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First annual Bluegrass Heritage Festival premieres at Arlington’s South Oaks Baptist Church, Sept. 6
By Bluegrass Heritage Foundation
Sep 6, 2008

Inaugural festival to strum its first chord...

 

DALLAS (June 12, 2008) -- The Bluegrass Heritage Foundation is excited to announce its first annual Bluegrass Heritage Fes­ti­val scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 6 at South Oaks Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas.  Bluegrass favorites on the musical lineup include Mark Phillips & Third Generation, Hickory Hill, Blue River, Grassville, Blue Moon Drive (featuring The Gerald Jones), Ellis County Bluegrass, Salt Rock Rounders, Blue Valley, Grass Notes, and more.  The Festival will also in­clude banjo, mandolin, guitar, and song­writing instructional workshops.  

 

Hickory Hill

 

The Bluegrass Heritage Foundation is a new non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve and promote the heri­tage of bluegrass music in America with an empha­sis on Texas and the south­western United States.  The Foundation seeks to edu­cate the public about blue­grass music through programs and work­shops, public per­formances of bluegrass music, and similar pro­grams. 

 

Third Generation

 

Date:                First Annual Bluegrass Heritage Festival 2008

                        Sept. 6, 2008

 

Location:            South Oaks Baptist Church

                               5925 Highway 287, Arlington, Texas 76017

 

Tickets:            Purchase advance tickets online now at http://bluegrassheritage.org/Events.html or at the gate at the event. $18 advance / $20 at the door. Children 12 and under admitted free with parent or guardian.

 

General Info:   For more information about the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation or the Bluegrass Heritage Festival, visit http://www.bluegrassheritage.org/. 

 

 

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