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Joe Val Bluegrass Festival

Feb 12 2010 - Feb 14 2010  •  Framingham MA  •  Sheraton Hotel
Genre(s): contemporary-bluegrass, progressive-bluegrass, traditional-bluegrass

Founded: 1986
Official Website
Phone: 617-782-2251
Email
Category: Roots
Region: New England
Type: Urban Indoor

"The Northeast's premier indoor festival. Celebrate the legacy of the late Joe Val with three big days of bluegrass at the Sheraton Framingham. We have expanded workshops, educational programs, a great lineup of national and regional talent, music vendors, and around the clock picking. Our 2006 festival won the coveted "Event of the Year" award from the International Bluegrass Music Association."—Description by festival




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Lineup Update: Joe Val adds 6
Wed, 01/13/2010 - 16:08

Joe Val Bluegrass Festival finished off the lineup for its Feb. 12-14 festival, adding three well known bluegrass acts and three lesser known ones. The Gibson Brothers are big in Northeastern bluegrass, and they will close out the festival Sunday night, following the other two significant additions, Special Consensus and Russell Moore and IIIrd Time Out.

Rabbit In a Log, Back Eddy Bluegrass and Berklee Bluegrass All-Stars perform earlier in the weekend. The latter is a grouping of graduate students studying bluegrass at Berklee School of Music in Boston. The other festival headliners are Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass (Friday) and J.D. Crowe and the New South (Saturday).

Joe Val is a highlightl of the New England bluegrass winter season, playing at The Sheraton Hotel in Framingham MA. Full details and ticket information is here.

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