Bluegrass & BBQ Festival

 

Bluegrass & BBQ -
The Midwest's Biggest Bluegrass & BBQ Gathering!
May 12 - May 30, 2011
 at Silver Dollar City
See electrifying performances by some of the very best names in Bluegrass music today, from award-winning favorites to red-hot rising stars! Plus, special events hosted during the festival include the Annual Single Mic Championship and KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest.

Try the nation’s most popular flavors from Memphis dry rubs and sweet and tangy Carolina vinegars to smoky Texas-style tastes and the Midwest’s own Kansas City-style. Come hungry and sink your teeth into this smokin’ all-American pastime.

 


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Bluegrass & BBQ Festival List of Performers
May 12 - May 30, 2011

 

 

Martin Family Band
The Martin Family Band

Gold Wing Express
May 12 - 13

Lindley Creek
May 12 - 13

The Martin Family Band
2011 SPBGMA Fiddle Performer of the Year May 12 - 13

Midnight Flight
May 12 - 13

The Kruger Brothers
May 12 - 15

   
The Kruger Brothers
The Kruger Brothers

Audie Blaylock & Redline
May 14 - 15

Brightwater Junction
May 14 - 15

Bull Harman & Bull's Eye
2011 Midwest SPBGMA Instrumental Group of the Year, Bluegrass Band of the Year -Contemporary, Guitar Performer of the Year and Mandolin Performer of the Year
May 14 - 15

Sherman Mountain Boys
May 14 - 15

The Chapmans
May 14 - 16

   
 The Chapmans
The Chapmans

Bluegrass Brigade
2011 Midwest SPBGMA Female Vocalist of the Year - Contemporary, Male Vocalist of the Year - Contemporary and Banjo Performer of the Year
May 16 - 17

The Harper Family
May 16 - 17

Hunt Family Bluegrass
May 16 - 17

Midwestern Town
2011 SPBGMA International Band Championship Winner
May 16 - 17

   
Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Vincent

Next Best Thing
May 16 - 18 

Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
7 time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year
2011 SPBGMA Female Vocalist of the Year -  Contemporary, and Entertainer of the Year

May 16 - 18

Darrin & Brooke Aldridge
May 17 - 19

Meyer Bluegrass Band
May 18 - 19

Redhead Express
May 18 - 19

Triple L Band
May 18 - 20

   
 Nothin' Fancy
Nothin' Fancy

Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass
May 19 - 20

Missouri River Band
May 19 - 20

IIIrd Generation Bluegrass
May 19 - 21

Cedar Hill
May 20 -21

Louisiana Grass
May 20 - 21

   
Kenny & Amanda Smith
Kenny & Amanda Smith

Nothin' Fancy
SPBGMA 2010, 2009 & 2008 Entertaining Group of the Year
May 20 - 23

Blue & Gray Pickers
May 21 - 22

The Pickin' Chicks
May 21 - 22

Monroeville
May 21 - 23

   
The Kellys
The Kellys

The Cleverlys
May 21 & May 28

Kenny & Amanda Smith
3 time IBMA Award Winners & Grammy Nominee
May 22 - 23

Jed & Harry Clark Band
May 22 - 24

The Farnum Family
May 22 & May 30

   
IIIrd Tyme Out
IIIrd Tyme Out

The Kellys
May 23 -24

The Link Family
May 23 - 24

IIIrd Tyme Out
7 time IBMA Vocal Group of the Year
2010 IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year - Russell Moore

May 23 - 24

Mississippi Sawyers
May 23 - 24

The Bankester Family
May 24 - 25

   
 Larry Stephenson
Larry Stephenson

The Hillbenders
2010 National Single Microphone Championship Winners
May 24 - 25

Larry Stephenson Band
5 time SPBGMA Male Vocalist
May 24 - 26

Blue Steel Rail
May 25 - 26

The Punches Family
2011 Midwest SPBGMA Entertaining Group of the Year and Entertainer of the Year
May 25 - 26

   
The Grascals
The Grascals

The Grascals
2011 SPBGMA Instrumental Group of the Year, Mandolin Performer of the Year - Danny Roberts, Banjo Performer of the Year - Kristin Scott Benson
May 25 - 27

The Wintons
May 25 - 27

The Expedition Show
May 26 - 27

Lonesome Meadow
May 26 - 27

   
 The Expedition Show
The Expedition Show

The Stockdale Family
May 26 - 30

Lonesome Road
May 27 - 28

Missouri Boatride
May 27 - 28

Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
2011 SPBGMA Song of the Year - Train Without A Track
May 27 - 29

   

Tennessee Mafia Jug Band
Tennessee Mafia Jug Band

 

County Line Bluegrass
May 28 - 29

Southern Raised
May 28 - 30

The Spinney Brothers
May 28 - 30

Link Family Gospel Concert
May 29

Bluegrass Missourians
May 29 - 30

Petersen Family Band
May 29 - 30

Tennessee Mafia Jug Band
May 30