Concertwire.com

I'm going to be in Nashville for most of that weekend, so I'm going to have to miss the fest this year! It does look like a lot of fun.

From jam bands to hardcore bluegrass and old time, this festival has something for everyone.

Some of the featured performers include Blue Highway, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Cephas & Wiggins, Cherryholmes, The Dan Tyminski Band, Darrell Scott, The Dixie Bee-Liners, Doc Watson, the everybodyfields, The Hackensaw Boys, The Infamous Stringdusters, Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, Langhorne Slim, The Maid Rite Stringband, Malcolm Holcombe, Mike Marshall’s Big Trio, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Papa Joe Smiddy and The Reedy Creek Band, R.B. Morris, Dr. Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Red Stick Ramblers, RobinElla, Sam Bush, Scott Miller & The Commonwealth, T. G. Sheppard, Wayne Henderson, and, of course, featured artist at San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers!

Also performing are the following:
Adam Larkey and Mountain Time, Adam Lawson, Anne McCue, Annie Robinette, April Taylor, Bawn in the Mash, Blue Country, Blue Mother Tupelo, Breaking Tradition, Brock Hawkins, Broken Wire, Charles T. Zerner, Chatham County Line, Chris Volpe, Christabel and The Jons, Clay Prewitt, Cutthroat Shamrock, Dale Jett, David Massengill/The Folk Brothers, David Shultz, Duty Free, East Tennessee Childrens Choir, Ed Snodderly, Eilen Jewell, Franklin and Baytop, Grit Pixies, Hart Creek, Head for the Hills, Highway 11, Holston Mountain Boys, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Houser and Company, Hungrytown, Ian Thomas, James Hand, Jamie Dyer & David French, Janie Grey, Kim Lyons, Larry Hall & The Virginia Mountaineers, Lightnin' Charlie, M.S.G. - The Acoustic Blues Trio, Major Canty, Mark Brinkman, Medford's Black Record Collection, Megan McCormick, Montage, No Speed Limit, Old Line Skiffle Combo, Otis Taylor, Paleface, Peaces of Way, Pete Kartsounes Band, Pleasant Hill, Rambling Rose, Randy Hixson, Ras Alan, Reagan Boggs, Real Country, Reterik, Rich and The Po' Folks, Roger Rasnake, Ron Dunbar Band, Roy Andrade, Sapling Grove, Sawyer Hollow, Scythian, Slim Pickins, Ted Olson, Tennessee Borderline, Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, The Big Red Rug Band, The Bowmans, The Calendar Effect, The Catbird Seat, The Coal Men, The Corklickers, The Fall Creek Band, The Floorbirds, The Gary Hensley Band, The Harlow Experience, The Morning Pages, The Mother Truckers, The Near Misses, The New Familiars, The Straight 8's, The Sundowners, The Two Man Gentleman Band, Trey Hensley, Turbo Pro Project, Wires and Wood, Wise Old River, and Woody Pines.