2026 Bluegrass Happenings……….
Jan 22, 23, 24, 25, 2026 – SPBGMA Bluegrass Awards – Nashville, TN spbgma.com for all info on performances, reservations and tickets
Jan 24, 2026 - Chris Thile @ The Paramount Theater - Austin, TX - 7pm
Jan 31 - Riley Gilbreath & Lone Star Blue in Concert - Allen, TX - 7:30 pm
Free concert! Allen Christian Church
Feb 13, 2026 - East Mountain Bluegrass "Valentine Singing" - White Oak, TX - 6pm
Special Guests: The Hallmarks
White Oak Assembly of God - 110 E HWY 80 White Oak, TX 75693
Feb 28 – Mar 1 – 2026 – Paluxy River Bluegrass Festival – Glenrose, TX
Featuring Kody Norris Show, Paluxy Pickers, Pocket Change, and more tba
March 12, 13, 14 - 2026 – Mountain View Spring Bluegrass Festival - Mountain View, AR Headin’ Home, Redmond Keisler Tribute Band, Dave Adkins & Mountain Soul, Appalachian Smoke, Junior Sisk, Spillwater Drive, Mike Mitchell Band, Seldom Scene, Chosen Road, The New Primitive April 18 – Bluegrass in Burleson – Burleson, TX The Purple Hulls, more TBA
April 17 - 19 - 2026 - Old Settlers Music Festival - Driftwood, TX
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper and more - oldsettlersmusicfest.org
April 18, 2026 – Luckenbach 5th Annual Bluegrass Festival – Luckenbach, TX Yonder Mountain String Band, Volume Five, Shelby Means, The Fretliners, The Cody Sisters, Luke Bulla Info:luckenbachtexas.com
April 23, 24, 25, 2026 – Bluegrass At The Station – Auburn, AL Authentic Ultd, Kody Norris Show, Dave Adkins & Mountain Soul, Kevin Prater Band, Wyatt Ellis Band, Little Roy & Lizzy Show, Po Ramblin Boys, Fast Track, ETSU Bluegrass Band, Remedy Tree
Apr 30, May 1 & 2 , 2026 – Little Roy & Lizzy Music Festival – Lincolnton, GA Little Roy & Lizzy Show, T Graham Brown, Gene Watson, Rhonda Vincent, Malpass Bros, Kody Norris Show, Cutter & Cash & KY Grass, Hillbilly Bisquits, Jr Sisk, The Grascals, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Headin Home
May 21, 22, 23, 2026 – 29th Annual Memorial Day Gospel Festival @ Salmon Lake Park, Grapeland, TX The Isaacs, The Chuck Wagon Gang, Jerry Salley, Chosen Road, King James Boys, The Purple Hulls, The Marksmen, The Herrins, and more tba. Advanced tickets are on sale now! 936 687 2594 www.salmonlakepark.com ****Remember**** log on and see all the upcoming "Fun Pick Weekends" at Salmon Lake Park
May 30 – Bluegrass On The Ballard – Wylie Jubilee – Wylie, TX Free Festival featuring The Grascals, Kristy Cox, Dave Adkins & Mtn Soul, Riley Gilbreath & Lone Star Blue, Bobby Giles & Texas Gales, Randy Collier & Grassland
June 11, 12, 13, 2026 – 3rd Annual Gospel Bluegrass Festival @ Turkey Track, Waldron, AR The Isaacs, Authentic Unlimited, Catahoula Drive, Spring Street, Daryl Moseley, Backroad Revival, The Marksmen, SpringStreet, Mike Powell and more tba
July, 8, 9, 10, & 11, 2026 – Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival – Conway, MO Larry Stephenson Band, Pitney-Meyer Band, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Larry Cordle, Volume Five, Nick Chandler & Delivered - more tba
July 16, 17, 18, 2026 - Industrial Strength Bluegrass - Xenia, OH
Lonesome River Band, Seldom Scene, Po Ramblin Boys, Jr. Sisk, Larry Cordle, David Parmley, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Jeff Tolbert & Primitive Road, Chris Davis Band, Deeper Shade of Blue, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, The Often Herd, and more
July 31, Aug 1, & Aug 21, 2026 – Farmers Branch Bluegrass Festival – DoubleTree Hotel, Dallas, TX Featuring: The Kody Norris Show, Authentic Unlimited, Carter & Cleveland, Balsam Range, Kenny & Amanda Smith, The Cox Family, Texas & Tennessee featuring Steve Huber & Dennis Park, Bobby Giles & Texas Gales, Riley Gilbreath & Lone Star Blue
Aug 2 - The Purple Hulls and East Mountain Bluegrass in Concert - Paris, TX 6pm
Cornerstone Baptist Church
Aug 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8, 2026 – Pickin In Parsons – Parsons, WV Nothin' Fancy Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Red Camel Collective, Po' Ramblin' Boys, The Seldom Scene, Blue Highway, The Cox Family, High Fidelity, Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Lonesome River Band, The Grascals, The Gibson Brothers, Chris Davis Band. The Price Sisters, Dave Adkins & Mountain Soul
Sept 11 & 12 – Bluegrass & Chili Festival – Tahlequah, OK
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, more tba
Sept 17, 18, 19, 2026 – Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival – Conway, MO
Sept 18, 29, 20, 2026 - Pickin In The Pines - Flagstaff, AZ
Festuring: Red Camel Collective, Blue Highway, more tba
Oct 2 & 3 – Big Bend Festival – Alpine, TX
Oct 7, 8, 9, 10, 2026 –Bluegrass Festival @ Turkey Track, Waldron, AR
Oct 22. 23. 24, 2026 – 50th Annual Bluegrass Festival @ Salmon Lake Park, Grapeland, TX tba
Nov 2026 – Saturday Nights in McKinney, TX - tba
Nov 11, 12, 13, 14, 2026 – Mountain View Fall Bluegrass Festival - Mountain View, AR Larry Stephson Band, Ralph Stanley II & Clinch Mtn Boys, Monroe Crossing, Tacie & The Sunshine Band, Amanda Cook Band, Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, The Gibson Brothers, David Parmley & New South, The Chigger Hill Boys and Terri, Nothin’ Fancy
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