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26th Dillard Bluegrass Festival
It’s that time of year for the 26th Dillard Bluegrass Festival and it comes to Dillard Friday, Aug. 4, and Saturday, Aug. 5, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Dillard City Hall Fairgrounds, 892 Franklin Street, Dillard.
The event will feature two full days of family fun with live stellar bluegrass music; tasty barbeque; kids’ games; arts and crafts; and free professional cooking classes both days. Friday’s entertainment includes music by John Duncan; Foxfire Boys; Doug Flowers Band; Willie Wells and Blue Ridge Mountain Grass; and more. Saturday’s headliner is Nick Chandler & Delivered.
Other music Saturday includes Curtis Blackwell; New Apostles of Bluegrass; Shadow Ridge; and Brushfire. Admission cost is $20 for one day and $35 for a two-day pass.
Kids under 12 years old are free. There will be free parking and handicapped parking will be available by following the signs.
Visit www.dillardbluegrass.org for more information or follow Dillard Bluegrass Festival on Facebook. Sponsors include American Pest Control; Budweiser; Belew Heat & Air; Koster Equipment Sales & Rentals; Leaf Guard; Poss Realty; Roy DeFoor; South State Bank; Tiny Life Homes; Toccoa Natural Gas; United Community Bank; Bad Byron’s Butt Rub; Carron Grist; Duvall Automotive; First American Bank; Northeast Georgia Heating & Air; Rabun County Bank; Reeves Ace Hardware; R.M. Rose and Company Distillers.; Salon 259; Tomlin Barbeque; Vulcan Materials; and Willow Valley RV Resort.