Music Festivals and Airstreams

[OTRA15]

FYI next years "Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" festival is scheduled to start on October 1, 2021.

Mark your calendars!

Originally Posted by OTRA15

The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival will be online in about 45 minutes at 5 PM EDT:

https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/
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Yee Ha!

[OTRA15]

FYI the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival has a new online video line-up ["Let the Music Play On"], with the next episode on January 5th:

https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/

Hosted by Laurie Lewis and Nina Gerber, it features the music of Robert Earl Keene I think? These events are to take place every other week it appears.


more coming on edit please stand by

[OTRA15]

PS -- ran out of edit time -- getting more info about the Tuesday event -- will update later.

Happier New Year!

[OTRA15]

I am working on getting more info for the Tuesday event.

In the meantime, from Episode 1 of "Let the Music Play On," here is a great cover of an old Jesse Winchester tune "A Showman's Life" and other tunes.

[click on URL for Full Screen etc. options -- the music starts at 01:20]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHsh...ture=emb_title

[OTRA15]

This new link should lead directly to the event at 8 PM tonight:

https://youtu.be/TJBgqEgTD3g

Not sure if it is live tonight, or taped, but Laurie and Nina should put on a good show IMO.

HSBF "In Memoriam" page FYI -- quite a roster of talent gone on . . . including John Prine and Tony Rice recently:

https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/memoriam/

Let the Music Play On . . .

[OTRA15]

Robert Earl Keen is in the line-up also.

[OTRA15]

Originally Posted by OTRA15

This new link should lead directly to the event at 8 PM tonight:

https://youtu.be/TJBgqEgTD3g
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It's on!

[OTRA15]

Originally Posted by TouringDan

The week after Freshgrass is my favorite music festival- Wide Open Bluegrass in downtown Raleigh, NC.
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[click on orange arrow in quote to go directly to Post #220 and see the great photos]

Thanks for that detailed post from October 2019, Dan. Here are the Freshgrass and Wide Open sites for 2021:

Freshgrass end of September 2021 -- nothing definite at this time: https://freshgrass.com/north-adams-schedule/
World of BG Virtual 2021 -- see FAQ at bottom: https://worldofbluegrass.org/general-information/
Wide Open 2022: https://www.everfest.com/e/wide-open-bluegrass-raleigh-nc

[OTRA15]

Originally Posted by OTRA15

FYI the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival has a new online video line-up ["Let the Music Play On"], with the next episode on January 5th:

https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/
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The next episode is on Tuesday January 19th.

[OTRA15]

Please post virtual festivals you may know about.

2021 may be a spare year for live in-person festivals . . .

[1StreamDream]

Very much appreciate the posts that keep us all informed about festival status, thanks to all who are contributing to that flow of info. Many are virtual, and because the live in person form is now the exception, I was hoping we could emphasize and post those, when they become planned events. I don’t know if that should be a separate thread, I think it’s fine either way and I defer to the forum moderator(s) for the best course of action. I am hopeful that by the time we get to May/June the state of affairs will be more conducive to public gatherings, music festivals in particular. Thanks again for the updates.

[OTRA15]

FYI Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem are playing here at 5 PM EST:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWu-...ature=youtu.be

Used to see them at festivals, in an earlier incarnation of the band.

FWIW

[OTRA15]

Originally Posted by OTRA15

FYI the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival has a new online video line-up ["Let the Music Play On"], with the next episode on January . . .

https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/
. . .

There is a new episode tonight at 8 PM Eastern, with Patty Griffin and Tre Burt.

Travel safe and . . .