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Bluegrass Festival
In the fall of 2000, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), selected the 34th Annual Bill Monroe Memorial Bluegrass Festival as its "Event of the year." That is quite an honor considering the hundreds of bluegrass festivals that are held every year.
Due to the success of this festival, we have now grown to four festivals a year. Since bluegrass attracts pickers as well as listeners, you just might find as much entertainment walking around the campground as on stage. Come visit us and you will more than likely make a few friends in the process.
Now established as the site of the oldest continuous annual bluegrass festival in the world, Bean Blossom's natural beauty has been enhanced by the careful grooming of the festival grounds. Colorful flower beds exist where none had been before; roads and campsites are named for performers and faithful bluegrass fans; a walking trail is marked where Bill Monroe always took early morning walks around his property; and soon the lake will be equipped with fountains to combat algae and beautify the scenery. The walls of the office, museum, and gift shop are lined with rare historic photographs. Couple all this with top-flight bluegrass talent, which Dillman always books, and you have the formula for a wonderful entertainment experience that you will long remember.
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Artist Biography - Bluegrass Festival
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 2005 Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Festival
This year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Festival is on July 29, 30, 31, 2005 in the Stony Plain Exhibition Park in beautiful Stony Plain just minutes from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The hillbilly music tradition goes back hundreds of years, but it was Monroe, with his high-mountain tenor and unique mandolin playing, who made bluegrass what it is today. In 1967 Bill Monroe founded the first Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, called a "Big Blue Grass Celebration", to bring his friends together to play the "high lonesome" sound he pioneered.
Today the memorial festival keeps his memory alive through six days, expanded to eight days in 2002, of the very best bluegrass has to offer. Boasting the top talents in bluegrass, this festival draws pickers, grinners and listeners from near and far. This music is celebrated all week with the acoustical instruments and vocal harmonies of groups of musicians.
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For more information , enjoy the official homepage of Bluegrass Festival
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