Need To Find A Bluegrass Festival?
By Michelle Haft

We’re lucky to have so many quality festivals here, west of the Mississippi. Here is a compiled list of festivals in nearby states. Starred festivals represent *Handsome Ladies favorites.
California:
Blythe Bluegrass Festival
Mid-January
Blythe, California
Brookdale Bluegrass Spring Fling
Mid-March
Pescadero, California
*Parkfield Bluegrass Festival
Early May
Parkfield, CA
Huck Finn Jubilee
Mid-June
Ontario, California
*CBA’s Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival
Mid-June
Grass Valley, California
Summergrass Bluegrass Music Festival
Mid-August
San Diego, California
Berkeley Old-Time Music Convention
Late Sept
Berkeley, California
*Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival
Early August
Tres Pinos, California
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Music Festival
Early October
San Francisco, CA
Oregon:
Wheeler County Bluegrass Festival
Early July
Fossil, Oregon
Northwest String Summit
Mid-July
North Plains, Oregon
Music in the Mountains
Late September
Prospect, Oregon
High & Dry Bluegrass Festival
Mid-August
Bend, Oregon
Nevada:
Americana Music Festival
July
Virginia City, Nevada
Washington:
WinterGrass Bluegrass Music Festival
Late Feb
Bellevue, Washington
Wenatchee Bluegrass Festival
Mid-June
Cashmere, Washington
Winlock Pickers’ Festival
Early July
Winlock, Washington
Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival
Late July
Stevenson, Washington
Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival
Mid-August
Medical Lake, Washington
Rainier Bluegrass Festival
Late August
Rainier, WA
Other famous Nationwide festivals:
Telluride Bluegrass
Mid-July
Telluride, CO
MerleFest
Late April
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Bill Monroe Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival
Mid-June
Morgantown, Indiana
Michelle Haft is one of seven founding members of the Handsome Ladies, and a devoted Scruggs style and clawhammer banjo player. This post was originally published on http://thehandsomeladies.org/.
