MeadowGrass announces music lineup for Memorial Day weekend festival
Only a few more months remain until Memorial Day weekend and the return of MeadowGrass Music Festival.
The three-day celebration of folk, Americana, bluegrass, rock, country and more is back for its 15th year. Headliners are The Steel Wheels, an Americana, roots, folk and rock band from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia; longtime Portland, Ore.-based country, folk and rock band Blitzen Trapper; and the Portland-based singer-songwriter John Craigie.
Tickets are on sale for the May 24-26 festival at La Foret Conference and Retreat Center in Black Forest. Admission is $74-$204 for adults and free for ages 12 and younger. Camping is available. Go to eventbrite.com or rockymountainhighway.org.
The lineup
May 24: Look’ee Here! (blues, jazz), The Fretliners (bluegrass), Jeremy Garrett Band (folk), The Steel Wheels (Americana, roots, folk, rock), Grass it Up Jam (bluegrass)
May 25: John Bunzli (singer-songwriter), Grass it Up (bluegrass), Gasoline Lollipops (alternative country), Nefesh Mountain (progressive bluegrass), Blitzen Trapper (country, folk, rock), Battle of the Bands winner
May 26: School of Rock (musicians studying at School of Rock), Patchwork Jack (Western folk), Graham Good & The Painters (funk rock), Carolina Story (country, folk), Jacob Jolliff Band (bluegrass), Michaela Anne (country, pop, rock), John Craigie & Friends (singer songwriter), A Carpenter’s Daughter (mountain folk rock, Americana)
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Mike Linda and The Commonheart performed during last year’s MeadowGrass Music Festival. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
Madeline Hawthorne performed last year at MeadowGrass Music Festival. Tickets are on sale now for this year’s event.