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Arizona Bluegrass Association

A 501(c)(3) Non Profit Organization

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Upcoming events

    • June 02, 2023
    • September 18, 2026
    • 80 sessions
    • 19055 N 57th Ave, Glendale

    Glendale Foothills Library Jam

     19055 N 57th Ave, Glendale AZ

    1st & 3rd Friday 1 - 3 PM


    Contact

    John Livingston

    john8489@gmail.com

    440-840-8899


    • June 23, 2023
    • May 26, 2028
    • 60 sessions
    • 8066 N 49th Glendale AZ 85302

    Fray Garces Columbian Hall Jam


    Glendale AZ 4th Friday 6 - 8 PM
    Fray Garces Columbian Hall
     8066 N 49th Glendale AZ 85302

    Contact

    John Livingston

    john8489@gmail.com

    440-840-8899


    • September 15, 2024
    • May 18, 2025
    • 16 sessions
    • 2218 South Mariposa Road, Apache Junction AZ 85119
    Apache Junction Jam


    The Apache Junction Jam

    First and third Sunday of the month

    Starting on Sunday, December1st 1:30-3:30pm 

    Venue Change

    2218 South Mariposa Road, Apache Junction AZ 85119

    Chairs will be provided, but feel free to bring your own.

    Call Galen at 480-236-2814 for more information

    Contact

    • December 22, 2024
    • June 15, 2025
    • 26 sessions
    • 1676 W White Mountain Blvd, Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ

    Bluegrass Jam at The Irish Colleen

    1676 W White Mountain Blvd, Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ

    (928) 298-3180


    • January 08, 2025
    • June 04, 2025
    • 21 sessions
    • 7033 E Cave Creek Rd Cave Creek, AZ 85331

    Mountain View Pub Jam

    Wednesdays 5PM till Close

    Every Wednesday

    No jam February 26th

    6PM-Closing

    7033 E Cave Creek Rd Cave Creek, AZ 85331

    Contact Mark


    • April 12, 2025
    • March 06, 2027
    • 100 sessions
    • 25630 S Brentwood Dr, Sun Lakes, AZ 85248


    Cottonwood Country Club Jam


    Bluegrass Jam every Saturday

    9AM-11AM


    Cottonwood Country Club - Room A6

    25630 S Brentwood Dr, Sun Lakes, AZ 85248

    Contact Jane

    503-984-9519

    Email janeromfo5@gmail.com



    • May 16, 2025
    • May 18, 2025
    • 20 Road 2050 Aztec, NM 87410

    Tico Time Bluegrass Festival

    May 16 - 18, 2025

    The Infamous Stringdusters

    Leftover Salmon

    Railroad Earth

    • May 21, 2025
    • May 26, 2025
    • Nevada County Fairgrounds 11228 McCourtney Rd. Grass Valley, CA 95949

    Strawberry Music Festival

    May 21 - 26, 2025

    Headliners

    Dan Tyminski

    Sam Grisman Project

    Darlingside

    WEBSITE

    • May 23, 2025
    • May 25, 2025
    • 141 East Meadow Drive Vail, CO 81657

    SpringFree Bluegrass Festival

    May 23 - 25, 2025

    Solaris Plaza
    141 East Meadow Drive
    Vail, CO 81657
    United States

    Headliners
    • phoffman
    • Nicki Bluhm
    • The Terrapin Family Band

    Website

    SpringFree Bluegrass Festival



    • May 30, 2025
    • June 01, 2025
    • Fort Buenaventura State Park 2450 A Avenue Ogden, UT 84401

    Ogden Music Festival

    Fort Buenaventura State Park

    2450 A Avenue

    Ogden, UT 84401

    United States


    Website

    Ogden Music Festival

    • June 06, 2025
    • June 08, 2025
    • Riverbend Park 451 Pendleton Street Palisade, CO 81526

    Palisade Bluegrass & Roots Festival

    Jun 6 - 8, 2025

    Kitchen Dwellers

    The California Honeydrops

    The Brothers Comatose

    INFO

    Palisade Bluegrass & Roots Festival


    • June 07, 2025
    • 5401 Snyder Lane Rohnert Park, CA 94928

    Sonoma Wild Music Festival

    Rohnert Park

    5401 Snyder Lane

    Rohnert Park, CA 94928

    WEBSITE

    Gone Gone Beyond

    Painted Mandolin


    Sonoma Wild

    • June 13, 2025
    • June 15, 2025
    • Nevada County Fairgrounds 11228 McCourtney Rd. Grass Valley, CA 95949 United States

    Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival

    The Travelin’ McCourys

    AJ Lee & Blue Summit

    Gibson Brothers

    WEBSITE

    Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival


    • June 14, 2025
    • June 15, 2025
    • Coconino Center For the Arts 2300 N Fort Valley Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

    23rd annual Flagstaff Folk Festival

    June 14th and 15th, 2025

    Coconino Center For the Arts

    2300 N Fort Valley Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

    Get ready for the 23rd annual Flagstaff Folk Festival! This year’s Festival will be returning to the Coconino Center for the Arts and the Pioneer Museum on June 14th and 15th, 2025. Mark your calendars now for 2 days of great live music. We look forward to seeing you this year!

    • June 14, 2025
    • June 15, 2025
    • Coconino Center for the Arts and the Pioneer Museum

    Flagstaff Folk Festival 

    Artists Wanted

    Are you a solo performing artist? Are you a member of a musical group? Have you always wanted to perform live? This is your chance! Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 Flagstaff Folk Festival, June 14th & 15th at the Coconino Center for the Arts and the Pioneer Museum. All types of folk and acoustic music are encouraged to apply. We are looking for solo acts, duos, and small and large groups. Our aim is for a wide diversity of music and genres. This is not strictly a “bluegrass” or “old-time” event. The Folk Festival is an event for both seasoned and up-and-coming performers. If you are interested in applying,  Click Here for more information and a link to the application. We look forward to seeing your application. 

    Please email any questions to flagfolkfest@ffotm.net 



    • June 17, 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • 4725 E. Mayo Blvd. Phoenix, AZ 85050

    The Travelin’ McCourys at the MIM



    Tuesday, June 17, 2025

    7:00 p.m.

    The McCoury brothers—Ronnie (mandolin) and Rob (banjo)—were born into the bluegrass tradition. Their father, Del, is among the most influential and successful musicians in the history of the genre. Years on the road with their father in the Del McCoury Band honed the brothers’ knife-edge chops and encouraged the duo to imagine how traditional bluegrass could cut innovative pathways into 21st-century music.

    With fiddler Christian Ward, bassist Alan Bartram, and latest recruit Cody Kilby on guitar, Ronni and Rob McCoury assembled a group that could honor the McCoury bluegrass heritage, incorporating the traditions they had learned and heard, while pushing the music forward. The band has since become the only group to have each of its members recognized with an International Bluegrass Music Association Award for their instrument at least once.


    Ronnie McCoury—mandolin

    Rob McCoury—banjo

    Christian Ward—fiddle

    Alan Bartram—bass

    Cody Kilby—guitar




    • June 19, 2025
    • June 22, 2025
    • Telluride Town Park 500 East Colorado Ave Telluride, CO 81435 United States

    Telluride Bluegrass Festival

    Jun 19 - 22, 2025

    Headliners

    Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

    Alison Krauss & Union Station

    Gillian Welch

    WEBSITE

    Telluride Bluegrass Festival

    • June 19, 2025
    • June 22, 2025
    • Sawtooth Valley Pioneer Park Stanley, ID 83278 United States

    Sawtooth Valley Gathering

    Jun 19 - 22, 2025

    Headliners

    Leftover Salmon

    Daniel Donato

    Shovels & Rope

    Website

    Sawtooth Valley Gathering



    • June 21, 2025
    • June 22, 2025
    • Goodwin Street Downtown Prescott, AZ

    44th ANNUAL

    PRESCOTT BLUEGRASS FESTIVALPicture


    The Prescott Bluegrass Festival

    The festival started as a fiddle contest dedicated to a local fiddler. In the mid-80's it took on the character of a typical bluegrass festival. Until the mid-90’s, the event was held at Watson Lake Park, and then moved to its current downtown location on the Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza in 1996. At that time the event changed character again to one with FREE admission. It remains the only FREE bluegrass festival of its caliber in the western United States. Financial support comes from local businesses, Lamb Chevrolet, the City of Prescott, Arizona Commission on the Arts and many additional Friends of Bluegrass, as well as raffle sales, festival tee shirts and the festival program.

    ​The Prescott Chamber of Commerce coordinates this FREE festival and strives to bring audiences a variety of bluegrass shows: traditional and contemporary; national, regional, and local groups; family and non-family bands – while maintaining the highest standards for the music.




    • June 27, 2025
    • June 29, 2025
    • 1975 Dempsey Lake Road, Deer Lodge MT 59722

    Bluegrass Campout and Concert in Montana

    June 27th through June 29th, 2025

    • June 28, 2025
    • June 29, 2025
    • Sisters Art Works 204 West Adams Avenue Sisters, OR 97759 United States

    Big Ponderoo

    Jun 28 - 29, 2025

    Headliners

    Shovels & Rope

    ALO

    Sierra Hull

    Website

    Big Ponderoo



    • July 04, 2025
    • July 06, 2025
    • Plumas County Fairgrounds 204 Fairground Rd Quincy, CA 95971

    High Sierra Music Festival

    Jul 3 - 6, 2025

    Headliners

    • ALO
    • Andy Frasco & The U.N.
    • The Barr Brothers
    • Broken Compass Bluegrass

    Website

    High Sierra Music Festival




    • July 04, 2025
    • July 05, 2025
    • Alma City Park 59 Buckskin Street Alma, CO 80420

    South Park Bluegrass Festival

    Jul 4 - 5, 2025

    Headliners

    • Bill Nershi
    • Jason Hann
    • Local Folk

    Website

    South Park Bluegrass Festival


    • July 11, 2025
    • Arizona Financial Theatre Phoenix, AZ

    Alison Krauss & Union Station

    July 11, 2025

    Arizona Financial Theatre

    Phoenix, AZ

    TICKETS


    • July 11, 2025
    • July 13, 2025
    • Waypoint Park 1145 Granary Avenue Bellingham, WA 98225


    Northwest Tune-Up

    Jul 11 - 13, 2025

    Headliners

    STS9

    Silversun Pickups

    Chet Faker

    Website

    Northwest Tune-Up

    • July 18, 2025
    • July 20, 2025
    • Big Mountain Ranch 1875 Voerman Rd Whitefish, MT 59937 United States


    Under The Big Sky

    Jul 18 - 20, 2025

    Headliners

    Tyler Childers

    Mumford & Sons

    The Red Clay Strays

    Website

    Under The Big Sky

    Big Mountain Ranch

    1875 Voerman Rd

    Whitefish, MT 59937

    United States


    • July 18, 2025
    • July 19, 2025
    • Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center 3800 SW Airport Way Redmond, OR 97756


    FairWell Festival 

    Jul 18 - 19, 2025

    Headliners

    Tyler Childers

    Sturgill Simpson

    Sierra Ferrell

    Website

    FairWell Festival

    Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center

    3800 SW Airport Way

    Redmond, OR 97756



    • July 18, 2025
    • July 20, 2025
    • Darrington Bluegrass Music Park 42501 Arlington-Darrington Rd Darrington, WA 98241


    Darrington Bluegrass Festival

    Jul 18 - 20, 2025

    Headliners

    Della Mae

    Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass

    Seth Mulder and Midnight Run

    Website

    Darrington Bluegrass Festival


    Darrington Bluegrass Music Park

    42501 Arlington-Darrington Rd

    Darrington, WA 98241



    • July 25, 2025
    • July 27, 2025
    • Planet Bluegrass Ranch 500 W Main St Lyons, CO 80540


    RockyGrass 

    Jul 25 - 27, 2025

    Headliners

    • Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
    • Sam Bush
    • The Infamous Stringdusters

    Website

    RockyGrass


    Planet Bluegrass Ranch

    500 W Main St

    Lyons, CO 80540

    United States


    • September 04, 2025
    • September 06, 2025
    • Payson Event Center 1400 S Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541


    September 4th – 6th, 2025

    Payson Event Center 
    Northern Gila County Fair

    Event Details 

    Contact Info

    rgrobler@paysonaz.gov

    Rickus Grobler 928-472-5118


    The Fiddle and Food Festival is now held at the Payson Event Center in collaboration with the Northern Gila County Fair! Payson is proud to host Arizona’s State Fiddling Championship for the 55th year. Come one, come all and enjoy the musical offerings of Arizona’s most talented fiddlers. From the youngest (small fry) to the eldest (senior), we’re sure that you will be delighted by their talent. Bring the family and lawn chairs and join us at the Payson Event Center for a truly enjoyable weekend full of music and amazing food trucks. Divisions will go in order, times not guaranteed.

    Payson Event Center 1400 S Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541

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