This is a list of bluegrass music festivals that have Wikipedia articles or are otherwise verified by an independent, reliable, published source. This list may have some overlap with the umbrella topic list of folk festivals, and more complete overlap with list of country music festivals.

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a subgenre of country music. Bluegrass was inspired by the music of Appalachia. It has mixed roots in Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and EnglishOlive Dame Campbell & Cecil J. Sharp, English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, Comprising 122 Songs and Ballads, and 323 Tunes, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917, pg xviii. traditional music, and also later influenced by the music of African Americans through incorporation of jazz elements.

Festivals

North America Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest and Folk FestivalAgoura Hills, United States 1961 Central Canadian Bluegrass Awards Huntsville, Canada 1971 Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention Mount Airy, United States 1972 Indiana Fiddlers' Gathering Battle Ground, United States 1972 Walnut Valley Festival (Stage 5) Winfield, United States 1972 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Telluride, United States 1973 Festival of the Bluegrass Lexington, United States 1974 Huck Finn Jubilee Ontario, United States 1974 Stompin 76 Galax, United States 1976California Bluegrass Association Father's Day Festival Grass Valley, United States1976 Vandalia Gathering Charleston, United States 1977 Tottenham Bluegrass Festival Tottenham, Canada 1983 MerleFest Wilkesboro, United States 1988 Appalachian String Band Music Festival (aka Clifftop) Clifftop, United States1990 Augusta Heritage Festival Elkins, United States 1990s High Sierra Music Festival Quincy, United States 1991 Podunk Bluegrass Festival Norwich, United States 1996 Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival Guthrie, United States 1996 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass San Francisco, United States 2001 10,000 Lakes Festival Detroit Lakes, United States 2003 Bluegrass Underground Cumberland Caverns, United States 2008 DelFest Cumberland, Maryland 2008 Charm City Bluegrass Festival Baltimore, United States 2013 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Oak Hill, United States 1982 Bloomin' Bluegrass Farmer's Branch, Texas, United States 2009Rogersville Bluegrass Festival Rogersville, New Brunswick, Canada 1990Bluegrass Battles Hunger St. Joseph, Missouri, United States 2011

Oceania Festival name City/Venue Remarks Canberra Country Blues & Roots Festival Canberra, Australia Tamworth Country Music Festival Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

Europe

Festival name City/Venue Country RemarksDidmarton Bluegrass Festival United KingdomGüglinger Bluegrass Festival Güglingen GermanyThe Güglinger Bluegrass Festival was an annual bluegrass music festival. The festival became one of the largest bluegrass festivals in Europe until it ceased after 2001. The Int. Bühler Bluegrass Festival in Bühl (Baden), Germany, can be regarded as its successor. The festival attracted major bands from the American scene like the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Country Gazette, The Tony Rice Unit, Laurie Lewis and Grant Street, and Tim O'Brien and the O'Boys. European World of Bluegrass Voorthuizen NetherlandsBluegrass Beeg Netherlands Lonesome Pine Indoor Country Festival Sunne Värmland Sweden Usually held in January. Bluegrass Outlaw Party Club Heidegger, grote Kerkplein 70, Rotterdam Netherlands Usually held in February. Gainsborough Old Time Festival Gainsborough United Kingdom Usually held in February. International Workshop of Acoustic Music Virton Belgium Usually held in April. Sore Fingers Week Kingham United Kingdom One week festival usually held in April Stage Bluegrass en Gascogne 32330 Gondrin France Usually held in April. Kilkenny Rhythm 'n' Roots Festival Kilkenny Ireland Roots music with an Irish and oldtime flavour Bordergrass Hopelands in Weobley Herefordshire United Kingdom Alie Rohling Festival "Pickers against Cancer" zaal de Loo - Looweg 38 Coevorden Netherlands Beneficial concert, all funds raised go to the Dutch Cancer Foundation. SC 40 jaar Farewell Reunion Festival De Muzeval, Emmen Netherlands Bluegrass & acoustic country a one-time only event to celebrate the completion of 40 years of Strictly Country magazine - European & US groups Venner Folk Frühling Venne Germany accent on folk 13th Oldtime Music Meeting Wippenhausen Kirchdorf Germany Musicians only registration mandatory Orwell Bluegrass Festival Orwell Crossing United Kingdom - Banjoree European 5-String Banjo Meeting Hagen Germany Gathering of banjopickers, also with guitar and mandolin workshops. Held every second year International Bühl Bluegrass Festival Bühl Germany established 2002, city sponsorship Bath Americana Festival Bath United Kingdom - Red Wine Bluegrass Party Genova Italy two nights show featuring Red Wine with guest artists from the US Boe't n Deure Odoorn Netherlands Bluegrass concerts held in a small cafe Spring Bluegrass Festival Alberswil/Willisau Switzerland Last event 2019, now discontinued . Jamboree Strakonice Czech Republic - Sacrewell Spring Camp (Friends of American Oldtime Music and Dance) Gainsborough United Kingdom - EWOB Convention & Tradeshow Voorthuizen Netherlands about 50 bands, on 3 days, international lineup Coastline Bluegrass Music Event Bryn Ffanigl Ganol Farm, Dolwen, Llanddulas, Wales United Kingdom - Karl May Festival Radebeul Radebeul Germany celebrating bluegrass while celebrating Germany's wild west author Hamawé Roots Festival Ethe/Virton Belgium on the Farm Roiseux GrevenGrass Bluegrassfestival Greven Germany - FBMA Spring Bluegrass Weekend (Pentecôte) près de Rennes, à la Maison Familiale Rurale Horticole "Les Rabinardières" France Ruotsinpyhtää Bluegrass Rendezvous Helsinki Finland Finland's oldest bluegrass festival, first held in 1988 Annual La Grange Rouge Bluegrass and French Folk TRAD EN FETE La Grange Rouge France Usually held in June Big Bear Festival De Kimme, Zuidlaren Netherlands bluegrass & acoustic country music - European & US bands Banjo Jamboree Caslav Czech Republic oldest running European bluegrass festival. Camping and included and international lineup Festival sur la Route de Tullins Isere France - Internationales Kötzer Country Music Festival Günzhalle, 89359 Koetz Germany - Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival Westport, Co. Mayo Ireland Established in 2007; international lineup Choteborský džem Letna 255, 583 01 Chotebor +420776311290 Czech Republic East Anglian Bluegrass Festival Steeple Morden United Kingdom Youth performances Haapavesi Folk Festival Haapavesi Finland - TFF Rudolstadt (roots folk world music) Rudolstadt Germany City organized Lida Country Festival Lida Sweden - Åmåls Blues Fest Åmål Sweden Usually held in July. Torsåker Bluegrass Festival Torsaker Sweden / - North Wales Bluegrass Festival Conwy, Wales United Kingdom established 1989 Munich BlueGrass Festival Munich Germany Music at the farm Bluegrass Festival Gunderinseli Thun Switzerland - Athy Bluegrass Festival Athy Ireland Ireland's oldest annual Bluegrass event, established 1991 Americana Festival Newark United Kingdom UTV Country Fest Aura Complex Letterkenny, Donegal Ireland - Nääsville Bluegrass Festival Frölunda Sweden Risor Bluegrass Festival Risor Norway music on stage and workshops - with workshops the week preceding the festival Cerexhe Festival Cerexhe Belgium Country, Established 1985 Totaalfestival Bladel Netherlands Cambridge Folk Festival Cambridge United Kingdom - Country Rendez-Vous Craponne sur Arzon France Guildtown Bluegrass Festival Guildtown United Kingdom - Lonesome Pine Festival Canis-Lysvik Sweden - La Roche International Bluegrass Festival La Roche-sur-Foron France first week of August International Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival Abaliget Hungary Three days of bluegrass and acoustic music on a lakeside in the Hungarian countryside. Surrey Mini Bluegrass Festival Mickleham Village Hall United Kingdom - Sacrewell Summer Camp (Friends Of American Oldtime Music And Dance) Gainsborough United Kingdom -Bluegrass Family Festival Stetten Switzerland family operated gathering place for the Swiss bluegrass community. Discontinued since 2016 Gränna Bluegrass Festival Gränna Sweden 30th anniversary in 2007 Floralia Country Festival Oosterhout Netherlands - Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival Dunmore East Ireland established 1995 Tønder Folk Festival Tønder Denmark international folk and bluegrass acts Didmarton Bluegrass Festival Kemble Airfield Didmarton United Kingdom international lineup Appalachian and Bluegrass Music Festival Omagh, Northern Ireland United Kingdom held in a historic folk park established 1992 international lineup Bluegrass Marathon Borovany u Tachova Czech Republic established 1979 Picnic Festival Namur Belgium Bluegrass & Celtic Festival Int. Bluegrass Meeting Kulturgewächshaus Birkenried Gundelfingen Germany Music in the Greenhouse Sunny Mountain Bluegrass Festival Stettfurt Switzerland The Open House Festival Bangor, Northern Ireland United Kingdom Six days of roots music in the centre of Belfast Gower Bluegrass Festival Parkmill, Gower, Wales United Kingdom - Sweet Sunny South Festival Hastings United Kingdom - Cornish Bluegrass Festival Newquay United Kingdom since 2004 Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival Longford Ireland Irish Traditional, American Bluegrass, and Folk Music Moniaive Michaelmas Bluegrass Festival Moniaive, Dumfries, Scotland United Kingdom - Bruff Bluegrass Festival Main St, Bruff, Co. Limerick Ireland This event takes place in three venues over three evenings with late night mike sessions. Banjo and guitar workshops and picking gatherings in afternoon on Sunday. Pick Your Passion Camp Munich Aschau/Chiemgau, n/Munich Germany - Sore Fingers Weekend Kingham United Kingdom learning music and jamming Bluegrass Beeg Grevenbicht Sittard-Geleen Netherlands Bluegrass music festival. Autism friendly . Old Time Country Festival Breitisaal 8185 Winkel Switzerland organized by American folk club Rocking ChairTrafaria Bluegrass International Music FestivalTrafaria, AlmadaPortugalAnual event, promoted since 2022. Community festival organized by a local association (Recreios Desportivos da Trafaria)

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