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the 2009 Orwell Bluegrass festival opens on the 24th april 2009

more band info on the news pages

 

In 2009, we will be hosting another fantastic festival, with gigs on Friday night, Saturday afternoon and evening AND  a  Sunday  morning Gospel Session and afternoon concert.

The Hallow Tree venue is close to Ipswich and has loads of space for picking, camping, drinking and concerts. Hallow Trees Camp Ground has fantastic facilities, with several large halls for picking along side smaller rooms for workshops and our huge Concert tent which will seat 500.  Find out more information in the Tickets section.

New THUSDAY Night informal sessions and scratch bands on stage in the bar area available for all weekend ticket holders. Make the 2009 Festival a really long weekend by joining us on Thursday night for Beer and Bluegrass.

Open MIC Sessions:
After the success of the previous Open Mic Sessions we have more time slots available for anyone to play to an audience in the bar. The stage and PA will be up and running from Friday. Anyone is welcome to play from soloists to scratch bands, please sign up  HERE.

Workshops 2009

After last years excellent workshops, we have another series planned for 2009. There will be workshops for all bluegrass instruments lead by some of the best musicians in the country. This includes a Singing / Vocal Workshop hosted by Gary and Sherryl Payne.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Festival Details

Festival Dates:
Friday 24th April -  Sunday 26th April

Location:
Hallow Tree Camp Site
Ipswich, Suffolk

Bands Playing

Chill Until Blue

Chris Moreton

Home Territory

Hope Mountain Band

Kitty Hawks

Longway

Monroes Revenge

New Essex Bluegrass Band

Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys

 
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