Festivals

The 46th Annual Bill Monroe Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival will be held June 9 – 16, 2012 at the Bill Monroe Memorial Bluegrass Music Park & Campground in Bean Blossom (Brown County), Indiana.  The 8-day event includes a stellar line-up of over 50 bluegrass bands, Youth Bluegrass Boot Camp, instrument and vocal workshops, jam sessions, camping, food, vendors, and so much more.  Tickets can be purchased by phone (800) 414-4677 or at the park’s website:

Boasting the best lineup to date, Camp Euforia releases its two-day schedule featuring over 20 artists and three full sets from Eufórquestra, including a Beck cover set. And for the first time in it's nine-year existence, Camp Euforia will offer single-day tickets for Saturday, July 14th.

Ticket sales are underway for the 7th annual SONIC BLOOM festival set to take place in beautiful Georgetown, Colorado the weekend of June 21-24th. Early bird ticketing and first tier ticketing for the four-day camping event has already sold out and festival attendees are encouraged to secure passes for the intimate electronic music and arts festival now.

CounterPoint Music and Arts Festival, a new three-day music and arts festival in Atlanta, Georgia this September 27 - 29, 2012 has announced its first round of performers.

Jomeokee Music and Arts Festival is proud to announce the 2012 lineup for their 1st annual music and camping festival. Del McCoury Band, Stephen Marley and Yonder Mountain String Band will be joined by Keller Williams with the Travelin’ McCourys, Jimmy Herring Band, Lettuce, The Everyone Orchestra (Conducted by Matt Butler and featuring Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic), Al Schnier & Vinnie Amico (moe.), Mich

I had a dream about Steve Martin, last night..

I knew I'd be writing this story, today.. That's likely why he was on my mind.  Of course he was in a white suit, with an arrow headband on his head.  [I'm a child of the seventies, after all..] But instead of playing for laughs, he was picking his banjo with fire, along with a bevy of world-class bluegrass musicians.  This was an especially fun dream, considering I've never seen him perform in any capacity beyond the movie theater.

Jomeokee Music & Arts Festival will proudly announce on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 the lineup for their first annual event to be held at the Jomeokee Campground in Pinnacle, North Carolina. Set against the majestic scenery of Pilot Mountain, Jomeokee Fest (September 14th - 16th, 2012) will host live performances from Americana, funk, folk, jam, string, blues and world music bands and musicians.

Music On the Mountaintop has confirmed the first round of artists slated for the fifth annual music festival outside of Boone, North Carolina this August 24-26, 2012. The festival, which returns as Railroad Earth's Music on the Mountaintop and is expanding to include three full days of music, has brought together its most eclectic lineup to date.

Early bird tickets and VIP packages are now on sale for the 2nd annual Railroad Earth’s Hangtown Halloween Ball, October 26 – 28, 2012.

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