Updated September 16, 2023
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Welcome to the Bluegrass Country festival calendar. We list bluegrass, old time and Americana festivals in the US and Canada by month, plus a separate section for festivals beyond North America.
“Bluegrass festival” is a broad category, encompassing old time fiddlers’ conventions, family weekends, street fairs, mega-music festivals and everything in between. We’ve provided links to the festival websites so you can check the lineups, schedules, admission fees, facilities, whether there’s camping, jamming etc. Our calendar only lists events when we can find a current secure website or Facebook page. Check back often, as we add new events when we find them.
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 you have information on events we haven’t listed, let us know.
So pack up your instruments, load the camper and hit the road!
UPDATES Check the calendar for details
- October
New listings: FreeFall Bluegrass Festival in Colorado, Holiday Hills Music Park Fall Bluegrass Festival in Florida - November
2023 date announced: Olde Dominion Bluegrass Festival in Virginia
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OCTOBER 2023
9/28-10/1 First City Music Festival, Vincennes, IN
9/28-10/1 American Mule and Music Festival/Uncle Dave Macon Days, Shelbyville, TN
9/29-10/1 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, CA
9/29-10/1 Sisters Folk Festival, Sisters, OR
9/30-10/1 Annapolis Baygrass Music Festival, Annapolis, MD
4-8 Hillberry Harvest Moon Festival, Eureka Springs, AR
5-7 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Athens, AL
5-7 Grottoes Bluegrass Festival, Grottoes, VA
6-7 Ol’ Front Porch Music Festival, Oriental, NC
6-7 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival, Chattanooga, TN
6-7 Big Bend Bluegrass Festival, Alpine, TX
6-8 Huck Finn Jubilee, San Dimas, CA
6-8 The Ramble Festival, Darlington, MD
6-8 Cave Fest, Pelham, TN
7 Santa Barbara Old-Time Fiddlers’ Festival, Goleta, CA
7 Moorefields Bluegrass Festival, Hillsborough, NC
7 Bascom Lamar Lunsford Festival, Mars Hill, NC
7 Spruce Pine BBQ & Bluegrass, Spruce Pine, NC
7 Mountain Magic in Fall Bluegrass, Antiques & Crafts Festival, Buchanan, VA
7 BirdFest & Bluegrass Festival, Ridgefield, WA
11-14 Blue Highway Fest, Big Stone Gap, VA
12-14 Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, Guthrie, OK
13-14 River Stomp Bluegrass Festival, Williamsburg, KY
13-15 Richmond Folk Festival, Richmond, VA
14 Bluegrass in Brevard – Stompin’ in the Swamp, Cocoa, FL
14 Lester Flatt Celebration, Sparta, TN
14 Nelson FFA Bluegrass Festival, Lovingston, VA NO LINK AVAILABLE
14-15 FreeFall Bluegrass Festival Vail Village, CO
19-21 Holiday Hills Music Park Fall Bluegrass Festival, Laurel Hill, FL Facebook
19-21 Outer Banks Bluegrass Island Festival, Manteo, NC
20-21 Cedargrass Music Festival, Cedar Falls, IA
20-21 Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival, Farmers Branch, TX
27-29 Sultana Downrigging Tall Ship and Bluegrass Festival, Chestertown, MD
28 Stapleton Bluegrass Festival, Stapleton, AL
28 Smoky Mountains Bluegrass Festival, Maggie Valley, NC
28 Blue Ridge Folklife Festival, Ferrum, VA
NOVEMBER 2023
2-5 South State 48 Bluegrass by the Sea, Carlsbad, CA
2-5 Fiddle Hell, Westford, MA
3-4 Bluegrass Sampler Racine, WI site not updated
9-11 Mountain View Bluegrass Festival, Mountain View, AR
9-11 Fall Palatka Bluegrass Festival, Palatka, FL
9-11 Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival, Wilmington, OH
9-12 Headin’ Home Fest, Swainsboro, GA
10-12 Minnesota Bluegrass Fall Jam, Plymouth, MN
10-12 Wickenburg Bluegrass Festival, Wickenburg, AZ
16-18 Withlacoochee Bluegrass Festival , Dunnellon, FL
16-18 Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies Music Festival, Gatlinburg, TN
18 Olde Dominion Bluegrass Festival, Chatham, VA
23-25 Thanksgiving Bluegrass Festival, Brooksville, FL
DECEMBER 2023
1-2 Balsam Range Art of Music Festival, Lake Junaluska, NC
2 Honeymoon Island Bluegrass Festival, Dunedin, FL
Events shown as 2022 have not published dates for 2023
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND
2023
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 27-29 – Fleurieu 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
2022
Feb 11-13 –Kiwigrass, Hamilton, NZ Canceled in 2022
Aug 12-14 – Cobargo Country Pick, Cobargo, NSW
CZECH REPUBLIC
2023
Jun 16-17 – Banjo Jamboree, Cáslav
Sep 2 – Bluegrass Marathon, Borovony, Tachov district
Sep 16 – Babí léto festival, Kyselka
ENGLAND
2023
Feb 10-12 – FOAOTMAD Old Time Music and Dance Festival, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
May 6 – Spring into Bluegrass Day, Naseby, Northamptonshire
May 19-21 – Wharf Bluegrass Weekend, Grimley, Worcestershire
May 19-22 – FOAOTMAD 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 4-14 – FOAOTMAD Summer Camp, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Sep 8-10– Sweet Sunny South American Oldtime Music Festival, Ashington, West Sussex
The following festival was canceled for 2022:
Alsia Fest Old Time and Americana Campout, Penzance, Cornwall Facebook
FRANCE
2023
Aug 2-6 – Bluegrass in La Roche Festival, La Roche-sur-Foron website not updated dates verified
GERMANY
2023
May 5-6 – Bühler Bluegrass Festival, Bühl, Baden
May 27-28 – GrevenGrass Bluegrass Festival, Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia
Canceled for 2023
Bluegrass Jamboree, 26 shows in 26 locations
HUNGARY
2023
Aug 11-13 – International Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival, Abaliget
IRELAND
2023
Jun 9-11 – Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival, Westport, County Mayo Facebook
Jul 21-23 Ardara Bluegrass Festival, Ardara, County Donegal
Aug 25-27 – Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival, Dunmore East, County Waterford
JAPAN
2023
May 13-14 – Spring Takarazuka Bluegrass Camp, Takarazuka
Aug 3-6 – Takarazuka Bluegrass Festival, Takarazuka
Oct 28-29 – Fall Takarazuka Bluegrass Camp, Takarazuka
NETHERLANDS
2023
May 18-20 – European World of Bluegrass, Voorthuizen
Jun 23-25 – Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival, Rotterdam
NORTHERN IRELAND
2023
May 26-28 – Bluegrass Omagh, Omagh
NORWAY
2023
Jun 10 – Langesund Bluegrassfestival, Langesund
Jul 10-16 – Strenger i Gress Bluegrassfestival, Vikersund
Jul 12-16 – Norsk Countrytreff, Breim
PORTUGAL
2023
Sep 8-10 – Trafaria Bluegrass Festival, Trafaria
SCOTLAND
2023
May 19-21 – SpringGrass Bluegrass Festival, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire
Jun 2-4 – Arisaig Americana Music Festival, Arisaig
Sep 22-24 – Moniaive Michaelmas Bluegrass Festival, Moniaive, Dumfries & Galloway
Nov 17-19 – Scots Fiddle Festival, Edinburgh
SPAIN
2023
Mar 3-4 – Barcelona Bluegrass Camp, Barcelona
Nov 2-4 – Al Ras Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival, Barcelona
SWEDEN
2023
Jun 30 – Jul 1 – Torsåker Bluegrass Festival, Torsåker
Aug 19 – Grenna Bluegrass Festival, Gränna
SWITZERLAND
2023
Jun 10-11 – Green Valley Festival of Bluegrass Music, Westerndorf
Aug 19 – Dorneck Bluegrass Festival, Gempen, Solothurn