Morris Bluegrass Festival Returns with an Incredible Lineup – and it looks to be beautiful weather!
The Morris Bluegrass Festival is Back in 2025
Music lovers and festival-goers, mark your calendars! The renowned Morris Bluegrass Festival is returning to South Farms in Morris, CT on July 4th, 2025 with an incredible lineup of award-winning bluegrass artists.
This year’s festival will feature performances by 2-Time Grammy-Nominated The Special Consensus, IBMA Showcase band Rock Hearts, the up-and-coming The New-Grown Ups from Boston, local favorites The Zolla Boys, Sperry Creek, Guy Wolff and the host band Wires & Wood. This star-studded lineup promises an unforgettable day of toe-tapping, high-energy bluegrass music that will have the entire family dancing in the fields.
Podunk Bluegrass Festival Goshen CT August 7-10 2025
Voted “Best Music Festival” by CT Insider!
The Podunk Bluegrass Festival is an annual four-day event held in Hebron, CT, typically the second weekend of August. It’s known for showcasing local, regional, and national bluegrass musicians across multiple stages, as well as offering a variety of family-friendly activities like band and songwriting competitions, a kids’ bluegrass academy, workshops, and designated picking and quiet camping areas
Check out this years lineup!
Blueberry Bluegrass Festival July 19 Lyman Orchards
19 July Hosmer Mountain Boys play Lyman Orchards at the Apple Barrel, Middletown, CT
Hosmer Mountain Boys will be playing from 1pm to 4pm in the afternoon weather permitting. Lyman Orchards: The Apple Barrel Farm Market at Lyman Orchards.
Podunk Bluegrass Festival Goshen CT
Wings N Strings Country & Bluegrass Festival
July 26th, Guilford Town Green. Features bluegrass and country music, BBQ, and other food vendors Click Here for more info
July 12 – Bluegrass Fest at the General Stanton Inn, Charlestown, RI
Get ready to experience an unforgettable day filled with soulful music, delicious food and great company. Join the General Stanton Inn for a day of toe-tapping tunes and good vibes.
Bluegrass Camp 2025 at the Ashokan Center
Mon, Aug 4 – Fri, Aug 8
IBMA Mentor of the Year, Kimber Ludiker hosts this fun and friendly week of bluegrass instruction and jamming for fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, bass, harmony singing, songwriting, and new this year… dobro! Learn from inspirational teachers hand-picked to cultivate a magical learning experience. There’ll be classes, concerts, mini-lessons, band scrambles, open mics and more. All levels and backgrounds are welcome!
FOR INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED PLAYERS: Get personalized feedback, improve your instrumental skills, and jam with players of a similar ability.
FOR BEGINNERS: The schedule will include one instrument class per day at a beginner level, plus plenty of time to practice what you learned and opportunities to jam at extra slow tempos with other beginners.
Click Here to Sign Up and read more about Bluegrass Camp
Can’t commit to the whole week? Get a taste of Bluegrass Week for just one day at the “Bluegrass Open House” Sign Up Here
Pete Wernick’s Silver Bay Bluegrass Camp
Daily lessons with experienced bluegrass teachers and musicians will help you learn how to jam quickly and get right to the fun of playing music together. Classes on harmony singing, bluegrass lead singing, songwriting, soloing, music theory, and beginner, intermediate, and advanced tutorials on each bluegrass instrument culminate in fun activities like bluegrass Karaoke night, Open Mic, a bluegrass gospel Vespers, and a faculty concert.
Directed by Pete Wernick (Dr. Banjo) of Hot Rize and Austin Scelzo (Rock Hearts, On the Trail) and held at Silver Bay, NY at the Silver Bay YMCA Conference Center.
Silver Bay is a large Y Camp and Conference Center, on Lake George in the Adirondacks.
87 Silver Bay Road, Silver Bay, NY 12874
The Camp is held at an idyllic location with lakeside views, kayaks, boat rides, and a beach within just a few minutes walk. Accommodations range from cozy cabins to a 19th century restored inn. In addition to bluegrass camp each year, there is also a three day festival called “Mountain Music Festival” (Formerly “Bluegrass in Heaven”) that occurs there.
More Live Bluegrass Music in CT
July 11th at 7PM On the Trail at Danbury Summer Concert Series
Join us on Thursday, July 11th at 7:00 PM as the Danbury Summer Concert Series continues with the incredibly talented On the Trail — a modern acoustic band blending bluegrass, pop, and rich harmonies.
Winners of the 2022 Thomas Point Beach Band Competition and Emerging Artists at Grey Fox 2023, On the Trail brings stunning instrumentals, original music, and energy you won’t want to miss!
CityCenter Green (1 Ives St, Danbury)
Free Parking at Patriot Garage
FREE Admission – Open to All!
Their album “Where Do We Go From Here” is out now on all streaming platforms — come hear it live!
Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and good vibes — it’s going to be a toe-tapping, fiddle-playing, harmony-filled night downtown!
25 July Friday Night Live Music at the Tamarack Lodge / Voluntown, CT
Join the Tamarack Family – 2025 Friday Night Music Series. Our Friday Night Music Series features great local artists and is scheduled out on the patio. We will move inside the Lodge in cases of inclement weather.
ShoreGrass
Sunday, August 17, 2025, 10:00 am, ShoreGrass Trio at worship service, First Congregational Church of Branford.
Saturday, August 23, 2025, ShoreGrass at St John’s Bluegrass Festival, North Guilford, CT.
Still Pickin’ Band
Still Pickin’ is a Connecticut-based trio comprised of Dennis Sheridan on acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle and vocals, Patricia McDonald on bass and vocals and Lou Alexander on banjo, guitar and vocals.
- Fri, Jul 25 – Unwined Concert Series, Priam Vineyard, Colchester, CT 6-9pm
- Thu, Aug 7 – Podunk Bluegrass Festival, Housatonic Stage, Goshen, CT, Thu, Aug 7, 4:30pm
Bluegrass and Old Time Jams in CT
Two new jams to keep an eye out for:
New Haven Old Time Jam at Spruce Coffee:
Follow Spruce Coffee, New Haven for the next one
North Haven Bluegrass Jam at Small Batch Cellars
Small Batch Cellars in North Haven is hosting a monthly Bluegrass Jam Night on the first Thursday of each month, starting May 15th. The jam will run from 6 PM to 9 PM. Whether you play an instrument or just enjoy listening to bluegrass, you’re welcome to attend.
Event Details:
- Venue: Small Batch Cellars, 37 Nettleton Avenue, North Haven, CT.
- Date: First Thursday of each month, starting May 15th.
- Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
- Music: Bluegrass, country, fiddle tunes, and Appalachian roots music.
- Admission: Cover charge at the door, no tickets required.
- What to bring: Your instrument if you’re playing, and a love for bluegrass music
For a full list of jams in CT, check here
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