{"id":1335,"date":"2019-01-29T14:54:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T14:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bluegrass\/?page_id=1335"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:04:17","slug":"2023-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bluegrass\/","title":{"rendered":"July 11th, 2026 – 12PM – 8PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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201 W. High St., Carlisle, PA 17013<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lonesome River Band
Tessa McCoy & The State Birds
Charm City Junction
Black-Eyed Suzies<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2026 Program PDF<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2026 Flyer<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Bands<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Lonesome River Band<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sammy Shelor
Jesse Smathers
Adam Miller
Mike Hartgrove
Kameron Keller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tessa McCoy & The State Birds<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tessa McCoy
Cody Jordan
Jesse Milnes
Joanna Burt-Kinderman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charm City Junction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrick McAvinue
Brad Kolodner
Alex Lacquement
Sean McComiskey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Black-Eyed Suzies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Larsen
Colina Blankenship
Nicole Snider
Jennifer Reynolds
Molly Hebert-Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seating is open. Free admission. Bike racks available throughout campus<\/a>. The lawn may be accessed starting at 8:00 AM on the day of the festival. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. A wide array of vendors will keep appetites happy with everything from french fries and bratwurst to Thai food and ice cream, plus non-alcoholic drinks and smoothies. Restrooms will be available. Dickinson College is a smoke-free campus. Festival is held rain or shine. Get ready for great music!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Handicap parking spaces will be reserved on West High Street between West Street to College Street on the north side of the street.  Signs will be posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Support the Festival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Do you love Bluegrass on the Grass? Become a patron today! We need your support so we may continue to attract the best bluegrass bands in the country to Carlisle’s most-anticipated live music event of the year. It only takes two minutes to make your tax-deductible contribution via Dickinson’s secure giving website at www.dickinson.edu\/gift<\/a>. Simply choose Other<\/strong> on the drop-down menu next to Designation<\/strong>, then write in Bluegrass on the Grass Festival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We ask devoted attendees who enjoy the music and share our goals of cultivating, sharing and sustaining American Musical genres to ensure that Bluegrass on the Grass will continue for many more years to come. Make your annual tax-deductible contribution <\/a>today! Every gift counts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Bands Lonesome River Band Tessa McCoy & The State Birds Charm City Junction Black-Eyed Suzies Seating is open. Free admission. Bike racks available throughout campus. The lawn may be accessed starting at 8:00 AM on the day of the festival. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. A wide array of vendors will keep appetites happy with everything […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1335","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post","no-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bluegrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bluegrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bluegrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bluegrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bluegrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1335"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bluegrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2357,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bluegrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1335\/revisions\/2357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bluegrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}