Bluegrass music in the air
If you like your pickin’ and grinnin’ bluegrass style, come out to the 2nd annual Spring Bluegrass Festival at Rocky River CIC June 7-8.
The festival will be held rain or shine. There is a covered shelter but attendees are advised to bring their lawn chairs. The music will start at 6 p.m. Friday night with the last group taking the stage at 10 p.m. The show will start up again at 10 a.m. Saturday morning and run all day with the final performance beginning at 11 p.m. Saturday night.
“If you want to hear some good music, this is the place,” said James Johnson, one of the festival organizers.
The festival site is 13 miles from Spencer and 16 miles from McMinnville and is located at the Rocky River Community Center which is six miles off Highway 30 on Rocky River Road.
Admission will be $6 Friday night, $8 Saturday, or $12 for both days. Children under-12 can attend free of charge..
Tents are welcome, but camping is in the rough as there are no hook-ups. Firewood will be available for campers and parking is free.
There will be concessions sponsored by the community club including breakfast Saturday morning. Local artisans will be displaying their crafts and the Tennessee Mule Skinner Association will be on hand Saturday to offer wagon rides.
The festival will feature musical performances from several groups including the Warren Family, Southern Bluegrass, Tri-State Bluegrass, Possum Hollow Grass, Hub City Bluegrass, the Edmonds Family, Mountain Rose, and Bluegrass Express. The Rhythm Express Cloggers will be giving exhibitions of old-time clogging and comic relief will be provided by Joyce & Wesley.
One of the highlights is sure to be the Shade Tree Jammer Contest. This will take place Saturday from 4 to 5 p.m. with the first-place winners taking home $200, second place $150 and third place $100.
For further information, contact Johnson at 686-2693, Doran Thomison at 686-2945, or Stan Clendenon at 473-7062.