Stringband

Saturday: The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee

Tickets                 Adult       Teen (13-17)

Thursday June 12 $55 $30

Friday June 13         $80 $40

Saturday June 14 $90 $45

Sunday June 15         $60 $30

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