Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame and Uncle Pen Days

Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame and
Uncle Pen Days
September
Bean Blossom, Indiana

Started by Bill Monroe to honor those he felt made the the greatest contributions to bluegrass music and to honor fiddle playing Uncle Pendleton Vandiver, this festival is one of the oldest bluegrass festivals around.

There will be a wide variety of workshops including: beginning and advanced levels on banjo, guitar, fiddle, mandolin and bass, mountain and bluegrass vocals, group harmony, songwriting, band promotion, Bean Blossom history and more.

Sample line-ups included: Audie Blaylock & Redline, Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen, Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, Jeanette Williams, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Monroe Crossing, Summertown Road, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, David Parmley & Continental Divide, Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition, Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top Express, Larry Sparks & Lonesome Ramblers, Ralph Stanley II, Tim Graves & Cherokee, Frank Ray & Cedar Hill, Dr. Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, Seldom Scene, J. D. Crowe & The New South, James Monroe & Midnight Ramblers, The Grascals, Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys, Larry Stephenson Band, Kenny & Amanda Smith, and more.

More Indiana Bluegrass More Midwest Bluegrass

Call ahead and/or check website before traveling