Watermelon Park Fest is an annual bluegrass festival organized by Shepherds Ford in Berryville, VA. The festival features 3 days of music, contests, workshops, dances, riverside camping and picking.
The 2008 festival performers include: The Dan Tyminski Band, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, Crooked Still, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Magraw Gap, The Woodshedders, Furnace Mountain Band, Danny Knicely presents Bluegrass and Beyond, The Freight Hoppers, Zan McCleod, Billy McComski, Molly Andrews, Jim Egan, The Whiskey Rebellion, The Mando Mafia, Chesham Creek, The Speakeasy Boys, Gold Heart, The Page County Ramblers, The Fox Hunt, Gavin Largent and Grassland, The Clubhouse Gang, Bayou Faux Pas, Fiddlin' Dave and his Six Hotel Rooms, and More! For more info and tickets visit www.watermelonparkfest.com
Shepherds Ford also produces another festival with Watermelon Park: The Country Gentlemen Bluegrass Festival. The info is below:
This July 11 and 12, Randy Waller and The Country Gentlemen will add some great names to the Watermelon Park list as they host The Country Gentlemen Bluegrass Music Festival. This two day event features an amazing lineup including Ronnie Reno and The Reno Tradition, Bill Emerson and The Sweet Dixie Band, The Grass Cats, Scott Brannon, R.C. Harris and Blue Denim, Lonesome Highway, The Loudoun Travelers, Shallow Creek, Constant Change, The Dirty River Band, and more.
Watermelon Park is a family-friendly venue situated on a beautiful bend of the Shenandoah River, offering onsite camping, spectacular views, and shady seating areas as you listen to the bands. Several quality food vendors will be onsite to provide a variety of lunch and dinner refreshments.
Earlybird Tickets (for CGfest) available through June 30th at $50 for the Weekend. July 1st prices become $60 for the weekend and $30 per day. Children 12 and under free.
Advance Tickets available at JV Music in Berryville, VA; The Guitar Studio in Winchester, VA; Melodee Music in Leesburg, VA; Ellsworth Music in Charles Town and Shepherdstown, WV; and at Watermelon Park in Berryville, VA, and online at www.watermelonparkfest.com.
Camping available onsite at $15 per person per night, RV Hookups at $10 per night additional - 1st come 1st serve.
For more information please contact Frazer Watkins and Shepherds Ford Productions at 540.539.2054 – fwatkins@shepherdsford.com.
Thanks fer addin' us to yer friends… all the best to ya!...we're lookin' forward to comin' in to play fer ya sometime!... Boys of Greenwood Glen, a drinkin' band with an Irish problem …
Howdy Ya'll! I wanted to drop you a note to thank you for taking the time to accept us as your friend, and listening to our music. We appreciate the gesture and are grateful that you enjoyed our tunes enough to add us to your community of friends. After all, having people connect with our music is why we do this. I hope you'll come by often to say hello and let us know what's happening with you, and when you have a spare moment, please visit our brand new webpage at www. crosstimbersbluegrass. com there you can listen to more of our music and find out more about us. Feel free to sign the guestbook! (And if you have any ideas about how we could improve the webpage, be sure to let us know)
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Happy Valentines day.
We have a new record and a new band member and there are three chances this week to hear the band live in Virginia and West Virginia!
Come celebrate life alone or with your lover... we promise to play some really sweet lovesongs and some really great jaded songs of separation, all guaranteed to put a smile on your face!
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