21st Annual Bishop's Bluegrass Festival

 

Shrine Mont  hosts the Annual Bishop's Bluegrass Festival on July 4 every year. Tickets will be sold at the gate, or online thru the Diocese. Contact Shrine Mont to receive more information or call the diosecan offices: 1-804-643-8451 (in Richmond) or 1-800-DIOCESE (Toll free)

Click here for a schedule of the day's events

5K walk/run

Start the day with running in the 5k competition or with a brisk 5k walk beginning at 8:30 am at the front porch of the Virginia House. 

The 2010 Bands

Sierra Hull & Highway 111

Website: www.sierrahull.com

Sierra Hull began playing mandolin at age eight, and quickly became noted on the national festival scene for her fluid, inventive picking – winning several mandolin and guitar championships in the process. Working closely with co-producer Ron Block (Alison Krauss and Union Station), Sierra’s vocal performances are disarmingly tender and eloquent, yet delivered with the confidence and honesty necessary to cut through a top-notch bluegrass ensemble. Articulate and engaging on-stage and off, Hull has already emerged as a leading light in a new generation of bluegrass musicians. She was a featured performer on the Great High Mountain Tour, which included an all-star bluegrass lineup

performing songs from the soundtracks of the hit movies O Brother Where Art Thou and Cold Mountain. A seasoned performer, she has appeared on the Grand Ole Opry radio and television shows, and shared the stage with bluegrass legends such as Alison Krauss, IIIrd Tyme Out, Sam Bush, Mountain Heart and Ricky Skaggs.

 

Wiskey Rebellion

Website: www.thewhiskeyrebellion.net

The Whiskey Rebellion has been fortunate enough to share the bill with such acts as The Sam Bush Band, Peter Rowan & Tony Rice, Tim O’Brien, the Seldom Scene, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Larry Keel and many more.

“Whiskey Rebellion’s recording debut album proves to be a highly successful venture that establishes the band as a force to be reckoned with.”

– Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

Give just a casual listen to The Whiskey Rebellion’s recently released, self-titled debut album, and you’ll be tempted to plug the Quartet into the category reserved for pure bluegrass. While Phillips says bluegrass is the members’ common denominator, there’s much more to The Whiskey Rebellion than twang and high lonesome.

– Richmond Times Dispatch

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