Updated September 10, 2021
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We’re seeing more cancellations – Delfest is the latest – and other festivals are requiring proof of vaccination or negative COVID test. Be sure to check the festival website before you go!
We want to make this the most complete bluegrass, roots and old-time festival listing on the web, so if you have information on an event, let us know so we can add it to the list or modify what’s there. Check back often, as we add new shows when we find them.
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Updates:
Note: some festival website links have changed.
September: New listings: Carl Junction Bluegrass Festival in Missouri, Pickin at the Post Bluegrass Festival in Virginia, East Troy Bluegrass Festival in Wisconsin, Bloomfield Bluegrass, Country & Old Time Music Festival in Iowa, festival Babí léto in the Czech Republic. Cancellations: Delfest in Maryland, Moorefields Bluegrass Festival in NC, North Cascades Bluegrass Festival in Washington, Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival in California, Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival in Virginia, Smoky Mountain Folk Festival in North Carolina and Uncle Dave Macon Days in Tennessee.
October: New listings: Mother’s Bluegrass Revival in Ohio, Honda Leander Bluegrass Festival in Texas, Mountain Magic in Fall Bluegrass, Antiques & Crafts Festival in Virginia, BirdFest & Bluegrass Festival in Washington, 3 Sisters Festival in Tennessee, Death Ridge Bluegrass Festival in Virginia, Holiday Hills Bluegrass Festival in Florida, Stapleton Bluegrass Festival in Alabama. Cancellation: Richmond Bluegrass Jam in Virginia, Bluegrassfestival Freiolsheim in Germany. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco will be all virtual.
November: New listings: Forever Bluegrass Fall Festival in Georgia, Wirrina Bluegrass & Acoustic Roots Festival in Australia.
December: New dates & location: Christmas in the Smokies Music Festival in Tennessee.
As always, call before making travel plans. We’re tracking all sources of information and will update event status on this site as often as we learn of changes. If an event is listed as CANCELED, it will not be held this year. If it’s listed as POSTPONED, the sponsors are hoping to reschedule.
“Bluegrass festival” is a broad category, encompassing everything from old time fiddlers’ conventions to jamgrass gatherings. We’ve provided links to the festival websites so you can check the lineups, schedules, admission fees, facilities, whether there’s camping, jamming etc. We don’t list festivals for which we can’t find a valid link.
So pack up your instruments, load the camper (don’t forget masks and hand sanitizer) and hit the road! And check back often for updates to our festival calendar.
SEPTEMBER 2021
1-5 – SamJam Bluegrass Festival, Piketon, OH
2-5 – Armuchee Bluegrass Festival, Armuchee, GA Facebook
2-5 – Labor Day Weekend Bluegrass Festival, Kendallville, IN
2-5 – Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, Brunswick, ME
2-5 – Salmon Lake Park Bluegrass Festival, Grapeland, TX Facebook
3-5 – Four Corners Folk Festival, Pagosa Springs, CO
3-5 – Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, Woodstown, NJ
3-5 – Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival, Elon, NC
3-5 – Ogden Music Festival, Ogden, UT
3-5 – Pickin at the Post Bluegrass Festival, Luray, VA Facebook
3-5 – 4848 Festival, Snowshoe, WV
4-5 – Metamora Music Festival, Metamora, IN
4-5 – Grand Master Fiddle Championship, Nashville, TN
9-11 – Twin Oaks Fall Bluegrass Festival, Hoboken, GA
9-11 – Cherokee Bluegrass & Country Music Festival, Cherokee, NC
9-12 – Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration, Rosine, KY
10-11 – Bluegrass & Chili Festival, Wagoner, OK
10-12 – Mountain Song Festival, Brevard, NC
10-12 – Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, Bristol, TN/VA
10-12 – Bluegrass from the Forest Festival, Shelton, WA
10-12 – Cameron Bluegrass Festival, Cameron, WI
10-18 – Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival, Morehead, KY
11 – Washington County Bluegrass Festival, Lake Elmo, MN
11 – Carolina Bible Camp Bluegrass Festival, Mocksville, NC
11 – Ohio River Revival, Ironton, OH
11-12 – East Troy Bluegrass Festival, East Troy, WI
12 – Highlands Bluegrass Festival & Crafts Fair, Sloatsburg, NY
12-19 – Bloomfield Bluegrass, Country & Old Time Music Festival, Bloomfield, IA
13-18 – American Mule and Bluegrass Festival, Shelbyville, TN
13-19 – George, WA Bluegrass Festival, George, WA
15-18 – ROMP Festival, Owensboro, KY
15-18 – Bluegrass by the Bay Festival, Gloucester, VA Facebook
15-19 – Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KS
16-18 – Dailey & Vincent LandFest, Hiawassee, GA
16-18 – Blazin’ Bluegrass Festival, Whitley City, KY
16-18 – Cumberland River Bluegrass Festival, Burkesville, KY Facebook
16-18 – Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival, Conway, MO
16-18 – Mohican Bluegrass Festival, Glenmont, OH
16-18 –Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival, Kodak, TN
16-18 – Watermelon Pickers’ Fest, Berryville, VA
16-19 – MerleFest, Wilkesboro, NC
17-18 – Hoppin’ John Old-Time & Bluegrass Fiddlers’ Convention, Pittsboro, NC
17-19 – Pickin’ in the Pines, Flagstaff, AZ
17-19 – Miles City Bluegrass Festival, Miles City, MT
17-19 – Ohiolina Music Festival, Granville, OH
17-25 – Bean Blossom Bluegrass & Uncle Pen Festival, Bean Blossom, IN
18 – Blue, Brew & ‘Que Festival, Kenansville, NC
18-19 – Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival, Felton, CA
22-25 – AmericanaFest, Nashville, TN
22-25 – Vine Grove Bluegrass Music Festival, Vine Grove, KY
22-25 – Upperco Music Festival, Upperco, MD
23-25 – HOBA Fall Bluegrass Festival, West Plains, MO
23-26 – Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, Berkeley, CA
23-26 – Boats & Bluegrass, Winona, MN
24-25 – Carl Junction Bluegrass Festival, Carl Junction, MO
24-25 – Xtreme Bluegrass Music Festival, Eufaula, OK
24-25 – Townsend Heritage Festival, Townsend, TN
24-26 –Payson Old Time Fiddle & Acoustic Celebration, Payson, AZ
24-26 – Berlin Fiddlers Convention, Berlin, MD
24-26 – FreshGrass, North Adams, MA
24-26 – Tygh Valley Bluegrass Jamboree, Tygh Valley, OR
24-26 – Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival, Kearneysville, WV
25 – Moscow Mills Bicentennial Bluegrass Festival, Moscow Mills, MO
25-26 – Festus Traditional Music Festival, Festus, MO
28-10/2 –IBMA World of Bluegrass, Raleigh NC
30-10/2 – Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Athens, AL
30-10/2 – Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, Guthrie, OK
The following festivals are canceled for 2021
Chet Kingery Memorial Bluegrass Festival, Arthur, IL (permanently canceled)
DelFest, Cumberland, MD
Earl Scruggs Music Festival, Mill Spring NC
Moorefields Bluegrass Festival, Hillsborough, NC
North Cascades Bluegrass Festival, Bellingham, WA
Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival, Buena Vista, VA
Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival, Quincy, CA
Smoky Mountain Folk Festival, Lake Junaluska, NC
Uncle Dave Macon Days, Murfreesboro, TN
The following festivals were scheduled in September 2020, but most were canceled. Some have not announced dates for 2021; others are not listed because their websites are not secure or can’t be found. We’ll update this list as we receive new information.
Bluegrass Jamboree, Rogersville, TN
Carolina in the Fall Music & Food Festival, Wilkesboro, NC
Labor Day Bluegrass Festival, Grapeland, TX
Lyons Fiddle Festival, Lyons, PA
NC ‘Cuegrass Festival, Raleigh, NC
RidgeFest, Wheat Ridge, CO
OCTOBER 2021
9/28-10/2 – IBMA World of Bluegrass, Raleigh NC
9/30-10/2 – Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Athens, AL
9/30-10/2 – Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, Guthrie, OK
1-2 – FreshGrass Music Festival, Bentonville, AR
1-2 – 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival, Chattanooga, TN
1-2 – Honda Leander Bluegrass Festival Leander, TX
1-3 – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, CA ALL VIRTUAL
1-3 – First City Music Festival, Vincennes, IN
1-3 – Death Ridge Bluegrass Festival, Jeffersonton, VA
2 – Spruce Pine BBQ & Bluegrass, Spruce Pine, NC
2 – Mountain Magic in Fall Bluegrass, Antiques & Crafts Festival, Buchanan, VA
2 – BirdFest & Bluegrass Festival, Ridgefield, WA
7-10 – Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance, Pittsboro, NC
8-9 – Daily & Vincent Cumberland River Musicfest, Gainesboro, TN
8-10 – Hillberry Harvest Moon Festival, Eureka Springs, AR
8-10 – Ol’ Front Porch Music Festival, Oriental, NC
8-10 – Mother’s Bluegrass Revival, Springfield, OH
8-10 – Jenny Brook Mini-Fest, Tunbridge, VT
8-10 – Rooster Walk Reunion Music and Arts Festival, Martinsville, VA
9 – Lester Flatt Celebration, Sparta, TN
14-17 – Suwanee Roots Revival, Live Oak, FL
15-16 – Holiday Hills Bluegrass Festival, Laurel Hill, FL Facebook
15-16 – Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival, Farmers Branch, TX
17 – Columbia Bluegrass Festival, Columbia, MD
21-23 – Outer Banks Bluegrass Island Festival, Manteo, NC
21–24 – Old Settler’s Music Festival, Tilmon, TX
23 – Stapleton Bluegrass Festival, Stapleton, AL
23 – Smoky Mountains Bluegrass Festival, Maggie Valley, NC,
28-30 – Pickin’ n’ Grinnin’, Bellville, TX
29-30 – Graves Mountain Bluegrass Jam, Syria, VA
29-31 – Downrigging Tall Ship and Bluegrass Festival, Chestertown, MD
29-31 – Minnesota Bluegrass Fall Jam, Plymouth, MN
The following events are canceled for 2021.
Richmond Bluegrass Jam, Richmond, VA
The following festivals were scheduled in October 2020, but most were canceled. Some have not announced dates for 2021; others are not listed because their websites are not secure or can’t be found. We’ll update this list as we receive new information.
All American Indoor Music Festival, Fishersville, VA Facebook
Anderson Bluegrass Festival, Anderson, SC
Blue Ridge Folklife Festival, Ferrum, VA
Honey Creek Resort Bluegrass Festival, Moravia, IA
National Old Time Music Festival, Fremont, NE
Rebecca Rose Memorial Bluegrass Festival, Guyton, GA
NOVEMBER 2021
4-6 – Forever Bluegrass Fall Festival, Chickamauga, GA
5-7 – South State 48 Bluegrass by the Sea, Carlsbad, CA Jamming Eveng
6 – Bluegrass, Barbecue & Brew Festival at Patrick Henry’s Red Hill, Brookneal, VA
11-13 – Mountain View Bluegrass Festival, Mountain View, AR
11-13 – Fall Palatka Bluegrass Festival, Palatka, FL
11-13 – Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival, Wilmington, OH
12-13 – Baltimore Old Time Music Festival, Baltimore, MD
12-14 – Four Corner States Wickenburg Bluegrass Festival, Wickenburg, AZ
14-21 – Withlacoochee Jam-Boree, Dunnellon, FL
20 – Olde Dominion Bluegrass Festival, Chatham, VA
25-27 – Thanksgiving Bluegrass Festival, Brooksville, FL
25-27 – South Carolina State Bluegrass Festival, Myrtle Beach, SC
DECEMBER 2021
1-4 – Christmas in the Smokies, Sevierville, TN new dates & location
2-5 – Balsam Range Art of Music Festival, Lake Junaluska, NC
4 – Honeymoon Island Bluegrass Festival, Dunedin, FL
30-1/1 – New Year’s Bluegrass Festival, Jekyll Island, GA
Events listed as date unknown were held in past years, but many were canceled in 2020. They have not announced dates for 2021. We’ll update this list as we receive new information.
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND
Feb 5-7 –Kiwigrass, Hamilton, NZ
Feb 26-28- The Great Alpine Pick, Beechworth, Victoria
Aug 20-22 – Kelly Country Pick, Beechworth, Victoria
Oct 15-17 – Fleurieu Folk Festival, Willunga, SA
Oct 22-24 – Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival, Dorrigo, NSW
Nov 5-7 – Imbil Acoustic Music Festival, Imbil, QLD
Nov 19-21 – Mountaingrass Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival, Beechworth, Victoria
Nov 26-28 – Wirrina Bluegrass & Acoustic Roots Festival, Wirrina Cove, SA
The following events are CANCELED for 2021:
Feb – Yarra Junction Fiddlers Convention, Yarra Junction, Victoria
date unknown
Aug – Bangalow BBQ & Bluegrass Festival, Bangalow, NSW
BELGIUM
May 13-15 – Foxbarn Picking, Retie
CZECH REPUBLIC
Jun 18-19 – Banjo Jamboree, Cáslav
Sep 18 – Babí léto festival, Kyselka
ENGLAND
May 21-24 – FOAOTMAD Spring Camp, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Jul 4 & 10 – Streaming Across the Sea, live streaming from the US and UK on YouTube and Facebook
Jul 22-26 – Battlefield Bluegrass Festival, Naseby, Northamptonshire
Aug 20-22 – Bromsgrove Bluegrass Bash Pickin’ Weekend, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Sep 10-12 – Sweet Sunny South American Oldtime Music Festival, Ashington, West Sussex
The following events are CANCELED for 2021:
Alsia Fest Old Time and Americana Campout, Penzance, Cornwall
East Anglian Bluegrass Festival, Steeple Morden, Hertfordshire
FOAOTMAD Old Time Music and Dance Festival, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
date unknown
Apr – Rustic Folk Acoustic & Roots Music Festival, Bewdley, Worcestershire
Mar – Bristol Bluegrass and Americana Festival, Bristol
April – Richmond Old-Time Music Gathering, Richmond, Surrey Facebook
May – Wharf Bluegrass Weekend, Shrawley, Worcestershire
May – Crossover Bluegrass and Old-time Music Festival, Newport, Shropshire
May – Orwell Bluegrass Festival, Ipswich, Suffolk
Jul – South Essex Bluegrass Festival, Bulphan, Essex
Jul – Beer and Bluegrass, Branksome, Dorset
Sep – Didmarton Bluegrass Festival, Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire
FRANCE
Jul 30–Aug 1 – La Roche Bluegrass Festival, La Roche-sur-Foron
The following events are CANCELED for 2021:
Jun – Festival “Autour de Banjo”, Marguerittes
GERMANY
The following event is CANCELED for 2021:
Bühler Bluegrass Festival, Bühl, Baden
Bluegrassfestival Freiolsheim, Gaggenau-Freiolsheim
date unknown
May–Jun – GrevenGrass Bluegrass Festival, Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia
HUNGARY
date unknown
Aug – International Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival, Abaliget
IRELAND
Jun 11-13 – Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival, Westport, County Mayo
Aug 26-29 – Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival, Dunmore East, County Waterford
date unknown
Jul – Ardara Bluegrass Festival, Ardara, County Donegal
NETHERLANDS
Jun 25-27 – Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival, Rotterdam
NORTHERN IRELAND
date unknown
May – Bluegrass Omagh, Omagh
NORWAY
Jul 7-11 – Strenger i Gress Bluegrassfestival, Vikersund
SCOTLAND
Sep 24-26 – Moniaive Michaelmas Bluegrass Festival, Moniaive, Dumfries & Galloway
Nov 19-21 – Scots Fiddle Festival, Edinburgh
The following events are CANCELED for 2021:
Jun 4-6 – Arisaig Americana Music Festival, Arisaig
SPAIN
date unknown
Jul – Nofugras FEST, Nofuentes Facebook
Nov – Al Ras Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival, Barcelona Facebook
SWEDEN
Jul 2-4 – Torsåker Bluegrass Festival, Torsåker
Aug 20-21 – Grenna Bluegrass Festival, Gränna
SWITZERLAND
Jun 18-20 – Green Valley Festival of Bluegrass Music, Westendorf JAM WEEKEND ONLY
Jul 3 – Bluegrass Festival Grunderinseli Thun, Münsingen
Aug 21 – Dorneck Bluegrass Festival, Gempen, Solothurn
date unknown
May – Bluegrass Festival Willisau, Willisau