01/24/2020
Just about showtime.
List of 2020 Bluegrass Festivals in the Appalachian Region:
February 7-8 – ASU OT Fiddlers – Boone, NC
February 21-22 – Bluegrass First Class Festival – Asheville, NC
March 7 – Star Fiddlers – Star, NC
March 14 – Highfalls Fiddlers – Robbins, NC
March 21 – Seagrove Fiddlers – Seagrove, NC
April 3-4 – Surry OT Fiddlers – Dobson, NC
April 16-18 – Big Lick BG Fest. – Oakboro, NC
April 18 – RockyFest – Hiddenite, NC
April 18 (?) – Yadkin Valley OT & BG Fiddlers – Yadkinville, NC
April 23-26 – MerleFest – Wilkesboro, NC
April 24-25— Upper East Tennessee Fiddlers – Flag Pond, TN
May 9 – Crooked Road Youth Festival – Abingdon, VA
May 7-9 – Denton BG Festival – Denton, NC
May 16 – Pickin’ in the Park BG Festival, Hagan State Park – Greensboro, NC
May 21-24 – Crooked Road Dulcimer Festival – Ferrum, VA
May 22-24 – Vandalia Gathering – Charleston, WV
May 22-24 – Fiddlers Grove – Union Grove, NC
May 20-23 – Ralph Stanley’s BG Festival – McClure, VA
May 2–23 – Lil’ John’s Mtn. Music Festival – Snow Camp, NC
May 28-30 - Graves Mountain Music Festival - Graves Farm, Syria, VA
2020 Blue Ridge Music Center Concert Series, Blue Ridge Parkway – Galax, VA
June 5-6 – Mt. Airy OT & BG Fiddlers – Mt. Airy, NC
June 11-13 – Cherokee BG Festival – Cherokee, NC
June 12-13 – HoustonFest – Galax, VA
June 7-15 – Mts. of Music Homecoming – Various Locations (SW VA)
June 12-13 – Henry Reed OT & BG Fiddlers – Newport, VA
June 20 – Wayne Henderson Festival – Mouth of Wilson, VA
June 18 -20 – WV Folk Festival – Glenville, WV
June 26-27 – Grayson County OT & BG Fiddlers – Elk Creek, VA
July 10-11 – Elliott Co. Fiddlers – Sandy Hook, KY
July 11 – Tazewell County OT & BG Fiddlers – Tazewell, VA
July 15-18 – Wayside BG Festival – Stuart, VA
July 17-18 – Alleghany County OT & BG Fiddlers – Sparta, NC
July 27-31 – Mountain Music School – Big Stone Gap, VA
July 24-25 – Ashe County OT & BG Fiddlers – Jefferson, NC
July 29 – August 1 – Appalachian String Band Festival – Clifftop, WV
August 3-8 – Old Fiddlers Convention – Galax, VA
August 14-15 – Fries OT & BG Fiddlers – Fries, VA
August 21-22 – Johnson Co. OT Fiddlers – Laurel Bloomery, TN
August 27-29 – Fly In Festival & Kessinger Fiddle & Guitar Contests – Huntington, WV
September 4-6 – Happy Valley OT & BG Fiddlers – Lenoir, NC
September 5 – Albert Hash Memorial Fest. – Mouth of Wilson, VA
September 6-7 – Rockbridge Mountain Music & Dance Festival – Buena Vista, VA
September 11-13 – Bristol Rhythm & Roots – Bristol, VA – TN
September 17-19 – Hoppin’ John OT & BG Fiddlers – Silk Hope, NC
September 18-19 – SC State Fiddling Championship – Pickens, SC
September 18-19 – Carolina in the Fall – Wilkesboro, NC
September 29 – October 3 – IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass – Raleigh, NC
October 3 – Bascom Lunsford – Minstrel of Appalachia Fest – Mars Hill, NC
October 9-11 – Autumn Leaves Festival – Mt. Airy, NC
October 10 – Granite Quarry Fiddlers – Granite Quarry, NC
October 16-18 – Home Craft Days Festival – Big Stone Gap, VA
October 24 – Blue Ridge Folklife Festival – Ferrum, VA
November 7 – Pickin’ at the MARC (Fiddlers Convention) – Wentworth, NC
