New additions to the lineup!
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Who was added?
Sorry. Meant to be question mark not exclamation. I was asking if new additions would be added
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I asked the same elsewhere and the concensus seemed to be āPossibly for Sunday. Also late night comes out in Springā Iād be interested in other additions as well. Iām not familiar with a lot of these bands, so iām building a playlist on Spotify to familiarize myself. I come from the newgrass end of things - Iām stoked to see MGU, YMSB, GSBG, and Bela. Iām sure Iāll find plenty of others.
Iām curious if other years had bands that werenāt really bluegrass (or adjacent?) in attendance. Not a complaint at all, just an observation. Iām excited to simply be around the music as a whole.
Excited to see what late night shows get released.
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Usually in Spring time they will throw out a couple more acts on the line-up. Iām assuming around that time weāll get clarity on the Toy Factory Project too. Nightgrass last few years has been announced around April.
Crossing my fingers hard for MGU nightgrass!
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It sounds like Toy Factory Project will be a ātribute performanceā to the Marshal Tucker lead vocalist Toy Caldwell, that will include Marcus King and Vince Gill - two pretty big nam Southern Rock / blues musicians.
There was a thread on the TBF instagram page about this.
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They had Tenacious D a few years ago. And they often throw in some different uniqueish artistsā¦ recently can think of The Drepung Monks, and they had a pretty cool African band.
Iād love to see Shadowgrass on the line-up, or bring Twisted Pine back!
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If we got a Shadowgrass X GSBG X Mountain Grass late night set - iād be in heaven! The rest of the week would simply be extra. Even if it were ājustā GSBG x MGU, the comment still stands.
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The fest is always focused on newgrass (or as I call it, Samgrass), with a couple traditional bluegrass acts. But Bluegrass Festival is really just the name. The music is amazingly eclectic, running from newgrass to jazz, to a bit of classical, to country, to singer-songwriter (Prine played there a few times), world music, etc. Iāve been to 22 fests, and I always discover a couple amazing new acts Iād never heard of. It really expands the horizons. And like you I come from the newgrass side, and there is always plenty of that for me to get my fill. And in that setting, it all sounds good.
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Looks like the daily lineup for Thu-Sun was just taken off the website, so maybe theyāre rearranging some time slots/performers?
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Just noticed that, could also be band management not happy with performance order, or redoing or adding acts! Donāt recall seeing them remove the schedule after posting it, in the past.
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