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Kentucky's Underrated Music Hub Is Packed With Country Heritage, Bluegrass Jams, And Festivals

Want to experience the feel of a country music festival in a more relaxed setting? This underrated and charming town in ...
The Gazette

The Wildwoods return to Iowa

That touring has allowed The Wildwoods to build up pockets of strong support in Chicago; at the Ark in Ann Arbor, Michigan; ...
Yahoo

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2025: Highlights from San Francisco's free festival

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returned to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park this weekend, celebrating its 25th year with three days of free music and familiar joy. Founded in 2001 by the late financier and ...
SFGate

San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival is looking very good this year

The yearly festival was founded in 2001 by local venture capitalist Warren Hellman, who used his vast fortune to keep the event free of charge and without any corporate sponsorship; he died in 2011, ...
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At 25, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass proves why it remains San Francisco's favorite free festival

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returned to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, celebrating its 25th year with three days of free music, sunshine and a familiar sense of joy. Founded in 2001 by the late ...
WTVD

Raleigh Wide Open wraps up big event of music, crafts and fun

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- One of Raleigh's most iconic cultural events returned with the new 2025 Raleigh Wide Open Music Festival, which took place Friday and Saturday. The free two-day festival built ...
San Francisco Examiner

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass a family affair for late founder’s clan

The 25th edition of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass taking place this weekend in Golden Gate Park will be a family affair for a pair of bands. Festival founder Warren Hellman’s children and grandchildren ...
WLKY

WLKY walks you through a day on Honor Flight Bluegrass, honoring 80+ veterans

THERE’S A PHRASE ETCHED AT THE KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON THAT SAYS FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPENDING THE DAY WITH SOME OF OUR AREA’S OLDEST VETERANS THAT SECURED THAT ...
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2025: The complete guide to San Francisco's free festival

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returns for its silver anniversary this fall. Set to take place the first weekend of October, the annual festival offers three free days of music across six stages in San ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

A new bluegrass festival is set to debut at a new Door County campground

A new Door County campground is welcoming fall in a big way with a brand new bluegrass music festival that its owners plan to be an annual event. The first-ever CAMPGrass Music Festival brings four ...
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Putnam County native wins international bluegrass award

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WCHS) — A Putnam County native recently picked up an international bluegrass award. Ali Vance, a native of Hurricane, W.Va., won the 2025 International Bluegrass Music Association ...