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2024 Main Stage Schedule


Subject to Change

Thursday, August 8, 2024

  • MC: Margaret Brandes & Pam K.
  • 5:00pm Jam Camp Recitals
  • 6:00pm Buffalo Galaxy
  • 7:00pm The Purple Hulls
  • 8:00pm The Baker Family
  • 9:00pm The Waddington Brothers
  • 10:00pm The High 48s 
Friday, August 9, 2024
  • MC: Nate Hess
  • 12:00pm The Baker Family
  • 1:00pm The Purple Hulls
  • 2:00pm St. Paul Mudsteppers
  • 3:00pm Dave Adkins & Mountain Soul
  • 4:00pm Gregory-Harris-DeWhitt

  • 5:00pm DINNER BREAK

  • MC: Pam Kolupailo & Margaret B.
  • 5:45pm Family Stage Talent Winner
  • 6:00pm The Waddington Brothers
  • 7:00pm Earl White Stringband
  • 8:00pm The Purple Hulls
  • 9:00pm Amanda Cook Band
  • 10:00pm Dave Adkins & Mountain Soul

Saturday, August 10, 2024

  • MC: Tony Stachnik
  • 12:00pm Ron Block & The All-Stars
  • 1:00pm Amanda Cook Band
  • 2:00pm Mark Kreitzer Band
  • 3:00pm David Peterson & 1946
  • 4:00pm Earl White Stringband

  • 5:00pm DINNER BREAK

  • MC: Kim Monson
  • 5:45pm Family Stage Talent Winner
  • 6:00pm Gregory-Harris-DeWhitt
  • 7:00pm Amanda Cook Band
  • 8:00pm David Peterson & 1946
  • 9:00pm Ron Block & The All-Stars
  • 10:00pm Dave Adkins & Mountain Soul

Sunday, August 11, 2024
SPONSORED BY BOB-FM

  • MC: Dale Gruber
  • 10:00am Roe Family Singers
  • 11:00am David Peterson & 1946
  • 12:00pm Ron Block & The All-Stars

2024 Underground Stage Schedule

The Underground Stage is sponsored by Radio Heartland from The Current

The Gated Community band

Subject to Change

Friday, August 9, 2024
  • 6:00pm No Rest for the Pickers
  • 7:00pm The Lake Monsters
  • 8:00pm Mother Banjo Band
  • 9:00pm Blake Johnson
  • 10:00pm The Gated Community

Saturday, August 10, 2024

  • 6:00pm The Rosie Daze Band
  • 7:00pm Mother Banjo Band
  • 8:00pm Mark Kreitzer Band
  • 8:55pm Roe Family Singers
  • 9:50pm The Lake Monsters
  • 10:45pm The Gated Community

2024 Showcase/Dance Stage


Subject to Change

Friday, August 9, 2024
  • 10:00am Yoga with Lucy
  •  12:00pm Old-Time Banjo Showcase featuring Mark Olitsky, Mark Schatz & Clawhammer Mike
  • 1:00pm Songwriting Secrets & Styles Hosted by Brent Fuqua, with Dave Adkins, Sumanth Gopinath & Boom Bilotta-Burke
  • 2:00pm Making a Family Band Work with The Waddington Brothers
  • 3:00pm Bluegrass Fiddle Showcase with George Mason & Tom Schaefer
  • 4:00pm Black Fiddle History with Earl White

  • 7:30–9:30pm Square Dance with Gregory-Harris-DeWhitt, called by Ann Carter. All are welcome to dance!


Saturday, August 10, 2024
  • 10:00am Yoga with Lucy
  • 11:00am Swing Up Your Bluegrass with the Purple Hulls 
  • 12:00pm Country Blues Showcase with the St. Paul Mudsteppers
  • 1:00pm Getting Your Start as a Bluegrass Band with No Rest for the Pickers
  • 2:00pm Line Dancing with Sarah King
  • 3:00pm Old-Time Jam with the Upper Midwest Folk Fiddlers
  • 4:00pm Guitar Showcase with Dave Adkins, Jon Garon, Clay Hess, Mark Kreitzer & Justin Alexander

  • 7:00-9:00pm Square Dance with the Earl White Stringband, called by Sarah York. All are welcome to dance!


2024 Marketplace Stage Schedule

Subject to Change
Thursday, August 8, 2024
  • 4:00pm Rusty Playground
Friday, August 9, 2024
  • 11:00am Vicki Lynn & Friends
  • 5:00pm Clay Hess & Friends

Saturday, August 10, 2024

  • 11:00am The Rosie Daze Band
  • 5:00pm Last Pick'd String Band



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