January 2021 Bluegrass Festivals
Written by Terry Brewer on November 17, 2020
Bluegrass festival links for January 2021.
Click on titles to visit event websites for more information.
Jekyll Island New Year’s Bluegrass Festival.
December 31st through January 2nd, in Jekyll Island, Georgia.
SPBGMA Bluegrass Music Awards & Midwest Convention.
January in Jefferson City, Missouri
Blythe Bluegrass Festival.
in Blythe, California Canceled due to COVID.
Bluegrass In Superclass.
The 7th through the 9th, in Oregon, Ohio.
Yeehaw Junction Music Fest.
in Okeechobee, Florida has been canceled due to COVID.
BayGrass Bluegrass Festival.
in Islamorada, Florida. Keys has been canceled due to COVID
UllrGrass
in Golden, Colorado postponed due to COVID until Jan 28th through the 30th, 2022.
Agri-County Bluegrass Festival
in Casa Grande, Arizona has been canceled.
Everglades Bluegrass Festival
in North Miami Beach, Florida has been postponed.
- J. D. Crowe – Train 45
- The Gift of Carter
- The Carter Scratch
- The Truth About the Lester Flatt G Run
- Vern Williams
- Orange Blossom Special
- The Big Bang Theory of Bluegrass
- Nine Pound Hammer
- FOX ON THE RUN
- Fightin’ Side of Me
- Big Bad John
BLUEGRASS FESTIVALS
A bluegrass festival brings music lovers and bluegrass bands together. The festival usually lasts a day, a weekend, or a week. Festivals can be found worldwide, but are most prevalent in the United States. In addition to bluegrass artist performances, and jamming in the campgrounds, a bluegrass festival typically offers food, crafts, and other items for sale. Bluegrass refers to the style of music played at the festival.
Planning a bluegrass festival starts months before the event. Funding for these events begins and often involves donations from organizations and companies wishing to promote bluegrass music. Bluegrass singers are invited to attend and perform. The festival is advertised to the public for community involvement.
A bluegrass festival is usually held outside during the warm season and inside for the winter season. Food vendors set up around the festival or in a nearby location. Festival attendees dress in casual attire and sometimes they dress in period pieces denoting bluegrass roots.
Bluegrass festivals take a tremendous amount of time and effort! Without many unpaid volunteers & community involvement, these events would cease to exist. The Southwest Bluegrass Association encourages all to support their bands, sponsors, vendors, and buy a T-shirt! Everything you do will go a long way to encourage bluegrass music festival and event promoters. To keep putting their efforts into continuing a tradition of bluegrass festivals & events for us to enjoy!