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March 24 - 25 ~ Phoenix Folk Traditions Music Festival, Phoenix, AZ
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
April 11 - 13 ~ Durango Bluegrass Meltdown, Durango, CO
The Jim Lauderdale Bluegrass Band, The Infamous Stringdusters, Chris Stuart and Backcountry, Hurricane Creek Bluegrass Band, and Regional Bands: The Bluegrass Patriots, Sweet Sunny South, Spring Creek Bluegrass Band, The Blue Canyon Boys, and Badly Bent.
www.durangomeltdown.com
April 11 - 13 ~ Verde Valley Bluegrass Festival, Cottonwood, AZ
EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Unavoidable difficulties with contract negotiations have caused us to wait until 2009 to initiate this new Festival.
April 18 - 20 ~ Arizona Outback Spring Fiddlefest - Lions Club, Salome, AZ
Jamming, eating, games, parking lot pickin', fun - fun - fun - Dry RV Parking (donations gladly accepted to help pay for dumpsters, etc.) - For more info call Linda @ (928) 859-4621
www.arizonaoldtimefiddlers.org/events.htm
April 25-27 ~ Bluegrass in the Park, Benson, AZ
Hosted by the Benson Chamber of Commerce and the Benson Wister Center. Featured bands are IIIrd Generation, Digger Davis & Tombstone, Flint Hill Special, Titan Valley Warheads, Fiddlemania, Bost Family Traditions, Trusting Heart, The Hermit Tree, Jam Pac Neighborhood Band. Plus Workshops ~ Jam Sessions ~ Vendors and More.
www.benosnvisitorcenter.com Benson Chamber of Commerce at (520) 586-2842.
May 23 - 25 ~ Old Time Fiddlers Acoustic Music Jam, Chino Valley, AZ
Memorial Park - Chino Valley, AZ - For more info call Ruth @ (928) 632-2272
www.arizonaoldtimefiddlers.org/events.htm
June 12 - 15 ~ 33rd Father's Day BG Festival, Grass Valley, CA
Blue Highway, The Dan Tyminski Bluegrass Band, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Crooked Still, Bradley Walker, Grasstowne, The Wilders; Also featured: Goldwing Express, The Doerfel Family, Sidesaddle and Company, The Blade Runners, Natural Drift, Mt. Diablo String Band, Diana Donnelly and the Yes Ma'ams, Belle Monroe and the Brew Grass Boys.
www.cbaontheweb.org
June 13 - 15 ~ 5th Annual North Fork Bluegrass and Roots Music Festival, Hotchkiss, CO
Kruger Brothers, Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain, Kane, Welch & Kaplin, Diana Jones, The Hickory Project, Mighty Squirrel, Halden Wofford & The Hi Beams, Rock and Rye, 3 Wire, David Starr & Friends, Chele's Kitchen, Metamoocil Mountain Boys
www.northforkbluegrass.com
June 13 - 15 ~ Huck Finn Jubilee, Victorville, CA
See our ARTICLE for detailed informaiton. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Dan Tyminski Bluegrass Band, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Blue Highway, "Berline, Crary, & Hickman", The Gibson Brothers, California Reunion, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Randy Waller and the Country Gentlemen, The Copper River Band, Julie Wingfield. www.huckfinn.com
June 14 - 15 ~ Heber/Overgaard Annual Benefit, Heber/Overgaard, AZ
EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
June 19 - 22 ~ Telluride BG Festival, Telluride, CO
Sam Bush Band, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder, Ani DiFranco, Yonder Mountain String Band, John Cowan & Darrell Scott Band, Tim O'Brien, Bela Fleck, Peter Rowan, Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer, Brett Dennen Spring Creek Bluegrass Band.
www.bluegrass.com/telluride/
June 21 - 22 ~ Prescott BG Festival, Prescott, AZ
In its 28th year, this event is held on the Courthouse Square, this event is FREE. The Gibson Brothers, Heidi Clare and At A Gallop, with Ron Thomason, Sons and Brothers, Sawmill Road, Fire Ridge.
www.prescottbluegrassfestival.com
June 28 - 29 ~ 7th Annual Flagstaff Folk Festival, Flagstaff, AZ
The Festival will be at the Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 N. Fort Valley Road. Join us for live acoustic music by individual and group acts, on multiple stages, along with workshops for playing, song writing, story telling, and more one of the best folk performance venues in the state of Arizona! The festival is always a lot of fun so if you would like to volunteer, email the coordinators today!
www.ffotm.net/folkfest
July 10 - 13 ~ High Mountain Hay Fever, Westcliffe, CO
Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, The Bradley Walker Band, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, Danny Paisely and the Southern Grass, The Alecia Nugent Band, The Corndrinkers, The Charlie Sizemore Band, The Wronglers, Diane Ferlatte, Heidi Clare and Lonesome Cowboy Hobo Wyoming Slim, Palmer Divide, The Blue Canyon Boys, Lonesome Traveler Bluegrass Band, Sons and Brothers, Dry Branch Fire Squad.
www.highmountainhayfever.org/home.asp
July 25 - 27 ~ RockyGrass, Lyons, CO
Sam Bush Bluegrass Band, Dan Tyminski Band, Natalie MacMaster, Sam Bush - Jerry Douglas & Edgar Meyer, Psychograss, JD Crowe & The New South, Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet featuring Bela Fleck w/ Casey Driessen & Ben Sollee Russ Barenberg & Bryan Sutton, John Cowan Band, Peter Rowan, The Infamous Stringdusters, Chatham County Line, Bearfoot, The Steeldrivers, Adrienne Young & Little Sadie, Spring Creek Bluegrass Band. www.bluegrass.com/planet/rockygrass_festival.shtml
August 1 - 3 ~ AOTFA Summer Camp Out, Flagstaff, AZ
www.arizonaoldtimefiddlers.org Noreen: (928) 853-3577
August 9 - 10 ~ White Mountain Bluegrass Festival, Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ
Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 420, Pinetop AZ, 85935. susie@pinetoplakesidechamber.com or (800) 573-4031
www.pinetoplakesidechamber.com
August 22 - 24 ~ Summergrass, San Diego, CA
Bluegrass, Etc., Don Rigsby & Midnight Call, The Infamous Stringdusters, Chris Stuart & Backcountry, Burnett Family.
www.summergrass.net
August 22 - 24 ~ 34th Traditional & Bluegrass Music Festival, Santa Fe, NM
Honi Deaton & Dream, Triple LLL, The Freight Hoppers, Eric & Suzy Thompson, Palmer Divide, Sandia Hots.
www.southwestpickers.org/festivals.html
September 12 - 14 ~ 3rd Pickin'in the Pines, Flagstaff, AZ
PIP is three fabulous days of concerts, workshops, contra dancing, band contest, children's activities, camping and jamming, all in the beautiful pines here in Flagstaff. The festival will take place at the Pine Mountain Amphitheater, at the Coconino County Fairgrounds, just south of Flagstaff, Arizona.
The lineup features The Del McCoury Band, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike with Becky Buller, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Steve Smith and Hard Road, Burnett Family Bluegrass, Spring Creek Bluegrass, The Billy Pilgrims, Sawmill Road and other fine bands.
Early bird weekend passes are on sale now for $50 (a savings of $20 off the gate price!). Please call 928-525-1695 for details. A link to Paypal will be available soon. Please sign up for our mailing list below if you wish to be notified when on-line purchase is available through Paypal.
www.pickininthepines.org/
Sept 19 - 21 ~ Bluegrassin' in the Foothills, Plymouth, CA
The Gibson Brothers, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, New Found Road, The Bluegrass Brothers, Don Rigsby & Midnight Call, Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain, Rita Hosking.
www.landspromotions.com/plymouthhome.htm
Sep 29 - Oct 5 ~ IBMA Conference, Nashville, TN
Business Conference, Awards Show, Fan Fest. Lots of jamming, all ages!
www.ibma.org
October 4 - 5 ~ Sharlott Hall Folk Festival, Prescott, AZ
Enjoy the best of Arizona acoustic music, including fiddle, banjo, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, dulcimer and singers, songwriters and storytellers. Six venues on the beautiful Museum grounds present concerts, workshops and dancing.
http://sharlot.org
October 10 - 12 ~ 19th Annual Bluegrass Festival, Logandale, NV
Lost Highway, Silverado, Marty Warburton Band, Red Desert Ramblers, Digger Davis & Tombstone, Just For Fun
www.snvbluegrass.com
October 25 - 26 ~ 9th Annual Tucson Bluegrass Festival, Tucson AZ
The Tohono O'odham Nation is hosting the festival at their Desert Diamond Casino. The festival is outdoors and will be staged in the beautiful plaza between the Casino and the Diamond Center. Featured bands are Dale Ann Bradley, Chris Stuart & Backcountry, Kirby Knob Boys, Sawmill Road, Burnett Family Band, Jam Pac Blues & Grass. Info: 520-296-1231
www.desertbluegrass.org
November 14 - 16 ~ Four Corner States Bluegrass Festival, Wickenburg, AZ
www.wickenburgchamber.com
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