Bluegrass & More Calendar

Be sure to bookmark this page and check back often through the year. Want to submit an event to the calendar? Email the editor at left. As always, check with individual businesses / events before traveling long distances to attend.

Missouri 2015:

  • January 14, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn (Gillioz Theatre)
  • Gillioz.org
  • (417) 863-9491
  • February 27, 7PM, An Evening withThe Booth Brothers (Cherry Street Baptist Church, Springfield)
  • Front Row Promotions
  • (417) 866-4215
  • March 7, Elvis Costello (Gillioz Theatre)
  • Gillioz.org
  • (417) 863-9491
  • March 13, Lebanon Lions Club Concert featuring The Isaacs (Cowan Civic Center)
  • Lion Concerts.org
  • (417) 532-7402
  • March 20-22, 10th Annual Flatpick Guitar Workshop Weekend (Marriott St. Louis West)
  • STL Flatpick.com
  • March 27, 7PM, The Afters & Hawk Nelson Concert (Meramec Music Theatre, Steelville)
  • Meramec Music Theatre.com
  • (573) 775-5999
  • March 28, 6PM, Night of Worship Gospel Concert: The Dysarts & the Mark Trammell Quartet (Royal Theatre, Macon)
  • Dysart Family Music.com
  • (660) 676-5676
  • April 13-15 / 15-17, Springtime Jubilee: Old Time Gospel Singin’ / Laughin’ / Preachin’ with Governor Mike Huckabee, Mark Lowry, The Collingworth Family, Jason Crabb, Gold City, Dino & The Martins (Welk Resort Theatre, Branson)
  • Front Row Promotions
  • (800) 616-8863
  • April 16, Yonder Mountain String Band (Gillioz Theatre)
  • Gillioz.org
  • (417) 863-9491
  • May 1, 8PM, Home Free Concert (Gillioz Theatre)
  • Gillioz.org
  • (417) 863-9491
  • May 3-4, Spring Planting Festival (Baker Creek, Mansfield)
  • Rare Seeds.com
  • May 14, 7PM, Mark Lowry & The Martins with Stan Whitmire Concert (Meramec Music Theatre, Steelville)
  • Meramec Music Theatre.com
  • (573) 775-5999
  • May 15, 8PM, Chase Rice Concert (Gillioz Theatre)
  • Gillioz.org
  • (417) 863-9491
  • June 6, Rainmakers, Violet & the Undercurrents, Brother Wiley, Cindy Woolf, Mark Bilyeu Trio, Ozark Mountain Maybelles, Kevin Cott in Concert (Rock House, Reeds Spring)
  • Rock House Center For The Arts.org
  • (417) 272-8386

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IBMA Raleigh Bluegrass

Walter Raleigh goes bluegrass for the 2013 IBMA Convention.

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Arkansas 2015:

  • January 26, Monroe Crossing (Collins Theatre)
  • KASU.org
  • July 30 through August 1, Hammered Dulcimer Workshop (Ozark Folk Center)
  • Ozark Folk Center.com
  • (870) 269-3851
  • August 13-15, Mr. Big’s Annual Bluegrass Festival (Basin Spring Park, Eureka Springs)
  • Eureka Springs.org
  • (479) 981-0404
  • August 20-22, Annual Old-Time Fiddle Weekend & Contest (Ozark Folk Center)
  • Ozark Folk Center.com
  • (870) 269-3851

Missouri 2015 (continued):

  • July 2-5, 30th Annual Starvy Creek Summer Bluegrass Festival (Conway)
  • Starvy Creek.com
  • (417) 589-2013
  • August 5-8, 47th Annual Brumley Gospel Sing (Cowan Civic Center)
  • Brumley Music.com
  • (800) 435-3725
  • August 8, 7PM, Jimmy Allison & the Ozark Rounders Concert (Kimberling City Shopping Center)
  • Bluegrass On The Lake.com
  • (417) 335-0096
  • August 27 through September 7, Southern Gospel Picnic (Silver Dollar City)
  • SilverDollar City.com
  • (800) 888-7277
  • September 16 through October 31, National Harvest & Cowboy Festival (Silver Dollar City)
  • SilverDollar City.com
  • (800) 888-7277
  • September 17-19, 24th Annual Starvy Creek Fall Bluegrass Festival (Conway)
  • Starvy Creek.com
  • (417) 589-2013
  • September 19, 6PM, Good News! He’s Alive Tour: The Talleys & Tribute Quartet (Meramec Music Theatre, Steelville)
  • Meramec Music Theatre.com
  • (573) 775-5999
  • November 7, 11AM, 6th Annual Castor River Bluegrass Bash (Zalma School Gymn, Zalma)
  • (573) 429-0461
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Missouri Bluegrass:

“We’re not much to look at... but then again bluegrass has never been about looks, just the music. That’s the difference between country/pop music and bluegrass ya know. Bluegrass peels back the onion and gets at the heart of the music.” — Jay Don Johnson

“Too many notes per measure is akin to an auctioneer preaching a sermon. You hear all the words, but they have no meaning or emotion.” — Harry Formby Clark

Heart of the Ozarks Bluegrass

(West Plains, MO) Teresa Romans of the Heart of the Ozarks Bluegrass Association (HOBA) notes, “Everybody talks about the big names but I have great appreciation for local talent. They work just as hard as the big guys if not harder.”

The Missouri Ozarks are known for world-class bluegrass talent which puts local groups in high standing. HOBA has been hosting festivals since 1984. “The first stage was built from trees off my grandpa’s farm,” explains Romans. “The local sawmill milled it all. The Association began because Ethel Willard, a West Plains teacher who loved bluegrass, wanted an association where people could come together and pick and grin and keep bluegrass going. Ethel couldn’t play anything or carry a tune in a bucket to save her soul, but she loved it.

“That was the winter of ’79 when it started. I was about 13. My family played music and we were pretty heavily involved in the music, the fundraisers, working the kitchen. It was a good place to grow up. Mom and daddy could turn us loose and not think too much about it. Bluegrass people are good people. They are there to help others out.”

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