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May 2021 Bluegrass Festivals

Written by The Bluegrass Jamboree on February 5, 2021

May Bluegrass festival links for 2021.
Click on the festival names to visit event websites for

2021 Bluegrass Music Festivals in May

Based on daily changes in the status of the coronavirus pandemic and guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control some festivals have been canceled or postponed. While we are trying to stay up with the dates and changes you should check festival websites by clicking on festival names listed on this page before making plans to attend.

North Carolina Brewers & Music Festival
May 7th and 8th in Huntersville, North Carolina.

Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.
May 13th through the16th in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Bluegrass in the Bottoms
May 15th and 16th in Kansas City, Missouri.

Lil John’s Mountain Music Festival
MAY 27th through the 29th in Snow Camp, North Carolina.

Dr. Ralph Stanley’s 50th Annual Hills of Home Festival
May 26th through the-29th in Coeburn, Virginia.

Salmon Lake Park Bluegrass Gospel Festival
May 27th through the 30th in Grapeland Texas.

No confirmed dates, canceled or postponed

Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival.
in Agoura Hills, California.

Strawberry Music Festival
May 26th through the 30th, 2022 in Grass Valley, California.

Outer Banks Bluegrass Island Festival October 21st through the 23rd in Manteo, North Carolina.

Sevierville’s Bloomin’ Barbeque & Bluegrass
in Sevierville, Tennessee postponed.

Parkfield Bluegrass Festival
in Parkfield, California postponed until 2022.

Mr. B’s Bluegrass Festival
in Woodford, Virginia no confirmed date for 2021.

Boxcar Pinion Bluegrass Festival
in Chickamauga, Georgia no confirmed date for 2021.

Twin Oaks Park Spring Bluegrass Festival
in Hoboken, Georgia no confirmed date for 2021.

Silver Dollar City Bluegrass and BBQ Festival
in Branson, Missouri no confirmed date for 2021.

Bluegrass in the Spring Festival
in Yermo, California park is closed at this time.

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Bluegrass Festival
in Denton, North Carolina no confirmed date for 2021.

Amelia Family Bluegrass Spring Festival.
in Amelia, Virginia no confirmed date for 2021.

Arcadia Valley Mountain Music Festival.
in St. Louis, Missouri no confirmed date for 2021.

Bluegrass From the Forest Festival
in Shelton, Washington no confirmed date for 2021.

River City Bluegrass Festival
in St. Louis, Missouri no confirmed date for 2021.

Ogden Music Festival
t in North Fork Park, Utah no confirmed date for 2021.

Great Southern Music Festival
in Ochlocknee, Georgia has been Canceled.

DelFest
September 23rd through the 26th, 2021 in Cumberland, Maryland.

Down To The Roots

Digging Deep to the Roots

Jeff DeFord was born in 1961 and raised in rural Indiana. At age 13 his junior high English teacher, Mr. Jim Johnson - who also worked weekends spinning records at nearby WSMJ-FM in Greenfield, Indiana - invited Jeff along to one of his shows to help answer telephone requests. The rest, as they say, is history. Even though he was only in eighth grade, Jeff’s enthusiasm was so evident he was asked to join a crew of high school students at the station that produced a weekly program highlighting various academic and sporting events, as well as other campus activities.

After graduating Jeff attended Mesa Community College in Arizona majoring in English and Broadcast Journalism while interning at the campus-based NPR station, KMCR-FM, hosting a vintage jazz and blues show and was the play-by-play voice of Mesa Thunderbirds basketball. Later he worked in the sports department at KOOL-TV in Phoenix reporting from Major League Baseball spring training games and interviewing players, managers, coaching staff and team executives. He also produced, directed and narrated several student orientation films for the school, as well as a documentary for Price Sports Group regarding the progressive changes in sports medicine. After college Jeff moved to San Diego, California, working independently doing voice-overs, commercials, audio book narration and Master of Ceremonies for business parties, company picnics, wedding receptions and other public functions. It was during this time Jeff was starting to reconnect with his love of bluegrass music.

Jeff always had a desire to share his collection of vintage folk and old-time recordings he had accumulated over his many years and after considering the new possibilities and eyeing the emerging popularity of internet radio, he realized he could host a show right from home! In 2006 his Bluegrass Roots And Branches show began an eight-year run at WorldWideBluegrass.com, with the old-time sounds immediately becoming popular with listeners of all age groups that were attracted to the unique format. In 2008 Jeff briefly relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, working with the legendary radio station, WSM, on the new Bluegrass Underground show, interviewing artists that performed at the Cumberland Caverns venue. He continued his weekly old-time music show, changing the name to Down To The Roots to better reflect the vintage music played on the program. He was also promoted to general manager and acted in that capacity until November, 2014 when Jeff moved his show to BluegrassMix.com, remaining there until May, 2016.

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