The annual Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, held in the Catskill Mountains at Walsh Farm in Oak Hill, NY has announced its initial lineup, which include multi-Grammy recipients, the Del McCoury Band; Sam Bush; Hot Rize; Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn; The Infamous Stringdusters; Greensky Bluegrass; Steep Canyon Rangers; reigning International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Entertainers of the Year, Balsam Range; The SteelDrivers; two-time IBMA Entertainers of the Year, the Gibson Brothers; and many more. The festival will returns to Walsh Farm from July 16th – 19th.
Attendees will also get to experience current IBMA Emerging Artists of the Year, the all-female Della Mae; Peter Rowan’s Bluegrass Band; 2014 Grammy nominee Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen; Chatham County Line; Mike Compton & Joe Newberry; The HillBenders, and the west coast’s favorite multi-instrumentalist, Joe Craven.
And the all-star lineup doesn’t stop there. The festival also features a wide range of intriguing talent including Michael Daves & Friends (Noam Pikelny, Brittany Haas, Mike Bub and others); Mr Sun with Darol Anger, Grant Gordy, Joe Walsh and Ethan Jodziewicz; red hot guitar and mandolin duo, Billy Strings & Don Julin; I Draw Slow from Ireland; California’s Front Country; Wood&Wire from Austin, Texas; Boston’s Lonely Heartstring Band; DC’s Love Canon; the Celtic dervish-like Scythian; Albany’s own Jim Gaudet & The Railroad Boys; Americana artists, The Stray Birds; Twisted Pine; dance instructors John Kirk and Trish Miller; and the youngest band to play Grey Fox, The Zolla Boys, along with long-time host band Dry Branch Fire Squad. Still more bands will be announced as they are confirmed, including several Grey Fox Emerging Artist Showcase bands from around the country.
Check out L4LM’s review from last year’s festival.
For tickets and more info, check out the festival’s website.