October Bluegrass Festival links for 2023.
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2023 Bluegrass Music Festivals In October.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
Sept 29th through Oct 1st in San Francisco, California live stream online.
Uncle Dave Macon Days
Sept 28th through Oct 1st in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Big Bend Bluegrass Festival
Oct 6th & 7th in Alpine Texas.
Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention
October 4th through the 7th in Athens, Alabama.
Huck Finn Jubilee
Oct 6th through the 8th in San Dimas, California.
Blue Highway Fest
Oct 9th through the 12th 2024 in Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
Lester Flatt Celebration,
Oct 14th in Sparta, Tennessee.
Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival,
Oct 20th and 21st in Farmers Branch, Texas.
Outer Banks Bluegrass Island Festival,
Oct 19th through the 21st in Manteo, North Carolina.
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BLUEGRASS FESTIVALS
A bluegrass festival brings music lovers and bluegrass bands together. The festival usually lasts a day, a weekend, or a week. Festivals can be found worldwide, but are most prevalent in the United States. In addition to bluegrass artist performances, and jamming in the campgrounds, a bluegrass festival typically offers food, crafts, and other items for sale. Bluegrass refers to the style of music played at the festival.
Planning a bluegrass festival starts months before the event. Funding for these events begins and often involves donations from organizations and companies wishing to promote bluegrass music. Bluegrass singers are invited to attend and perform. The festival is advertised to the public for community involvement.
A bluegrass festival is usually held outside during the warm season and inside for the winter season. Food vendors are set up around the festival or in a nearby location. Festival attendees dress in casual attire and sometimes they dress in period pieces denoting bluegrass roots.
Bluegrass festivals take a tremendous amount of time and effort! Without many unpaid volunteers & community involvement, these events would cease to exist. The Southwest Bluegrass Association encourages all to support their bands, sponsors, and vendors, and buy a T-shirt! Everything you do will go a long way to encourage bluegrass music festivals and event promoters. To keep putting their efforts into continuing a tradition of bluegrass festivals & events for us to enjoy!
