2024 Festival Schedule

Thursday, July 18th

Opening Night Performances
Outdoor Main and Side Stages or Inside Cozy Cove

For Artists' Pics & Bios, click plus (+) sign to the right on their time/listing box.

3pm: Chris Skinner On Chapman StickInside Cozy Cove
4pm: Start of Spaghetti Dinner
4pm: Open MicInside Cozy Cove
5pm: Mark Hembree Bluegrass BandInside Cozy Cove
6pm: Driftless RevelersInside Cozy Cove
7pm: Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym'nOutdoor Main Stage
8pm: Driftless RevelersOutdoor Main Stage
9pm: Mark Hembree Bluegrass BandInside Cozy Cove
10pm: Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym'nInside Cozy Cove
11pm: Driftless RevelersInside Cozy Cove
12am: Mark Hembree Bluegrass BandInside Cozy Cove
1am: Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym'nInside Cozy Cove

Friday, July 19th

9am: BreakfastInside Cozy Cove
10am: Chris Skinner On Chapman StickOutdoor Main Stage
11am: Open MicOutdoor Main Stage
12pm: Driftless RevelersOutdoor Main Stage
1pm: Mark Hembree Bluegrass BandOutdoor Main Stage
2pm: Patrick Downing (Down From The Hills Band Member) Leads JamTent Near Campfire Area
3pm: Best WesternsOutdoor Main Stage
4pm: Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym'nOutdoor Main Stage
5pm: Patrick Downing (Down From The Hills Band Member) Leads JamTent Near Campfire Area
5pm: Supper Break

5 PM Bluegrass Institute of the Northwoods Intermission

Best Westerns, Meet & Greet Q & A
(Please have your thought-out questions ready and/or email them ahead of time)

The Best Westerns Meet & Greet Q & A is scheduled inside the Cozy Cove.  Their 3 PM Session was designed to peak your curiosity about Western Swing Music, so bring your questions that set generated.  This Institute is also considered a primer for deepening appreciation of the Best Westerns’ final Main Stage Act of the evening scheduled for 9 PM.  We hope Eddie Rivers will demonstrate a few licks on that curious instrument, the pedal steel guitar.  You’ll want to go to this workshop!

6pm: Mark Hembree Bluegrass BandOutdoor Main Stage
7pm: Driftless Revelers Outdoor Main Stage
8pm: Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym'nOutdoor Main Stage
8:30pm: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Dance
9pm: Best WesternsOutdoor Main Stage
10:30pm: Patrick Downing (Down From The Hills Band Member) Leads JamTent Near Campfire Area
11pm: Driftless Revelers Outdoor Main Stage
12am: Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym''nInside Cozy Cove
1am: Open Unplugged Jam SessionInside Cozy Cove
2am: Open Unplugged Jam SessionInside Cozy Cove

Saturday, July 20th

9am: BreakfastInside Cozy Cove
10am: Hand-Picked BluegrassOutdoor Main Stage
11am: Open MicOutdoor Main Stage
12pm: Hand-Picked BluegrassOutdoor Main Stage
1pm: Piper Road Spring BandOutdoor Main Stage
2pm: Patrick Downing (Down From The Hills Band Member) Leads JamTent Near Campfire Area
3pm: Gibson BrothersOutdoor Main Stage
4pm: Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym'nOutdoor Side Stage

5 PM Bluegrass Institute of the Northwoods

Gibson Brothers, Meet & Greet Q & A
(Please have your thought-out questions ready and/or email them ahead of time)

Enjoy a Meet & Greet Q & A with The Gibson Brothers. Bring your questions on how they valued family and life near their family farm over choosing a life in Nashville? What insights can be gained from how they select songs to perform or what inspires them to write songs? Or just hear them talk about their perspectives on Bluegrass Music as it relates to their 30 + years of performing.

5pm: Patrick Downing (Down From The Hills Band Member) Leads JamTent Near Campfire Area
6pm: Hand-Picked BluegrassOutdoor Side Stage
7pm: Piper Road Spring BandOutdoor Main Stage
8pm: Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym'nOutdoor Main Stage
8:30pm: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Dance
9pm: Gibson BrothersOutdoor Main Stage
10pm: Piper Road Spring BandInside Cozy Cove
10:30pm: Patrick Downing (Down From The Hills Band Member) Leads JamTent Near Campfire Area
11pm: Gibson BrothersInside Cozy Cove
12am: Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym'nInside Cozy Cove
1am: Open Unplugged Jam SessionInside Cozy Cove
2am: Open Unplugged Jam SessionInside Cozy Cove

Sunday, July 21st - Gospel Hours

9am: BreakfastInside Cozy Cove
10am: Chris Skinner On Chapman StickOutdoor Main Stage
11am: Patrick Downing (Down From The Hills Band Member) Leads JamTent Near Campfire Area
12pm: Kenny, Rhonda & GavinOutdoor Main Stage