Feel free to contact me if you have a question about your event. Earl Scruggs Music Festival kicks off September 1-3, 2023 in Mill Spring, NC. MerleFest was founded by legendary musician Doc Watson and in 2023 is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Take a look at the list below Other workshops and forums include songwriting, clogging and flat-foot dancing, yoga (all levels), and bluegrass jamming 101. Entry ticket prices will be donation only. The duo is joined by drummer Bill Vitt and bassist John Kahn, who soon became a lifelong Garcia collaborator. Other acts scheduled to appear during the late-summer event include the host and his collaborators, The Jerry Douglas Band, as well as Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Jon Stickley Trio, Twisted Pine, Della Mae, Tray Wellington Band and many more. You should definitely try to make a pilgrimage to Telluride Bluegrass at least once. Find 2023 and 2024 music festival dates, lineups, and tickets at JamBase. September 27, 2022 Join us for American Made Music, Mules Solon, VA, 24 South Branch Valley Bluegrass Festival, Romney, WV, 24-25Prescott Bluegrass Festival,Prescott, AZ, 28-7/2Remington Ryde Bluegrass Festival,Centre Hall, PA, 6/28-7/2Remington Ryde Bluegrass Festival,Centre Hall, PA, 6/29-7/2 High Sierra Music Festival,Quincy, CA, 29-7/2 High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy, CA, 6/30-7/1 Savannah Bluegrass Festival,Savannah, TN, 6/30-7/1 Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree, Smithville, TN, 6/30-7/2 Great Blue Heron Music Festival, Sherman, NY, 6/30-7/2 Fossil Camp & Jam,Fossil, OR, 30-7/1 Savannah Bluegrass Festival,Savannah, TN, 30-7/1 Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree, Smithville, TN, 30-7/2 Great Blue Heron Music Festival, Sherman, NY, 9-11 Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival,Haines Junction, YT, 16-18 Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival, Lake Cowichan, BC, 1-2 Big Mouth Bluegrass Festival, Pelham, TN, 6-9 High Mountain Hay Fever, Westcliffe, CO, 6-9 Pickin on Picknic, St. Clair, MO, 6-9 Basin Bluegrass Festival, Brandon, VT, 7-9 Lost River Bluegrass Festival, Merrill, OR, 7-9 Bluegrass from the Forest Festival, Shelton, WA, 8 Hammons Family Fiddle & Banjo Contests & World Class Jam, Marlinton, WVFacebook, 8 Bluegrass on the Grass, Carlisle, PA, 12-16 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival,Oak Hill, NY, 13-15 Shriners Bluegrass Festival, Olive Hill, KY, 13-15 4848 Festival, Snowshoe, WV, 14-15 Tazewell County Fiddlers Convention, Tazewell, VA, 14-16 Snowygrass Music Festival, Estes Park, CO, 14-16 TedFest(formerly Wasatch Mountain Music Festival),Wallsburg, UT, 15 Doc & Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest,Sugar Grove, NC, 20-22 Danby Country & Bluegrass Festival,Danby, VT, 21-22Alleghany County Fiddlers Convention, Sparta, NC, 21-22Grits n Grass Music Festival, Pickens, SC, 21-22 Bluegrass Along the Harpeth,Franklin, TN, 21-22 Oyster Ridge Music Festival,Kemmerer, WY, 21-23 Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival, Marquette, MI, 21-23 Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival,Hamilton, MT, 21-23 Darrington Bluegrass Festival,Darrington, WA, 21-29 Marshall Bluegrass Festival,Marshall, MI, 26-30 Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival,Stevenson, WA, 27-30 Ossipee Valley Music Festival, South Hiram, ME, 27-30 Brantling Bluegrass Festival, Sodus, NY, 27-30 Midsummer Bluegrass Festival,Manitowish Waters, WI, 28-30Backbone Bluegrass Festival, Strawberry Point, IA, CANADA7-9 PEI Bluegrass & Old Time Music Festival, Dundas, PEI, 15 Chemainus Bluegrass Extravaganza,Chemainus, BC, 1-5 Pickin in Parsons, Parsons, WV, 2-6 Appalachian String Band Music Festival,Clifftop, WV, 3-6 Appalachian Fiddle & Bluegrass Association Festival, Wind Gap, PA, 4-5 Sugar Maple Music Festival,Madison, WI, 4-6 Winlock Pickersfest, Winlock, WA, 5-6 Keystone Bluegrass & Beer Festival, Keystone, CO, 7-10Targhee Music Camp, Alta, WY, 7-12 Old Fiddlers Convention, Galax, VA, 10-13 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, Tres Pinos, CA, 10-13 Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival,Goshen CT, 11-13 Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, Lyons, CO, 11-13Osceola Music Festival,Osceola, IN, 11-13 Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival,Medical Lake, WA, 10-13 Minnesota Bluegrass August Festival, Richmond, MN, 11-13Targhee Bluegrass Festival,Alta, WYFacebook, 16-21Augusta Heritage Center Bluegrass Week, Elkins, WV, 17-20 Winding Creek Bluegrass Festival, Russiaville, IN, 17-20 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival,Gettysburg, PA website not updated, 18-19 Wyoming State BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival,Worland, WY, 18-20 Hoxeyville Music Festival,Wellston, MI, 18-20 Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots, Manchester, VT, 19-20 Laurel Hill Bluegrass Festival,Somerset, PA, 24-26 Brown County Bluegrass Festival,Georgetown, OH, 24-26 Bluegrass in the Pines, Rosholt, WI, 25-26 Ocean Lakes Bluegrass Weekend,Myrtle Beach, SC (Ocean Lakes patrons only), 23-27 Lakes Bluegrass Festival, Pine River, MN, 24-27 Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival August, Litchfield, ME, 24-27 Pickin in the Pasture, Lodi, NY, 24-27 Crook Farm Old-Time Music Festival,Bradford, PA, 25-27 Bowers Mansion Music Festival, Reno, NV, 25-27 Santa Fe TradFest,Santa Fe, NM, 25-27 Oak Grove Folk Music Festival, Staunton, VA, 26 Evanston Bluegrass Festival,Evanston, WY, 31-9/3Tri-State Labor Day Weekend Bluegrass Festival,Kendallville, IN, 31-9/3Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, Brunswick, ME, 4-6 Blueberry Bluegrass Festival, Stony Plain, AB, 4-6 Coombs Bluegrass Festival, Coombs, BC, 10-13 Clare Bluegrass Association Festival, Meteghan Centre, NS, 14-20 Northern Lights Bluegrass & Old Time Music Camp and Festival, Ness Creek, SK, 20-9/1 NimbleFingers Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Workshops and Festival, Sorrento, BC, 25-27 Rogersville Bluegrass Festival, Rogersville, NB, Feb 10-12 Yarra Junction Fiddlers Convention, Yarra Junction, Victoria, Feb 24-26 The Great Alpine Pick, Beechworth, Victoria, Oct 27-29- Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival,Dorrigo, NSW, Oct 27-29Fleurieu Folk Festival,Willunga, SA, Nov 3-5 Imbil Acoustic Music Festival,Imbil, QLD, Nov 17-19 Mountaingrass Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival, Beechworth, Victoria, CZECH REPUBLIC 2023Jun 16-17Banjo Jamboree, Cslav, Feb 10-12 FOAOTMAD Old Time Music and Dance Festival, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, May 6 Spring into Bluegrass Day, Naseby, Northamptonshire, May 19-22FOAOTMAD Spring Camp,Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, Jun 8-12 East Anglian Bluegrass Festival,Steeple Morden, Hertfordshire, Jun 16-18 Black Deer Festival of Americana, Kent, July 14-16 Crossover Bluegrass and Old-time Music Festival, Newport, Shropshire, Jul 23 Battlefield Bluegrass Festival, Naseby, Northamptonshire, Aug 4-14FOAOTMAD Summer Camp,Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, Sep 8-10Sweet Sunny South American Oldtime Music Festival, Ashington, West Sussex, FRANCE 2023Aug 2-6 Bluegrass in La Roche Festival, La Roche-sur-Foron website not updated dates verified, May 5-6 Bhler Bluegrass Festival, Bhl, Baden, May 27-28GrevenGrass Bluegrass Festival, Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, HUNGARY 2022Aug 12-14International Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival, Abaliget, IRELAND 2023Jun 9-11 Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival, Westport, County MayoFacebook, Jul 15-17 Ardara Bluegrass Festival, Ardara, County Donegal, Aug 26-28 Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival, Dunmore East, County Waterford, May 13-14 Spring Takarazuka Bluegrass Camp,Takarazuka, Aug 3-6 Takarazuka Bluegrass Festival, Takarazuka, Oct 28-29 Fall Takarazuka Bluegrass Camp, Takarazuka, May 18-20European World of Bluegrass,Voorthuizen, Jun 23-25 Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival, Rotterdam, May 27-29 Bluegrass Omagh, Omagh no 2023 dates on website, Jul 10-16 Strenger i Gress Bluegrassfestival,Vikersund, Sep 9-11 Trafaria Bluegrass Festival, Trafaria, Sep 22-24 Moniaive Michaelmas Bluegrass Festival, Moniaive, Dumfries & Galloway, Nov 17-19Scots Fiddle Festival, Edinburgh, May 13-15 SpringGrass Bluegrass Festival, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Jun 3-5 Arisaig Americana Music Festival, Arisaig, Mar 3-4 Barcelona Bluegrass Camp, Barcelona, Nov 3-6 Al Ras Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival, Barcelona, Jun 30 Jul 1 Torsker Bluegrass Festival, Torsker, Aug 20 Grenna Bluegrass Festival,Grnna, Jun 17-19 Green Valley Festival of Bluegrass Music, Westerndorf, Aug 20 Dorneck Bluegrass Festival,Gempen, Solothurn. Welcome to Michigans most comprehensive festival guide where you can find all of the music festivals, food festivals, cultural festivals, art festivals, historical festivals, wine and beer festivals and more in such cities as Detroit, Ann Arbor, Holland, Traverse City, Bessemer, Grand Marais, Muskegon, Battle Creek and everywhere in-between. WebThe Festival is postponed for 2023 and will return in 2024.The one-day festival features local and national music artists, great food trucks and regional fare, artisan handmade arts and crafts, old time craft demonstrations, local breweries featured in our beer garden, a variety of activities for children, and the legendary Berry Pie Baking This family-friendly event includes top entertainment on stage as well as impromptu jams, great food, vendors, and an incredible location at the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum. 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Festival Ironwood Ironwood7/12-7/15 Wyandotte Street Art Fair Wyandotte7/12-7/16 Kindleberger Summer Festival of the Performing Arts Parchment7/13-7/15 Original Dulcimer Players Club Funfest Evart7/14-7/15 Scrapfest Lansing7/14-7/15 Grass Lake Traffic Jamin Grass Lake7/14-7/15 Aura Jamboree Aura 7/14-7/15 Upheaval Festival Grand Rapids7/14-7/15 Centreville Covered Bridge Days Centreville7/14-7/15 Attica Days Festival Attica7/14-7/15* Minden City Homecoming Minden City7/14-7/15* A Taste of Brighton SummerFest Brighton7/14-7/15* Houghton Lake Blues Festival PrudenvilleWeekend continues below, 7/14-7/15 Summer in the City Dowagiac7/14-7/16 Faster Horses Festival Brooklyn7/14-7/16 Tawas Bay Summerfest East Tawas7/14-7/16 Our Lady of Lebanon Mid-East Festival Flint7/14-7/16 Blakes Lavender Market Armada7/14-7/16 Michigan Brown Trout Festival I Alpena7/14-7/16* Festa Italiana Sterling Heights7/14-7/16* Remus Heritage Days Remus7/14-7/16* Alpena Festival of Sail Alpena My Review ON HIATUS7/14-7/16* African World Festival Detroit7/15 Laup Fiesta Holland7/15 Sunrise Side Wine and Food Festival Harrisville7/15 Battle Creeks Caribbean Festival Battle Creek7/15 Vestaburg Community Days Vestaburg7/15* Alpena Bike Fest Alpena 7/15* Carletons Cruisin For A Cause Carleton7/15* Main Street Celebration Wayland7/15 Addison Township Firefighters Strawberry Festival Leonard 7/15* Mears Arts and Crafts Festival Mears7/15-7/16 Michigan Honey Festival Corunna7/15-7/16 Cass River Colonial Encampment Frankenmuth7/15-7/16 Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festivals Enchanted Forest I Vassar7/15-7/16* Czech and Slovak Festival Dearborn Heights 7/15-7/16 Charlevoix Venetian Festival I Charlevoix 7/16 Detroit Festival of Books Detroit7/16* Midtown Art Fair Detroit, 7/17-7/22* Muskegon Heights Festival in the Park Muskegon Heights7/17-7/22 Charlevoix Venetian Festival II Charlevoix7/17-7/23 Michigan Brown Trout Festival II Alpena7/18 Sad Summer Festival: Sterling Heights Sterling Heights7/19-7/22 National Baby Food Festival Fremont7/19-7/22 Baldwin Troutarama Baldwin7/19-7/23* Sparta Town and Country Days Sparta7/20-7/22 Farmington Founders Festival Farmington7/20-7/22 Beaver Island Music Festival Beaver Island7/20-7/22 Ann Arbor Street Art Fair Ann Arbor7/20-7/23 Muskegon Bike Time Muskegon7/20-7/23 Indian River SummerFest Indian River7/20-7/23* Fraser Lions Carnival Fraser7/20-7/23 Pigeon Farmers SummerFest Pigeon7/20-7/23 Mayville Sunflower Festival MayvilleWeekend continues below, 7/21* Ravenna Dog Daze and Car Cruise-In Ravenna7/21-7/22 Cadillac Festival of Arts Cadillac7/21-7/22 Michigan Summer Beer Festival Ypsilanti 7/21-7/22 Revive Fest Leonidas7/21-7/22* Bronson Polish Festival Bronson7/21-7/22 Shay Days Harbor Springs7/21-7/23 Hot Air Jubilee Jackson7/21-7/23 St. Joseph Parish Festival Dexter7/21-7/23 Rock the Coast Holland7/21-7/23* Maawanjiding Powwow Baraga7/21-7/23 Arcadia Daze Arcadia7/21-7/23 Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival Marquette7/21-7/23 Dunesville Music Festival Lake Ann7/21-7/23* Roar on the River Trenton7/22 Yellowstone Country Music Festival Brighton7/22 Shepherd Highland Games Shepherd7/22 Midwest Soda Pop Festival Gobles7/22 TuscolaPalooza Caro7/22* Harsens Island Roots Music Festival Harsens Island 7/22* Art, Wine and Music Festival Berrien Springs 7/22 Tyrone Township Pioneer Day Fenton7/22-7/23* Arab and Chaldean Festival Detroit 7/22-7/23 Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festivals Enchanted Forest II Vassar7/22-7/23 Bay Harbor Arts Festival Bay Harbor7/22-7/23 AuSable River Festival I Grayling7/23* Lemon Creek Winerys Vintage Blues Bash Berrien Springs, 7/24-7/29 AuSable River Festival II Grayling7/24-7/29 Marshall Bluegrass Festival Marshall 7/26-7/30* Flint Jazz Festival Flint7/27-7/29* Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts Detroit 7/27-7/29 Sterlingfest Art and Music Fair Sterling Heights 7/27-7/29* Burr Oak Heritage Festival Burr Oak7/27-7/30* Munger Potato Festival Munger7/27-7/30 Great Lakes Flow Festival Lapeer7/27-7/30* Antique-Tractor Engine and Craft Show Walloon Lake7/27-7/30* YogaFest Vanderbilt 7/27-7/30* Bryon Days Festival Bryon Center7/28 Blueberry Festival Marquette7/28* CRUZIN Classic Car Show Whitehall/Montague Weekend continues below, 7/28-7/29* Leilapalooza Music Festival Battle Creek7/28-7/29* Art in the Park Lincoln Park7/28-7/29 Tamarack Music Festival Morley7/28-7/29* Holton Days Holton7/28-7/29* Tommystock Music Festival Lake Orion7/28-7/29* Saugatuck Venetian Fest Saugatuck7/28-7/30 St. Clair River Classic St. Clair7/28-7/30* Bay City Moose Lodge Music Festival Bay City 7/28-7/30 Yale Bologna Festival Yale7/28-7/30 Wild Thyme Music Festival at Fat Blossom Farms Allegan7/28-7/30* Saginaw Chippewa Powwow Mt.