2024 Main Stage
Del McCoury Band (Sat.)
John McEuen & The Circle Band (Sat.)
Co-founding member of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Della Mae (Fri.)
Nick Chandler and Delivered (Thurs. & Fri)
High Fidelity (Fri.)
The Tennessee Bluegrass Band (Sat.)
The Kevin Prater Band (Sat. & Sun.)
On The Trail (Thurs. & Fri)
Fog Holler (Sat.)
Carley Arrowood (Fri.)
Poor Monroe (Fri. & Sun.)
Cole Quest and The City Pickers (Sat.)
Thursday’s Band Competition Sponsored by Telefunken
Bloodroot Gap • J.M. Clifford Band • Seselia • The Tenderbellies
Housatonic Stage-2024
Old Country Road
Funkygrass
The Leftovers
Open Mic w/ John Kaluzynski & The Leftovers
The Chickenshack Bluegrass Band
Mamma’s Marmalade
The Tenderbellies
Missisquoi River Band
J.M Clifford Band
BluesGrass
Forest Station
Eugene Tyler Band
The Beantown Buckaroos
The Jeff Horton Band
Seselia
Bloodroot Gap
Mamma’s Marmalade
River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs
Contra dance with The Fiddleheads and caller
Rich Sbardella
2023 Main Stage
Steep Canyon Rangers (Sat)
Authentic Unlimited (Sat)
East Nash Grass (Fri)
Kristy Cox & Grasstime with Jerry Salley (Fri)
Henhouse Prowlers (Sat)
Darin & Brooke Aldridge (Fri)
Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass (Sat)
Full Cord (Thurs, Fri)
Lindley Creek (Sat, Sun)
Mike Mitchell Band (Sat)
Breakin’ Strings (Fri and Sat)
Serene Green (Fri)
Greystone Rail (Thurs)
2023 Housatonic Stage
Funky Grass
Bend in the River
Restless Mountain Bluegrass Band
Dale and Darcy Band
Mama Corn
The Leftovers
Wood Flower
Poor Monroe
Mike Burns and Highway 53
Grillbillie Project
River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs
Hosmer Mountain Boys
Hope Valley Volunteers
Too Blue
Breakin’ Strings
Magnolia Cajun Band
Contra Dance with the Dale & Darcy Band with Rich Sbardella (Caller)
2022 Main Stage
Dan Tyminski Band
The Jerry Douglas Band
Sister Sadie
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
The Kody Norris Show
Junior Sisk
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run
The Alex Leach Band
Stillhouse Junkies
Williamson Branch
The Bad Oats
Colebrook Road
Redwood Hill
Four Bridges
Eugene Tyler Band
2022 HOUSATONIC STAGE
Jack Jolie
Old Hat Troubadours
Restless Mountain Bluegrass
The Splinters
Blue Plate Special
Eugene Tyler Band
Wool Hats String Band
The Campground Stompers
Zydegroove
Poor Monroe
Local Freight
Wires and Wood
On The Trail
Too Blue
The Empty Bottle Ramblers
2021 Main Stage
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
Billy Droze
The Jacob Jolliff Band
The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
David Peterson & 1946
Circus No. 9
AJ Lee & Blue Summit
Maria Droze
Bill And The Belles
Zink & Company
Rock Hearts
Beg, Steal Or Borrow
Grain Thief
Still Pickin’
The Platescrapers
2021 Housatonic Stage
Eugene Tyler Band
Jack Jolie
The Dale & Darcy Band
Bend In The River
Four Bridges
The Jamblers
Sleepy Hollow String Band
The Grillbillie Project
Moonshine Falls
The Squeezebox Stompers
2021 Telefunken Band Competition
The Bad Oats – Winner
The Green Sisters – Fan Favorite
West King String Band
On The Trail
2020- No Festival Held
2019 MAIN STAGE
81 South
Bill Thibodeau Band
Damn Tall Buildings
David Davis & The Warrior River Boys
The Feinberg Brothers
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
FY5
Nothin’ Fancy
Phil Leadbetter & The All-Stars of Bluegrass
Pretty Saro
Red Molly
Ruta Beggars
Travelin’ McCourys
Unspoken Tradition
Wide open Spaces
2019 SHOWCASE STAGE
The Bluegrass Nighthawks
Angry O’Haras
Still Pickin’
Sweetcake Mountain & Friends
The Plate Scrapers
Angry O’Haras
Wide open spaces
Jack Jolie
81 South
Yard Sale
Restless Mountain Bluegrass Band
The Beantown Buckaroos
Grain Thief
The Grillbillie Project
Big Draw
Five In The Chamber
Switch Factory
Planet Zydeco
2019 BAND COMPETITION
The Plate Scrapers – Winner
Grain Thief – Fan Favorite
Restless Mountain Bluegrass Band
Switch Factory
2018 MAIN STAGE
Tim O’Brien Band
Balsam Range
Flatt Lonesome
The Virginia Ramblers
Kristy Cox & Calder Highway With Jerry Salley
The Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show
The Honey Dew Drops
Flashback
Dale Ann Bradley
Beg, Steal or Borrow
Corn Fed Dogs
The Zolla Boys
Mike Mitchel Trio
2018 SHOWCASE STAGE
Bend in The River
Wide Open Spaces
Grass Routes
Andrew Bohrmann
Open Mic with Jack Jolie
The Zolla Boys
River Bones Band
Jack Jolie
Still Pickin’
Sinner’s Pie
Black Jack Crossing
Dale & Darcy Band with Neil Rossi
Seat of Our Pants
Jackson’s Island
Collinsville String Band
Restless Mountain Bluegrass Band
BluesGrass
One Way Track
Cajun/Zydeco Dance with The Squeezebox Stompers
2018 TELEFUNKEN BAND COMPETITION
Collinsville String Band
Blackjack Crossing
Pretty Saro
River Bones Band
2017 MAIN STAGE
Rhonda Vincent
Gibson Brothers
Boxcars
Surly Gentleman
David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition
Chasing Blue
Barefoot Movement
Mile Twelve
Becky Buller Band
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike
2016 Main Stage
Abby Hollander Band
Alison Brown
Colebrook Road
Claire Lynch
The Del McCoury Band
Jeff Scroggins & Colorado
Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers
Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
Ronnie Reno & Reno Tradition
Sideline
Sierra Hull
The South Carolina Broadcasters
Southern Raised
Bluegrass Gospel Sing & Jam with Mike and Mary (Su)
2016 Telefunken Band Competition
Damn Tall Buildings
Five In The Chamber
Man About a Horse
Mile Twelve
2016 Acoustic Stage
Seth Adam
Belle Of The Fall
The CarLeans
Frank Critelli
Heather Fay
The Girls From Ruby Falls
The Hot Flashes
Sarah LeMieux
Daphne Lee Martin
The Meadows Brothers
Podunk Throwbacks
Ponybird
Jeff Przech
Arms & Voices
Them Damn Hamiltons
Andy Wakeman
Nancy Tucker Special Kids show
2015 Main Stage
Blue Canyon Boys
Chris Jones & The Night Drivers
Detour
Gold Heart
James Reams & the Barnstormers
Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers
The New England Bluegrass Band
The Railsplitters
Sister Sadie
Special Consensus
The Seldom Scene
The Zolla Boys replacing Tumbling Bones
Bluegrass Gospel Sing and Jam with Mike & Mary
2015 Telefunken Band Competition
Michelle Canning & Rough Edges, MA
Colebrook Road, Camp Hill, PA
Four Bridges, Plymouth, MA
PossumHaw, Burlington, VT
2015 The Acoustic Music Stage
Ebin-Rose Trio
Five In The Chamber
The Gail Wade Trio
Goodnight Blue Moon
Hannah Fair with The North End Honeys
Heather Fay
Krizta Moon
The Meadows Brothers
Michael Day (Formerly of Little Ugly)
Milksop:Unsung
Ponybird
Them Damn Hamiltons
Belle of the Fall with Tracy Walton and Julia Autumn Ford
Tuesday Saints
On Deck Sound Studio Showcase – on the Acoustic Stage
David Coffey
Andy Wakeman
Belle of the Fall with Julia Autumn Ford and Tracy Walton
Jeff Przech
Jay Roberts
Seth Adam
2014 Main Stage
The SteelDrivers
Nu-Blu
Donna Ulisse & Poor Mountain Boys
Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa
Claire Lynch Band
Blue Highway
Three Tall Pines
Jeanette Williams Band
Larry Stephenson Band
Adkins & Loudermilk
The Bankesters
2014 Telefunken Band Competition
The Bondville Boys
The Zolla Boys
My Brother’s Keeper
Tumbling Bones
2014 Workshop Stage
Krizta Moon
Wise Old Moon
The Meadows Brothers
Canyon
Hannah Fair
Still Pickin
Tina Louise
Ebin-Rose Trio
Tuesday Saints
Little Ugly
2013 – No Festival Held
2012 Main Stage
The Roys
The HillBenders
Lonesome River Band
Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters
Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray
Belfry Fellow (formerly Rockin Acoustic Circus)
Dale Ann Bradley
Dailey & Vincent
Travers Chandler and Avery County
Spinney Brothers
NewTown
Special Consensus
The Grascals
Original New Coon Creek Girls
Kathy Mattea
2012 Band Competition
Jersey Corn Pickers
Poor Old Shine
Hub Hollow
Three Tall Pines
2011
Mac McHale & Radio Gang
Dixie Bee Liners
The Travelin’ McCourys
Fitzmaurice
Dan Paisley & Southern Grass
Steep Canyon Rangers
Mountain Heart
Katie Wilson & The Two Time String Band
Chris Jones & The Night Drivers
Darin & Brooke Aldridge
Kruger Brothers
Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Donna Ulisse and The Poor Mountain Boys
The Grass Pistols
Reunion Hill Band
Jim Gaudet and The Railroad Boys
Travers Chandler and Avery County
Grace Adele & The Grand Band
2010
David Davis and the Warrior River Boys
Blackstone Valley Bluegrass
The Expedition Show
Southern Rail
James Reams & the Barnstormers
Freight Hoppers
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
The Greencards
Hot Buttered Rum
Packway Handle Band
The Earl Brothers
Next Best Thing
Josh Williams Band
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
The Gibson Brothers
The Earl Brothers
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
2010 Band Competition
Packway Handle Band (2009 Winners)
Chasing Blue
Nitpickers
Crunchy Western Boys
The Crossfire Bluegrass Band
Katie Wilson and the Two Time String Band
Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters
2009
Our Masters of Ceremonies included:
Kim Cyr (President CT Bluegrass Assoc.), Stan Zdonik (BBU and Vice-Chairman IBMA) and Jim Beaver
The Lovell Sisters
Bearfoot (AK)
Special Consensus
Alison Brown Quartet with special guest Joe Craven
Wells Family Band
NewFound Road
Grasstowne
Del McCoury Band
James King Band
IIIrd Tyme Out
Steep Canyon Rangers
Dailey Vincent Band
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Natalie MacMaster
2008 Band Competition Winner – Gold Heart
2009 Band Competition
Liberty Bluegrass
The Packway Handle Band
Mason Porter
Broken Blossom
James King Band – Gospel Set
2008
Our great Masters of Ceremonies included:
Kim Cyr (President CT Bluegrass Assoc.), Stan Zdonik (BBU and Vice-Chairman IBMA) and Jim Beaver
Nothin’ Fancy
Gravity (Sweden – Scandinavia)
Dale Ann Bradley Band
Cadillac Sky
Auldridge, Lester & Ferguson, Gail Wade, Kene Hyatt and Marc Roy
Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show
Dailey Vincent Band
Claire Lynch Band
The Muellers
The Infamous Stringdusters
Dan Paisley & Southern Grass
Blue Moon Rising
SteelDrivers
The Larry Stephenson Band
Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson & Jerry Salley
2007 Band Competition Winner – Joy Kills Sorrow
Cherryholmes
Tony Trischka Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular WITH SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS: Ron Block, Mark Johnson, Bill Keith, Joe Mullins, Alan Munde, and Pete Wernick
Blistered Fingers
Pine Mountain Railroad – Gospel
2007
Our great Masters of Ceremonies included:
Kim Cyr (President CT Bluegrass Assoc.), Stan Zdonik (BBU and Vice-Chairman IBMA) and Jim Beaver
Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters
Hunger Mountain Boys
Mike Cleveland and Flamekeeper, featuring Audie Blaylock
Jesse McReynolds & Virginia Boys ~ 60 Years in Bluegrass!
David Parmley and Continental Divide
Miller’s Crossing
The Biscuit Burners
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Mountain Heart
Pine Mountain Railroad
Lost and Found
Lonesome River Band
Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain
The Grascals
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
2006
Our M.C.s were Kim Cyr and Stan Zdonik.
High Range
Hit and Run Bluegrass Band
The Kruger Brothers with special guest Mike Cleveland
Sugar Creek
The Martin Family Band
King Wilkie
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Del McCoury Band
Gibson Brothers
Dale Ann Bradley
The Martin Family Band
Special Consensus
Lonesome River Band
Cherryholmes
Sam Bush Band
2005
Our MCs were Kim Cyr and Wayne Bledsoe.
Too Blue
Larry Stephenson Band
Too Blue
Larry Stephenson Band
The Del McCoury Band
Mike Burns & North Country
Donna Hughes Band
Pine Mountain Railroad
Mark Newton Band
Foghorn Stringband
Donna Hughes Band
Mike Burns & North Country
Larry Stephenson Band
Alecia Nugent & Band
Dale Ann Bradley
Auldridge, Stewart and Ferguson with Emory Lester and Kene Hyat
Mountain Heart
Doc Watson with Richard Watson and Jack Lawrence
Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters
2004
Our M.Cs were Kim Cyr and Wayne Bledsoe.
Traver Hollow
Phil Rosenthal & Bluegrass Union
Buddy Merriam & Back Roads
Dale Ann Bradley
Blistered Fingers
Northern Lights w/ Vassar Clements
Jonathan Edwards
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Jake Armerding w/ Vassar Clements
Dale Ann Bradley
Jonathan Edwards w/Northern Lights
Hunger Mountain Boys
The Chapmans
Charlie Waller & The Country Gentlemen
Del McCoury Band
Singing Conquerors
2003
Dudley String Band
Grass Routes
Hickory Project
Amy Gallatin & Hot Flashes
Dale Ann Bradley & Coon Creek
Laurie Lewis Band
Billie Sue & Mill Run
Larry Stephenson Band
Peter Rowan w/ Vassar Clements
Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen
David Grisman Quintet
2002
Thunder Mountain Bluegrass
Amy Gallatin & Stillwater
Blistered Fingers
Dry Branch Fire Squad
The Larkins
Dale Ann Bradley & Coon Creek
Auldridge, Bennett and Gaudreau
Larry Stephenson Band
Vassar Clements w/ Northern Lights
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards w/Northern Lights
Seldom Scene Reunion-Featuring Tom Gray, John Starling, Ben Eldridge, Mike Auldridge with Larry Stephenson
2001
The Larkins from Dollywood
Blistered Fingers
Northern Lights
Teresa and the Playground
Smokin’ Grass
Auldridge, Bennett & Gaudreau
Hickory Project
The Singing Conquerors
Northern Lights w/ Vassar Clements
Emmylou Harris
2000
Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters
Orange Blossom Bluegrass
The Kruger Brothers from Switzerland
The Judith Edelman Band
Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show
Melanie
1999
Thunder Mountain Bluegrass
Skip Gorman & His Waddie Pals
Eddie & Martha Adcock
Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show
Unlimited Tradition
Kathy Kallick Band
Chris Thile & Nickel Creek
Peter Rowan & Tony Rice
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
1998
Traver Hollow
The Gibson Bothers
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Dave Evans & Riverbend
Dale Ann Bradley & Coon Creek
The Charlie Sizemore Band
Goins Brothers
Tim O’Brien & The O’Boys
Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals
1997
Grassroots
Gillis Brothers
Nashville Bluegrass Band
New Vintage
Blue Highway
Claire Lynch & The Front Porch String Band
Lonesome River Band
John Hartford
1996
| Case Brothers |
| Northern Bound |
| Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters |
| Bill Emerson and Wayne Taylor Band |
| New Coon Creek Girls |
| Larry Sparks & Lonesome Ramblers |
| Lost and Found |
| Laurie Lewis & Grant Street |
| Mac Wiseman with Lost & Found |
| John Hartford |
