Annual Bluegrass Festival returning to Mountain View
The Mountain View Bluegrass Association will be hosting its 19th Annual Fall Bluegrass Festival Nov. 11-13 at the state park’s 1,000-seat music venue, the Ozark Highlands Theater.
The event combines some of the biggest names in the bluegrass world with some of the most popular local performers. Thursday evening is the traditional all-gospel show beginning at 6 p.m. with The Redmond Keisler Band, The Ellis Family, Shannon Slaughter, and the King James Boys.
The Friday matinee features the Dave Adkins Band at noon followed by The Kody Norris Show, Shannon Slaughter, then Ralph Stanley II and The Clinch Mountain Boys. The evening lineup starts with Simply Southern Cloggers at 5:45 with The Kody Norris Show taking the stage at 6. The Dave Adkins Band, Spillwater Drive, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver close out the evening.
The Saturday matinee begins at noon with The Redmond Keisler Band followed by the Dave Adkins Band, Spillwater Drive, Sylamore Special and The Kody Norris Show
The evening program begins with a 15-minute set by Music Roots students, Other segments are by the Dave Adkins Band, The Redmond Keisler Band, The Kody Norris Show and Sideline.
Reserved seating is available for the Bluegrass Festival, and preferred seats may be selected online.
Thursday tickets are for an evening show only and are $20 general admission or $25 for premium seating (first five rows).
Friday and Saturday tickets are good for all shows that day, from noon until 10 p.m. General admission seats are $25 and premium seating (first five rows) are $35 per seat. NOTE: Wearing masks is strongly encouraged.
Ticket buyers are able to select preferred seats online at mountainview-bluegrass.com. Payment must be made within 10 days of seat selection in order to hold the reservation. Pay online or mail a check to Mountain View Bluegrass Assoc. Inc., 17624 Hwy 66, Mountain View, Arkansas 72560-8488.
The Ozark Folk Center’s Skillet Restaurant plans to serve its all-you-can-eat buffet throughout the weekend. Buffets range from $10 to $12 a plate for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. The state park also offers cabin rooms which include complimentary shuttle service to and from the indoor music theater, Craft Village, and restaurant throughout the weekend.
To reserve a duplex cabin during the Mountain View Fall Bluegrass Festival, visit OzarkFolkCenter.com or call 800-264-3655.
Produced by the Mountain View Bluegrass Association Inc., the three-day festival is a twiceyearly event in a town traditionally known for folk music. The Bluegrass Festival was first held in March of 2003, when local musicians and bluegrass fans decided to develop an event that emphasized the bluegrass style of music. The festival proved so popular that a second weekend was added in the fall. The second weekend of March and November are now bluegrass festival weekends.
The Bluegrass Association is a non-profit organization that gives back a portion of the proceeds to support the Music Roots program, which teaches traditional instruments to local youth in the Mountain View area.
For more information visit mountainview-bluegrass.com or call 870-501-5105.