I recently bought a ticket for the 16th Annual Bluegrass First Class Festival in Asheville, North Carolina. It's a three day event taking place February 18th - 20th at the Crowne Plaza Resort. The entire resort has been reserved for bluegrass attendees. Tickets can be purchased for the entire weekend or for an individual day. I opted to purchase a Friday only VIP Pass for $45 as opposed to a Friday-Saturday pass for $90. Sunday is included in either purchase as free for all ticket holders of any kind. I believe they're holding a bluegrass worship service of sorts on Sunday, but I'll have to miss that for work. Since I live so close to Asheville I don't have to worry about hotel accommodations, although Crowne Plaza will be hosting many attendees.
My "Friday VIP All Access Pass" grants me entrance to anything going on that day as part of the festival. Along with impromptu jamming allowed throughout the resort with the exception of one "quiet wing", there will be workshops, classes, and constant performances from 12pm until 12 midnight. The performances take place in the Grand Ballroom and the Sunken Lobby, and both places feature a constant line-up of acts allowing you to pick and choose who you'd like to see throughout the day. The Grand Ballroom features the event's headliner acts and the Sunken Lobby features local and regional bands.
The headliner acts for Friday are:
The Grascals
Daily and Vincent
Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice
Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road
The local and regional acts include (and are subject to change):
The Ross Brothers
Barbwire
Screech Owl Serenade
Rabon Creek
Mountain Faith
Bostic Yard
Laurel Creek
Sweet Tater Band
The main acts all perform twice in the Grand Ballroom allowing one to flexibly choose between the offering of main acts and local/regional talent. I haven't yet determined who I'll plan to see when, but I'm sure I'll catch all the headlining acts while supplementing them with some of the Sunken Lobby performances.
For more information about the event or if you're interested in purchasing tickets go to www.bluegrassfirstclass.com. I hope to see you there.
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