Winlock Picker’s Festival: Winlock, WA. August 2nd to 4th.

This small and very friendly festival is located in beautiful Winolequa Park. This is one of the best jamming festivals especially if you are new to the scene. The snack bar serves a basic breakfast and sells hot dogs and hamburgers. The train tracks just on the other side of the trees are long and straight and the trains are fast. The jingle, rumble and the roar provide a nice back up rhythm if you are singing or snoring in A flat.

Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival: Stevenson WA. July 25th to July 28th.

This is the largest festival of the year in this area. Lots of national acts on the big stage, a beer garden, a dance hall, workshops, food and instrument vendors. The view of the gorge from this location in the fairgrounds is spectacular. Plus there is a sizable pond for canoeing or kayaking. Reservations for big RVs and camping need to be made well in advance. It’s windy folks. Stake all your stuff down, including the kids and dogs. My 10x10 canopy was half way to Idaho before I caught up to it a few years back.

The Wheeler County Bluegrass Festival starting tomorrow, July 5th in Fossil, Oregon!

Download this PDF for a complete schedule of workshops and jams.

Also, we have a late addition: Clyde Clevenger will teach his beginner mandolin improvisation workshop on Saturday at 1:30pm.