Bluegrass Music in the clubs & festivals"Many summer festivals that are run by clubs or associations offer a $2 discount on a weekend ticket to members of Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association. Show your membership card and ask if they will give you a discount. As noted, some festivals sell advance (adv.) tickets. Call the event producer for details. Be sure and tell them where you saw their event!"
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06/08-15 47th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, 5163 State Road 135 North, Bean Blossom, IN 46160 800-414-4677 $15-195 8 Big days of some of the best in bluegrass with over 50 bands performing all day and all evening Natalie@Beanblossom.US
06/26-29 Appalachain Grass, My Favorite BGB. Tish & Co., Berachah Valley, Open Rail, Retread BGB; Bluegrass at the Gateway, 19067 US Highway 52, Metamora, IN 47030 765-647-2541
06/28-30 Indiana Fiddlers Gathering, Battleground, IN
07/05 Chere and the bluegrass bobs; Churubusco, IN library 7-8p
07/11-13 4th Annual Bean Blossom Southern Gospel Jubilee, 5163 State Road 135 North, Bean Blossom, IN 46160 800-414-4677 $15-40 Appearing: Over 10 Bands, Just To Name A Couple; The Perry's, The Kingsmen, The McKamey's
07/12-13 Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, The Little Roy & Lizzy Show, Blue Mafia, Hickory Hollow Bluegrass Band, Jeremy Morris & the Harvest Road Band, Cumberland Gap, Circle City Bluegrass Band, Sat. 10-11:30a - Music workshops with Karl Shiflett; Sheridan BlueGrass Fever, Veteran’s Park, 1st & Main St, Sheridan, IN 317-758-5845 wknd $20
07/12 Doyle Lawson; Bluegate Theatre, 105 E. Middlebury St., Shipsewana, IN 46565 7p $34-$49 888-445-4725
07/13 Diamond Hill Station; Coffee Grounds, 423 Wabash, Terre Haute, IN 47807 812-238-9664 8p
07/18-19 Rhonda Vincent; Bluegate Theatre, 105 E. Middlebury St., Shipsewana, IN 46565 7p 888-445-4725
07/20 Dailey & Vincent, Graber Community Building, Odon, IN
07/25-27 15th Annual Bean Blossom Gospel Jubilee, 5163 State Road 135 North, Bean Blossom, IN 46160 800-414-4677 $15-40
08/16-18 Freight Hoppers, Goldmine Pickers, Chris Walz, Whipstitch Sallys, Flapjacks, Flatland Harmony, Midnight Cattle Callers, Hard Travelin' Boys, more; Folky Fish Fest. 2nd Annual Folky Fish Fest! 5215 N 450 W Angola Indiana 46703 574-360-6824
08/16-18 New Outlook, Uphill Climb, Out of the Blue, Chapel Hill, Steam Powered Bluegrass, Deadwood, Rock Island Plow, Patchwork, Echo Valley; ; Osceola Bluegrass Festival, Osceola, IN 567-204-0929
08/23-25 Michael Cleveland, Balsam Range, Spinney Brothers, All American BGB, Branded Bluegrass, Blue Malfia, Cornfields & Crossroads, Alec Hurtubise, Jeremy Morris, Bahler-Graber, Winding Creek BGF, 10000 W 100 S, Russiaville, IN 46979 wknd adv. $40 primitive camping only free
08/29-09/01 Don Rigsby, Stockdale Family, Grass Street, Art Stevenson & Highwater, Jett's Creek, Berachah Valley, Goldmine Pickers, Nitro Hill, Rock Island Plow, Sons of Bluegrass, Blue Mafia; Tri-State Bluegrass Festival, 580 N. Fair St., Kendallville, IN 46755 260-918-4790
09/01 New Outlook; Earl Park Bluegrass Festival Earl Park, IN 567-204-0929
09/06 Isaacs; Bluegate Theatre, 105 E. Middlebury St., Shipsewana, IN 46565 7p $39-$54 888-445-4725
09/18-21 39th Annual Bill Monroe Hall Of Fame & Uncle Pen Days Festival, 5163 State Road 135 North, Bean Blossom, IN 46160 800-414-4677 $15-$105 Over 25 bands during the 4 day span, please keep checking website for complete line up, some of the best in bluegrass
09/19 Redhead Express; Bearcreek Farms, 8339N400E, Bryant, IN 47326 $15-20 2 & 7:30p 260-997-6822
09/20 Walker Family, Redhead Express; Bearcreek Farms, 8339N400E, Bryant, IN 47326 $15-20 2 & 7:30p 260-997-6822
10/04-06 Versailles Indiana State Park Bluegrass festival
10/24-26 Dailey &Vincent; Bluegate Theatre, 105 E. Middlebury St., Shipsewana, IN 46565 7p $39 888-445-4725
10/25 Special Consensus, 9p Fiddler's Hearth, 127 N Main St., South Bend, IN 46601 574-232-2853
12/07 Skaggs Family Christmas, Whites; Bluegate Theatre, 105 E. Middlebury St., Shipsewana, IN 46565 $19-$75 888-445-4725 two shows 1 & 7p
12/31 Dailey &Vincent, more; Bluegate Theatre, 105 E. Middlebury St., Shipsewana, IN 46565 7p $89 dinner & show 2p or 6p 888-445-4725
06/15 Roy Cobb, Dana Cupp, Mitch Manns & the Coachmen; Huron Valley Eagles #3732, 13636 Telegraph Rd (US 24 & Telegraph Rd.), Flat Rock, MI 48134 $6
06/20-23 Grascals, IIIrd Tyme Out, Darrell Webb band, Marty Raybon, Audie Blaylock, Shannon Slaughter and many more, 41st Charlotte Bluegrass festival, Eaton County 4-H fairgrounds, 1025 S Cochran, Charlotte, MI 48813 269-832-5519 Thur $20 Fri $25 Sat $25 Weekend $65 at gate, adv. $55 until 6/1
06/28-29 The Boxcars, Detour, Schlitz Creek, Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys, Family Tradition, Uncle Betty, Out of the Blue, Whiskey Pickers; West Michigan June Grass Festival, Lowell, MI (note there is no longer a Mayfest) wknd $25 camping $12/day 616-891-8825
07/05 Audie Blaylock & Redline; Lake & Ship streets stage, St. Joseph, MI 7p free
07/06 Mountain Feist featuring Calder Baker on banjo; Zellie’s Opry House, P. O. Box 332, 230 E. Edgerton, Howard City, MI 49329 zelliesopryhouse at gmail.com 616-260-3032 $8 7p
07/18 Hillbenders; Mike Yore Memorial Classic Car & Music Show, Lake & Ship Streets stage, St. Joseph, MI 6 pm
07/20 Balos Family, Crossroads Country Gospel, Luke Lenhart, Steven Forester, Helmsmen Quartet, ReNew Worship; Faith Chapel Ministries, 7716 West G Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49009 269-353-3767 2:30-8:30p $20 includes supper
07/25-27 New Outlook, Appalachian Grass, Harbourtown, Roy Cobb, New County Grass, Steam Powered Bluegrass, Prater Brothers, Pushin' the Limits, Chapel Hill; Marshall Bluegrass Festival Marshall, MI 567-204-0929 Adv. $25 by 7/15, gate $30, camping $12/day
08/08-10 Milan BGF; KC Campground, 14048 Sherman Road, Milan, MI 48160 734-439-1076
08/09-10 North Central Regional Fiddlers' Convention, Hillsdale County Fairgrounds, Hillsdale, MI, $10/person weekend; Gates 8a Camping available for the weekend 08/08 potluck 6p
08/11 Picnic & music; Kentuckians of Michigan, 28391 Bredow Rd., Romulus, MI 46174
08/17 Mafia String band; Zellie’s Opry House, P. O. Box 332, 230 E. Edgerton, Howard City, MI 49329 zelliesopryhouse at gmail.com 616-260-3032 $8 7p
08/24 Stoney Creek Gospel, Bill Bynum & Co., Hand Hewn String Band, and Banjo Bridge County, more; Bachmayer Park Blissfield, MI
09/07 Huron Valley Eagles #3732, 13636 Telegraph Rd (US 24 & Telegraph Rd.), Flat Rock, MI 48134 shows restart
09/20-21 West Michigan FallFest, Lowell, MI
10/12 Michigan Fiddlers' Association jamboree, Barry County Commission on Aging, 320 W Woodlawn, Hastings, MI 49058 2-5p Fiddlers w Square Dancing 5-6p Dinner, 6-7p Open Acoustic instruments only
06/14-15 Bluegrass Mountaineers, 2nd Chance, Open Rail, The Price Family, The Rarely Herd, Idletymes, Higher Vision, The Hart Brothers, Tall Grass, Lonesome Meadow, The Boxcars; Poston Lake BGF, Guysville, OH wknd $50
06/21-22 Prater Brothers, Bluegrass 409, Lloyd Blevins, Spence Family, Vern Mcintyre; Country Stage Music Park, 40 Township Road 1031, Nova, OH 44859 419-652-2345 $25 wknd, $5/day camping
06/22 Frosty Morning, Agents Realty and Auction Services Bld., 23024 CR 621, Coshocton, OH 43812 7-9p jam afterwards,740-498-8456 $5
06/24 New Outlook; Putnam Co. Fair Ottawa, OH 3- shows 567-204-0929
06/30 Appalachian Grass; Memorial Park, E. Spring & S. Chestnut, St. Marys, OH 7pm free
07/11-13 Central Ohio Bluegrass Association’s 35th annual festival at Hartford Fairgrounds in Croton, OH (Thurs) Dixie Ryders, Grassahol; (Fri) Sterling Bluegrass, Lonesome Meadow, Slate Ridge, Goldwing Express; (Sat) David Davis & the Warrior River Boys, Northwest Territory, Idletymes, Black Diamond, Night Flyer, and the COBA Children’s Band. Camping available
07/11-14 IIIrd Tyme Out, Wildwoodvalley Boys, Harbourtown, Bluegrass Mountaineers, Ottawa County, Coney Carver, Vertical Limit, Blanton Family, Out of Mind, Rat Holler, Breakline, Delusions of Genre, Huron County Fairgrounds, 940 Fair Road, Norwark, OH 44857, wknd $45 camp $10/day 440-213-8358
07/12-13 Don Rigsby & Midnight Call, Marty Raybon & Full Circle, Nathan Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, The Whitaker Brothers, Jimmy Haynes, Junior Blankenship, Derek Sparkman, Harold Hamilton & Southern Tradition, Darrell Webb, Pearl Hamilton 561-886-8889 Harold Hamilton 567-227-0149 Glenn Hamilton 440-328-5020 Limited Electric $15/day; free rough camping, Fri. $25 Sat. $35 Weekend $50 Proceeds go to Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH; Crawford County Coonhunters’ Club, 3121 Biddle Road, Crestline, OH 44827
07/17-20 Rhonda Vincent; MACC/Bluegrass Classic, Hoover Y-Park, Columbus, OH
07/19-20 Ottawa County, Muddy Krick, Vertical Limit, Coney Carter, Matheson Family Pride: Country Stage Music Park, 40 Township Road 1031, Nova, OH 44859 419-652-2345 $25 wknd, $5/day camping
07/20 Appalachian Grass; Ottawa Metro Park Amphitheater, 2632 Ada Rd., Lima, OH 7pm Free
07/27 Awesome Possum, Agents Realty and Auction Services Bld., 23024 CR 621, Coshocton, OH 43812 7-9p jam afterwards,740-498-8456 $5
07/27 Drew Munger, Daryl Wayne Dasher concert; Black Swamp Nature Center, Paulding, OH donation $10-15 each 419-399-4315 7p
08/03 New Outlook, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, more; VFW Mountain Bluegrass Festival, 7578 Fenner Rd, Ludlow Falls, OH 45339 567-204-0929, VFW (937) 698-6727
08/16-17 Willow Creek, Kentucky Border, Harold Hamilton, Poaceaus, Jimmy Haynes; Country Stage Music Park, 40 Township Road 1031, Nova, OH 44859 419-652-2345 $25 wknd, $5/day camping
08/19 New Outlook; Allen Co. Fair Lima, OH Gospel Show 567-204-0929
08/24 Northwest Territory, Agents Realty and Auction Services Bld., 23024 CR 621, Coshocton, OH 43812 7-9p jam afterwards,740-498-8456 $5
09/15 New Outlook; Today's Harvest, New Paris, OH 567-204-0929
09/20-21 Red Dust, WV Cutups, Cedar Bluff, Rock Island Plow Co., Highland Grass; Country Stage Music Park, 40 Township Road 1031, Nova, OH 44859 419-652-2345 $25 wknd, $5/day camping
09/28 Appalachian Grass; FOP Benefit, Prophets Park Amrou Grotto, 2560 Old River Rd, Zanesville, OH 43701
10/04 Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Idletymes Bluegrass Band; Stuart’s Opera House, 52 Public Square, Nelsonville, OH 45764 740-753-1924 8p $25-35
08/17 New Outlook; Rockhome Gardens Arcola, IL 567-204-0929
06/14-15/2014 Gebhard Woods Dulcimer festival Morris, IL 708-756-385
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Contra Dance, First United Methodist Church, 215 South 5th St., Goshen, IN 46526; 1st Sat., General Public: $7, Members $6, Students: $4, Student members $3, Children under 12: free, Family maximum cost: $18. 7:30p beginner lessons, 8-11p dance 574-533-9906 year around
Fiddler's Hearth is South Bend's local public house -- a gathering place for Celtic artists and the public at large, regular weekly jams, acoustic and Irish. 127 North Main Street, South Bend, IN 46601 574-232-2853 Old Timey jam every Tuesday evening year around
Front Porch Music, 505 E. Lincolnway, Valparaiso, IN 46383 8 PM 219-464-4700 year around
Opera House, 7th & Brook St., PO Box 37, Mitchell, IN 47446 812-849-2337 unknown
Bluegrass Opry Barn, 9461 OH-66, Oakwood,
OH 45873-9357
1 mile N of Oakwood, OH in Paulding county or 14 miles south of Defiance, OH 419-594-2816 shows 7p with opening band. Price is around $10. Jam every Tuesday at 6 pm until ?
winter series
Closed: Famous Old Time Music Co., 20322 US 33, Wapakoneta, OH
45895 419-568-1220 Friday jams 6-9p
and Vernon's schedule
year around
Closed:
Glass City Opry,
601 E. Conant Street, Maumee OH 43537-3363 doors 6p show 7-9p 419-250-1096
winter series
Kent Stage, 175 East Main Street, Kent, OH 44240330-677-5005 Pennyroyal Opera House Bluegrass - The Place Where Bluegrass Happens!! Located on Interstate 70 at
Fairview, OH 43736 Exit 198 between Cambridge, OH & Wheeling, WV - Rich or Carol Smith 740-695-6291 Cafeteria opens at 5p Shows start at 7p $10
winter series
Harry Whiting Brown House CC, 34 Village Sq., Glendale, OH
2nd Sa - Midwest Bluegrass Assoc., 7p, $5 member $6 n-member M. Couch 513-772-1595 year aroundMiami University Artist Series, 1601 University Blvd.. Hamilton OH 45011 Parrish Auditorium, $3 charger per order 513-785-1968 (new number) or epsteihr at muohio.edu, season pass, seniors & student/children tickets available; single event tickets sold after season tickets, prices vary $18-22, season tickets senior $150, regular $160 winter series
Corsair Concert Series, Tawas United Methodist Church Family Center, on highway M-55, in Tawas City, MI 48763 Showtime 7:30p. Gary Nelkie 989-362-2001 Presented by the Corsair Trail Council, proceeds from the concert series are used to maintain and operate the Corsair Skiing and Hiking Trails in the Huron National Forest winter series
Huron Valley Eagles #3732, 13636 Telegraph Rd (US 24 & Telegraph Rd.), Flat Rock, MI 48134 8 - 11:30 PM Dana Cupp Jr. President, 586-754-6955, Roy Cobb (VP - Entertainment & Booking Agent) 313-381-7751. $10 except as noted The bluegrass program on Saturdays will be discontinued for the summer until September 9, 2013.
Kentuckians of Michigan, 28391 Bredow Rd., Romulus, MI 46174 S I-94 at Bredow Rd between Middlebelt and Inkster Rds near Romulus, MI 734-782-0132 $8 buffet @ 7 PM, admission varies. Keith Jason 734-484-1480 or Jean Campbell 734-269-6602 to play; winter series
Music Show at Historic Charlton Park Held the 4th weekend of every month throughout the summer. Admission is $5 adults and $3 for children ages 5-12. 2545 S. Charlton Park Rd. Hastings, MI 269-945-3775 summer
Niles Riverfront Park, Downtown Niles, MI 574-272-2001 6p opening act 7p main act; free (not all bluegrass) Weekly Niles Bluegrass summer
Oakland Community College, Royal Oak Campus, 739 S. Washington Royal Oak, MI 48067 248-246-2400 7:30p $20 winter series
Ten Pound Fiddle, 431 Gainsborough Dr, East Lansing, MI 48823 517-337-7744
The Ark 316 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2108 734-761-1800 doors open 7:30 PM, show at 8 PM unless noted year around
Zellie’s Opry House, PO Box 332, 230 E. Edgerton, Howard City, MI 49329 zelliesopryhouse @ gmail.com 616-260-3032 $5 show 7p doors 6p mostly winter series
American Legion, 1030 Central St., Evanston, IL 847-573-0443shows at 8 PM $20 donation adults, $15 seniors, kids 16 & under Dates may change (and have). Check their web for latest info.
Miramar Theatre, 2844 N. Oakland Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53211 414-967-0302 (progressive to traditional)
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