The 15th annual Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival, July 26, 27, 28, features toe-tapping entertainment in a family friendly venue with music groups from Tennessee, Idaho, Oregon and Montana.
Organizer Mike Conroy said the event will have 13 bands, five food vendors, shade, camping and a great experience.
“It is a great little festival,” Conroy said. “We are an unusual festival because we get lots of families and kids. You don’t see kids at festivals anymore. Part of it is because our speakers are not blaring loud — that’s an issue if you have kids.”
The bands are all returning groups, except for a new band: the Jolley Family of Corvallis, Conroy said.
“There are five kids ranging from age 7 to 16, and the mom and dad, Amanda and Ryan” he said of the outfit. “They are impressive and do the old-time bluegrass. They sing and do harmonies. The mom plays bass and the 7-year-old plays the mandolin.”
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Ryan Jolley painted the picture that is being raffled off at the festival.
“It is a picture he painted of his daughter, Emma,” Conroy said. “She is leaning against the old Hardtimes Model T that we have next to the stage. We are also raffling off a brand-new Martin guitar and a brand-new Eastman mandolin.”
The 15th Annual Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival band schedule is full of fun.
