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Northwest Bluegrass FestivalsCheck their websites: current as of April 1, 2025 -- "?"means their website had not been updated but their link might have the date, or their website is defunct... Email Brad Sondahl to add a festival You might also list it here: http://bluegrasstoday.com/directories/ | |
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| Feb.20-23 2025 | Wintergrass in Seattle (Belleview) http://wintergrass.com/ |
| May | |
| May 23-25 2025 | Picking on the Bluff New festival at Greenbluff Washington near Spokane: Facebook page |
| Memorial weekend May 23-6 | NW Folklife in Seattle celebrating all forms of cultural expression
practiced in the Northwest.
Check the festival’s website for complete schedule information: https://nwfolklife.org/festival/home.html |
| May 26 | Springgrass Boise Idaho https://www.idahobluegrassassociation.org |
| June | |
| May 29-June1 2025 | Lewis Clark Bluegrass Organization’s Annual Valley Bluegrass Festival
“Pickin’ on the Clearwater” June 1st-4th 2023 at the Clearwater County
Fairgrounds, Orofino, ID. Our festival this year is scheduled for May 29--June 1. Our headliner
will be Kentucky Sky. Other bands performing will be Roosevelt Road, Mtn
Dew Boys, Monroe Bridge, Family Circle Band, Wanigan and Higher Ground.
Camping, jamming, band performances, open mic, workshops and food vendors. Bring lawn chairs. More info at lewisclarkbluegrass.com Facebook: Lewis Clark Bluegrass Organization |
| June 5-8 2025 | Weiser Bluegrass Music Camp (for guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, and beginning dobro) Location: Weiser, Idaho Address: 2235 Paddock Avenue, Weiser, ID 83672 Email: rjgobel@gmail.com Phone: 208-869-0952 Contact: Joe Gobel Description: Intensive 4-day Bluegrass Music Camp (for either guitar, fiddle, mandolin or dobro) in an intimate setting at the National Old Time Fiddlers’ Contest and Festival site in Weiser, Idaho with instruction, jams and concerts, and more. |
| June 12-15 2025 | 12th Annual Sacajawea Bluegrass Festival and Dutch Oven Rendezvous Sacajawea State Park, Pasco, WA Camping, jamming, www.mctama.org phone (509)492-1555 |
| June 20-22, 2025 | Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival Chelan County Expo Center- Fairgrounds; 5700 Wescott Ave; Cashmere, WA Description- One of the longest running Bluegrass Festivals in Eastern Washington. - Camping Available For more info contact Marie at 509 548-1230 or email cashmereheights@applecapital. Visit the website for details: www.WenatcheeRiverBluegrass. Organized By – Cashmere Community Concerts |
| June 16-21, 2025 | National. Old-Time Fiddle Contest, Weiser, Idaho Always the third full week of June in Weiser, ID. http://www.fiddlecontest.com/ Also Bluegrass in the Park June 20 https://www.idahobluegrassassociation.org/ |
| June 28, 2025 |
Siskiyou Bluegrass & Folk Festival Oregon Info: 541-592-3326 ivchamberofcommerce@cavenet.com www.siskiyoubluegrassfestival.com/ |
| July | |
| July 4-6 2025 | Wheeler County Bluegrass Festival The Free Festival takes place on the Wheeler County Courthouse Lawn in Fossil, OR. Info: Wheeler County: 541-763-2400 E-mail: info@wheelercountybluegrass.org Website: www.wheelercountybluegrass.org |
| ? | Colville Washington Camp and Jam at the NE Washington Fairgrounds Features The Hot Club of Spokane and more Facebook.com/campandjam2024 |
| July 11-13 2025 | Bluegrass from the Forest near Shelton WA. More Info is at www.bluegrassfromtheforest.com/ |
| canceled for 2025 | Vancouver Island Music Festival Visit www.islandmusicfest.com/ |
| July 19, 2025 |
The Chemainus Bluegrass Festival will be held in Waterwheel Park, Chemainus, BC. Chemainus is an attractive tourist destination on Vancouver Island, and the festival will be at Waterwheel Park, in the center of town. Details about the festival are at www.chemainusbluegrass.com |
| July 18-20, 2025 | The Darrington Bluegrass Festival For more info. go to the website at www.darringtonbluegrass.com or call Diana Morgan at 360-436-1179. |
July 25-27, 2025 |
Hard Times Bluegrass Festival This is a new festival with an "old-timey mountain" feel that features traditional bluegrass music. The Festival location is 10 miles south of Hamilton, Montana on U.S. Highway 93. Turn west on Forest Hill Road exactly at the 37 mile marker and follow the signs (approx. 1 mile) to parking at the Pat and Mary Thomas Ranch. The Festival is on the adjoining Tom and Janice Heiland Ranch. For more info call 1-406-821-3777. More info and details available at www.hardtimesbluegrass.com/ |
| July 24-27, 2025 | Columbia River Gorge BG Festival Skamania County Fairgrounds, Stevenson, WA. Visit https://www.skamaniacounty.org/departments-offices/events-and-recreation/events-festivals/columbia-gorge-bluegrass-festival for more info. |
| August | |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Kettle River Music Festival 9 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday Curlew Washington |
| August 01 - 03, 2025 |
WAMA Pickersfest! 2025 Venue for 2025: Oakview Grange Centralia, WA |
August 8-10, 2025 |
Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival Medical Lake, Washington. Visit www.bluewatersbluegrass.org/ |
| August 8-10, 2025 |
Mt. St Helens Bluegrass Festival Toledo High School grounds, Toledo, WA Toledo, WA 98591, USA 360-520-4524 https://www.washingtonbluegrass.com/ |
August 9-17, 2025 |
The Centralia Campout: Centralia, WA. An Old Time Campout with square dances in the evening, Meteor Showers and lots of Jamming. No stage shows/performers, or scrambles. Lots of friends, stories, tunes and songs. Potlucks and River picking. Some of the best players in the NW-- a pickers festival. Directions and more info is available at www.centraliacampout.com |
| Aug 22-24, 2025 |
Bannock County Bluegrass Festival Pocatello, ID. Visit www.bannockcountybluegrass.com/ |
| Aug 25-31st | 1st Annual CDA River Jam- Camp and Jam without a Festival. Bicycling on the Trail of the Coeur D'Alenes Facebook: page |
| September | |
| Sept. 5-7, 2025 | Bluegrass On The Snake Rigby Idaho. 2nd annual. It will always be the weekend after Labor Day. We have a facebook group, Bluegrass On The Snake, and a website. https:// contact Teresa Mortensen MountainStringsBluegrass@ |
| Aug. 29-31, 2025 | Three Rivers Folklife Tumbleweed Festival: Richland, WA More Info: http://www.3rfs.org/tmf.htm |
| Aug 30-31,2025 |
North Cascades Bluegrass Festival Two stages live bluegrass music and entertainment – 3295 Cedarville Rd, Bellingham, WA 98226 Craft and food vendors Music Workshops Instrument Contests Beer Garden Camping Jam sessions and more |
| Sept. 5-7, 2024 | NEW Bluegrass on the Snake 2nd annual Rigby Idaho $40 weekend pass Dry Camping Bluegrassonthesnake.org MountainStringsbluegrass@gmail.com Facebook |
| Sept. 4-7 2025 |
American Banjo Camp offering online workshops for 2021 at Fort Flagler State Park in Nordland, Washington. American Banjo Camp offers a weekend of intense instruction with some of the best old-time and bluegrass banjo players around (not to mention great fiddle and guitar players), plus demonstrations, concerts, and plenty of jamming opportunities. Our website is http://www.americanbanjocamp.com. |
| ? Early Sept |
George, Washington Bluegrass Festival Located at the George City Park in George, Washington. INFO: Debby Kooy georgecomhall@yahoo.com https://www.quincyvalley.org/george-bluegrass-festival |
| ? | Sweetgrass Music Camp Melville Montana |
| Sept.26-8, 2025 |
Tygh Valley Bluegrass Jamboree
Held annually on the grounds of
the Wasco County Fairgrounds
in Tygh Valley, Oregon
Information: Contact Pam Brown for information on tickets and camping at 415.994.5141 — or visit tyghvalleybluegrass.com for details. |
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Music in the Mountains at the Prospect Hotel Music Festival, Prospect, Or. – ‘Music in the Mountains’ on the Prospect Historic Hotel grounds. Two days of Bluegrass, Country, Folk and Americana Music. Starts Friday night at 8pm with open ‘Jammin’ on the Veranda’. Then Music all day Saturday starting at 10am & 10am again on Sunday. Great Food, Local Wines and Beers. Craft Booths, Quilt Show and more. Another Jammin’ on the Veranda on Saturday night at 9pm. Bring lawn blankets and chairs, Prospect Hotel 541-560-3664 |
| Sept. 26-28, 2025 | Sisters Folk Festival, Sisters, OR. The Sisters Folk Festival is a three-day celebration of American roots music, from blues to bluegrass. www.sistersfolkfestival.org/ |
| October | |
| November | |
| November 8-9, 2025 |
Fall Folk Festival, Spokane Community College Free parking and event (donations welcome) |