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

THURSDAY, JUNE 12

MAIN STAGE

10:00am Mission Blue

11:05am Matt Michienzie Band

12:15pm Crying Uncle Bluegrass

2:20 pm Clinton Davis Stringband

3:30pm Junior Sisk Band

4:40 pm Music Camp All-Stars

6:50pm Clinton Davis Stringband

8:20pm Crying Uncle Bluegrass

9:50 pm _ Junior Sisk Band

PIONEER STAGE

1:30pm Windy Hill

2:35pm Bearcat Stringband

3:40pm Sidesaddle & Co.

4:55pm Arkansas Sheiks

6:10pm High Country

VERN'S STAGE

12:00 pm Marin County Breakdown

12:45 pm Muddy Mountain West

1:30pm Matt and George and Their Pleasant Valley Boys

5:15pm Hey Lonesome!

6:10 pm Deep Thicket Dwellers

FRIDAY, JUNE 13

MAIN STAGE

10:00am Windy Hill

11:05am Bearcat Stringband

12:15pm Junior Sisk Band

2:20pm Crying Uncle Bluegrass

3:30pm AJ Lee & Blue Summit

4:40pmKids on Bluegrass

6:50pm Good ‘Ol Persons

8:20pm Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands

9:50pm AJ Lee & Blue Summit

PIONEER STAGE

1:30pm Mission Blue

2:35pm Matt Michienzie Band

3:40pm Cal. Bluegrass Pioneers

4:55pm  Blue & Lonesome

6:10 pm Youth Open Mic

7:25pm The Canote Brothers

VERN'S STAGE

12:00 pm Flatpick Hotel

12:45pm The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion

1:20pm Bill & Faye Downs Awards

1:30pm The Corn Likkers

5:15 pm Dadweed

6:10pm Charlie Torch

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

SUNDAY, JUNE 15

MAIN STAGE

10:00 am Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

11:05am The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee

12:15pm The Gibson Brothers

2:20 pm Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

3:25pm The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee

4:40 pm The Gibson Brothers

PIONEER STAGE

9:00 - 10:30 am_ Bluegrass Gospel Jam and Service

VERN'S STAGE

FATHER’S DAY BRUNCH

Mimosas & Bloody Marys

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

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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Festival Date and Time: June 12-15, 2025

Location: Nevada County Fairgrounds

11228 McCourtney Road 

Grass Valley, CA 95945

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