Welcome to Badlands bluegrass festival 2013!
Join us for The Badlands Bluegrass Country Festival ..... A Benefit festival for Fort McCoy... at the Poor Farm Festival Grounds on June 14 &15, 2013.
Fifteen bands of Bluegrass and Country music, headlined by Taylor Made are joining onstage to help restore Fort McCoy, for future generations to enjoy!
the music
The lineup features bands such as TAYLOR MADE, Johnson's Crossroad, The Wild Rumpus, Richard Hefner and The Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys, The Lilly Mountaineers/The Lilly Boys, Fox N Hounds, Jonathan Buckner and Chosen Road, The Weedrags, Matt Brewster, The Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, Dean Cook, Ridin Hard Bluegrass Band, Sky Smeed, The Half Bad Bluegrass Band and Cody Wickline.
and more!!
We will have "fire pits" on sleds and firewood and a huge main bonfire. Vendors from around the area are bringing their creations of food and art to entertain and enrich the festival experience. Crafters, artists, and off stage performers are going to spread the entertainment factor throughout the festival grounds.
Tickets Available Now Online and At the Gate
Weekend and Single Day Passes are available now ONLINE or at Neathawk's Lumber in Lewisburg, and at the gate during the festival. Earlybird prices are good until June 1st.
about mcCoy fort
It was built by William McCoy, around 1769, apparently as his house
and then it was referred to as a fort in various documents in the
1770's. After the Indians in the area attacked Fort Donnally, with a
terrible massacre, they broke up into smaller forces and one group attacked Fort McCoy and failed to overcome the settlers hidden inside.
Learn more About McCoy Fort >
