It’s the 40
th year for the event, which runs through Sunday on festival grounds southeast of Strawberry about two miles off Highway 3 on W-69.
There will be Saturday morning workshops featuring guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro, fiddle and upright bass – with an open stage on Saturday and gospel show on Sunday.
Several bands will be performing, including The Anderegg Family from Ryan, who will perform this Saturday and Sunday.
Other performers scheduled for the Backbone Bluegrass Festival this weekend include The Bluegrass Blondies, That Dalton Gang and the Briggs Family Band. Stage shows begin Friday at 4 pm, Saturday at 11 am and 6 pm and Sunday at 9 am. You can bring your lawn chairs and there’s camping on site. For more information, check out backbonebluegrass.com.
If you close your eyes and listen closely (maybe with a favorite bluegrass tune playing in your head), you may be able to hear the mandolins, banjos and fiddles warming up all around the state and country! for the 40th Annual Backbone Bluegrass Festival, coming up July 23-25 at Backbone State Park (Iowa’s oldest state park) in Strawberry Point.
Originally organized in 1981 as the Strawberry Point, Iowa Bluegrass Festival by music enthusiast Linzy Martin as a way to raise money to get the lake dredged at Backbone State Park, it took off and is now, 40 years later, stronger than ever.
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