Bluegrass Music Festivals present a great opportunity to enjoy national, regional and local touring bands in a family, friendly atmosphere. In addition to seeing and hearing some great stage shows, it is a chance to catch some "imprompto jam" sessions, check out some instrument vendors and relax with friends, old and new.
Bluegrass Music became a growing passion for Terry Lease when he first heard WSM's radio-broadcasts of Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys and Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mt. Boys as they performed on the Grand Ole Opry. He started playing the banjo in his late teens and later switched to mandolin before becoming involved in his own band in 1984. His hobby continued to grow in 1986 when he and his wife, Jan, produced their first indoor bluegrass music festival. That event proved successful and the number of events continued to grow.
Since that first weekend, the number of festivals and bluegrass music events produced by Midwest Bluegrass Festivals will reach 175 by the end of 2008. Presenting this classic art form of America's music, the sounds of veterans such as Ralph Stanley, Jim & Jesse, The Osborne Brothers, Jimmy Martin, Wilma Lee Cooper, Del McCoury, The Lewis Family, John Hartford, Charlie Waller, Doyle Lawson, and J.D. Crowe have entertained many audiences. Additionally, other popular groups including Rhonda Vincent & Rage, Alison Krauss & Union Station, The Dillards, Marty Raybon, Claire Lynch, Special Consensus, Cherryholmes, The Grascals, Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike, Larry Sparks, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Michael Cleveland, Dailey & Vincent, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Nothin' Fancy, and many others have graced the stages of "Midwest Bluegrass Festivals".
"Bluegrass Music" continues to grow in the Midwest where the passion for this original American art form is deeply rooted.
Bluegrass Music Festivals present a great opportunity to enjoy national, regional and local touring bands in a family, friendly atmosphere. In addition to seeing and hearing some great stage shows, it is a chance to catch some "imprompto jam" sessions, check out some instrument vendors and relax with friends, old and new. 
Bluegrass Music became a growing passion for Terry Lease when he first heard WSM's radio-broadcasts of Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys and Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mt. Boys as they performed on the Grand Ole Opry. He started playing the banjo in his late teens and later switched to mandolin before becoming involved in his own band in 1984. His hobby continued to grow in 1986 when he and his wife, Jan, produced their first indoor bluegrass music festival. That event proved successful and the number of events continued to grow.