That’s right folks. The leaves are budding, birds are chirping, and festival season is approaching! The 4th Annual Brooklyn Bluegrass Festival has announced its lineup for this year. There are several SWBMAI member bands playing, including Jefferson County, Squirrel Hunters (this is their debut festival performance), Liberty Bluegrass Band, the High 48’s (traveling all the way from Minnesota), and Tangled Roots. There will also be several other great bands performing Friday and Saturday. It is a great festival, and we strongly recommend checking it out! It is great to have bluegrass right in our backyard.

This year’s lineup features:
Friday:
7pm – Jefferson County
8pm – The Henhouse Prowlers

Saturday:
10am – Instrument Workshops
11am – Open Mic
1pm – Pick’n Up Speed
2pm – John Fabke and the Lonesome Aces
3pm – (This is the) Squirrel Hunters
4pm – Llama Mamas
5pm – Liberty Bluegrass Band
6pm – The High 48s
7pm – The Kraus Family
8pm – Tangled Roots

Tickets are: $10 Friday eve; $20 all Saturday; $25 both days; 12 yrs and under, no charge; and $7/night camping

Brooklyn Bluegrass Festival is an outdoor, old fashioned bluegrass festival, sponsored by the Village of Brooklyn, with rough camping in a beautiful 15 acre Legion Park. The Festival is located in Brooklyn, Wisconsin, a short 20 minute drive south of Madison’s beltline on Hwy 14 and 2 miles west on Hwy 92. Google Map