Minnesota Bluegrass August Festival
August 11 - 14, 2022 • El Rancho Mañana, Richmond, MN | Nominated IBMA Event of the Year FIVE Times!Pursuant to current CDC and State of Minnesota guidance on COVID-19, people who are fully vaccinated are not required to wear masks at the Festival. People who are not fully vaccinated are strongly recommended to wear masks indoors, as well as outdoors where social distancing cannot be maintained. If you are experiencing illness symptoms, we ask that you not attend the Festival.
To reduce their risk of becoming infected with the Delta variant and potentially spreading it to others: CDC recommends that fully vaccinated people wear a mask in public indoor settings if they are in an area of substantial or high transmission.
Thursday: High 48's Pale Ales Bob Bovee & Pop Wagner Chris Silver & Craig Evans Friday: Sideline Special Consensus Bob Bovee & Pop Wagner Fish Heads Truegrass Trio Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike High 48's Pale Ales Volo Bogtrotters The Beavers Maygen & The Birdwatcher Mother Banjo Breanne Marie The Front Porch Sinners Old-Timeless Conversations Featuring Chris Silver and Chris Evans |
| Saturday Sam Bush Band Caleb Daugherty Band Sideline Special Consensus Jim & Lynna Woosley New Riverside Ramblers Bernie King and the Guilty Pleasures Wild Goose Chase Cloggers TrueGrassTrio Volo Bogtrotters Dale and the Nobodies Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike Sunday Jim & Lynna Woolsey Flatt Grass Revival Wild Goose Chase Cloggers |
2021 Schedules
Volunteers needed! Click here to find out how you can be one of the hundreds of volunteers needed to put on this great festival! On the Main Stage this year!
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In addition to the professional bands, many of the 4,000 plus people who attend are musicians themselves. They will bring their instruments and join in the many impromptu jam sessions that go on day and night in the campgrounds. If you're interested in getting involved as a musician, instructional camps are held in the days prior to the festival. LOCATION: El Rancho Manana, 27302 Ranch Rd, Richmond, MN 56368 (map) The Minnesota Bluegrass August Festival is held annually at El Rancho Mañana Campground. This festival features top national touring acts as well as the best bands from the Upper Midwest region in four days and nights of music on multiple stages, plus workshops, showcases, and much, much more! This festival is really an entire week of musical fun at El Rancho Mañana near Richmond MN. Bluegrass, Old-Time Stringband, and related forms of acoustic and Americana music are combined to suit a wide range of interests. You'll enjoy hearing something familiar and discovering something new! Pre-festival instructional camps will be followed by four days of bluegrass and old-time bliss. GET MORE INFO:The Festival FAQ page has detailed info about parking, camping, and much more! |
2021 Sponsors
Thank you to these organizations for all they do to support bluegrass and old-time music in Minnesota!
The following events are made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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Our Mission: To preserve and promote bluegrass and old-time stringband music in and around the state of Minnesota. |