| Ongoing | Artist / Event | Location & Phone |
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Sat 8 pm Sun 7 pm |
The Childgrove Country Dancers host contra dances to live string band music: dance schedule Fri-Mon 5.25.-28 ~ Kimmiswick Dance Weekend at Cuivre River State Park Sat 6.02 ~ The TBDs Sun 6.03 ~ Marc Rennard Sat 6.10 ~ Dave Landreth Sat 6.16 ~ Ragged Robin Sun 6.17 ~ Halcyon Light Orchestra |
The Monday Club, 37 South Maple, Webster Groves MO |
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1st Saturday 8:30 pm |
Swing DeVille | Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest at Manchester, Maplewood MO |
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Sundays 3 pm |
The Foggy Memory Boys lead a jam session | Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest at Manchester, Maplewood MO |
| May | ||
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Wed 5.23 7 pm |
Wednesday Night Bluegrass Series: The Bankesters | J.B. Amphitheater, Jefferson Barracks Park MO |
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Fri-Mon 5.25-5.28 |
Kimmswick Dance and Music Festival | Cuivre River State Park, outside Troy MO |
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Wed 5.30 7 pm |
Wednesday Night Bluegrass Series: The Hillbenders | J.B. Amphitheater, Jefferson Barracks Park MO |
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Thu-Sun 5.24-27 |
Back Forty Bluegrass Festival, featuring
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Curryville MO 573.324.5437 |
| June | ||
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Thu 5.31 Fri 6.01 Sat 6.02 |
John Hartford Memorial Festival | Bill Monroe Music Park, Bean Blossom IN |
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Sat-Sun 6.02-03 10 am - 5 pm |
4th Annual Kimmswick Strawberry Festival, featuring
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Kimmiswick MO |
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Wed 6.06 7 pm |
Wednesday Night Bluegrass Series: Special Consensus | J.B. Amphitheater, Jefferson Barracks Park MO |
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Fri 6.08 8 pm |
The Root Diggers and Sadie Hawkins Day |
Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO |
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Fri 6.08 8 pm |
The SteelDrivers | Old Rock House, St. Louis MO |
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Sat 6.09 5 pm |
Rolla Lions Club's 5th Annual Bluegrass and BBQ Cookoff
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Rolla Lions Club Park, Highway 63 South, Rolla MO 573.578.4410 |
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Sat 6.09 6pm |
Augusta Bottoms Consort |
Labadie Station Art & Antiques, 128 Front Street, Labadie MO 616.459.9143 |
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Sat 6.09 8 pm |
The SteelDrivers |
Wildwood Springs Lodge, Steelville MO 573.775.2400 |
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Wed 6.13 7 pm |
Wednesday Night Bluegrass Series: David Davis & The Warrior River Boys | J.B. Amphitheater, Jefferson Barracks Park MO |
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Sat 6.16 6pm |
Special Consensus |
Labadie Station Art & Antiques, 128 Front Street, Labadie MO 616.459.9143 |
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Sat-Sun 6.16-17 12 noon |
Purina Farms Festival, featuring George Portz and his Friends of Bluegrass | Purina Farms, Grays Summit MO |
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Wed 6.20 7 pm |
Wednesday Night Bluegrass Series: Hey Mavis | J.B. Amphitheater, Jefferson Barracks Park MO |
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Wed-Sat 6.20-23 |
Ozark Rivers Bluegrass Festival, featuring
and many more |
Ozark Rivers Music Park, Emminence MO 573.996.8686 |
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Sat 6.23 8 pm |
Music Folk Spotlight |
Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO |
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Wed 6.27 7 pm |
Wednesday Night Bluegrass Series: Kody Norris & The Watauga Mountain Boys | J.B. Amphitheater, Jefferson Barracks Park MO |
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Thu-Sun 6.28-7.01 |
Bloom Heavy River Romp, featuring
and many, many more |
Arrowhead Campground, Grassy MO
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Sat 6.30 7:30 pm |
The Twilite Broadcasters |
Folk School of St. Louis, 3155 Sutton Maplewood, St. Louis MO 314.781.2244 |
| July | ||
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Sat 7.07 6pm |
pik'n lik'n |
Labadie Station Art & Antiques, 128 Front Street, Labadie MO 616.459.9143 |
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Sat 7.07 8 pm |
Sam Bush | Old Rock House, St. Louis MO |
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Sat 7.21 6pm |
Bull Harman & Bull's Eye |
Labadie Station Art & Antiques, 128 Front Street, Labadie MO 616.459.9143 |
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Sun 7.22 3 pm
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The Lodge Brothers | Piasa Pub, Grafton IL |
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Thu 7.26 8 pm |
The Old Rock House presents Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys |
The Sheldon, 3648 Washington, St. Louis MO
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| August | ||
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Sat 8.18 6pm |
Blue Canyon Boys |
Labadie Station Art & Antiques, 128 Front Street, Labadie MO 616.459.9143 |
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Wed-Sat 8.30-9.2 |
Ozark Rivers Bluegrass Festival, featuring
and many more |
Ozark Rivers Music Park, Emminence MO 573.996.8686 |
| September | ||
| Sat 9.01 | Del Yeah! ~ A one-day bluergrass festival | Old Rock House, 1200 South 7th, St. Louis MO |
| 4 pm |
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Outdoor show |
| 11 pm |
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Indoor show |
In memory of my friend, Mark "Pete" Nelson, who passed away on 2.13.08. Back when we were in high school in Fairmont, Minn., Mark introduced me to bluegrass music. Mark was a good man and a dear friend. ~ KD


