Past Festival Lineups
1st Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 24-26, 1973. Adams County Fairground
Bill Monroe • The Country Gazette • Hylo Brown
• The Mclain Family
• Lester Flatt • The Bluegrass Alliance • Ray & Ina Patterson • Hubert Davis • City Limits • Denver Gross • Haystack Mountain Boys • Possum Trotters • Wheeling String Band • Goldrush • Liberty
2nd Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 23-25, 1974. Adams County Fairground
Bill Monroe • Ralph Stanley • Lester Flatt • James Monroe • Bluegrass Alliance • Country Gazette • Bobby Smith • Monroe Doctrine • Mclaim Family • Clyde Moody • Haystack Mountain Boys • Denver Grass • City Limits • Possumtrotters • Colorado Sage • Dudley Murphy • Ray & Ina Patterson • Williams Family • Minnie Moore
3rd Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 22-24, 1975. Adams County Fairground
Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys • Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys • Country Gazette • Crossfire • Country Cooking • Joe Bethancort • The McLain Family Band • City Limits • Whiskey Before Breakfast • Tecumseh • Colorado Stump Jumpers • Bluegrass Crusade • Front Porch Pickers • Tyndall-Okeh String Band • Denver Grass • Williams Family • Possumtrotters • Haystack Mountain Boys • Town & Country Review
4th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 27-29, 1976. Adams County Fairground
Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys • Ralph Stanley • The Country Gentlemen • Jim & Jesse • The McLain Family Band • James Monroe • Stone Mountain Bluegrass Company • City Limits • Ray & Ina Patterson • Nessie Expedition • The Denver Grass • Sunday River • Well Spring • Haystack Mountain Boys • Dudley & Deanie Murphy • Town & Country Review • Sandy Creek Pickers
5th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 19-21, 1977. Adams County Fairground
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys • Country Gazette • McLain Family • Dudley Murphy • Dub Crouch • Ray & Ina Patterson • City Limits • Denver Grass • Stone Mountain • Sunday River • Town & Country Review • Rambling Drifters • & Minnie Moore
7th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 24-26, 1979. Adams County Fairground
The McLain Family Band Ralph • The Doug Dillard Band with Byron Berline • Country Gazette • Bill Grant & Delia Bell • Denver Grass • Generic Bluegrass • Stone Mountain • Rambling Drifters • Sunday River Boys • Ray & Ina Patterson • Hot Rize • Hoofin' High Country Cloggers
8th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 22-24, 1980. Adams County Fairground
Jim & Jesse • Country Gazette • The McLain Family Band • Dub Crouch • Denver Grass • Roger Ferguson ('79
Winfield Flat-Pick Winner) • Ray & Ina Patterson • Bluegrass Patriots • Stone Mountain • Hoofin' High Country Cloggers • Dixie Wind
9th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 21-23, 1981. Adams County Fairground
Don Reno & The Tennessee Cut-Ups • Quicksilver • The McLain
Family • Hot Rize • Denver Grass • Dixie Wind • Goldrush • Generic Bluegrass • Little &
Big Red River • Stone Mountain • Sunday River Bluegrass • Reasonable Band •
The Zion Mountain Boys Cloggers
10th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 20-22, 1982. Adams County Fairground
Berline, Crary & Hickman • The Dillards • Bill Grant & Delia Bell • Hot Rize • The McLain Family • Big Country • Bluegrass Overdrive • Bluegrass Patriots • Denver
Grass • Generic Bluegrass • Gold Rush • Grain of Salt • Porphyry Mountain •
Southern Exposure • Sunday River
11th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 19-21, 1983. Adams County Fairground
Country Gazette Reunion (Byron Berline, Roger Bush, Alan
Munde, & Roland White) • Berline, Crary & Hickman • Hot Rize • Country
Gazette • Gold Rush • Bluegrass Patriots • Grain of Salt • Reasonable Band •
Spasmodic (Toulouse, France) • Jacks Cleaners • Generic Bluegrass • Left Hand
String Band • and Bluegrass Overdrive
12th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 17-19, 1984. Adams County Fairground
The Seldom Scene • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver • The Bluegrass
Cardinals • Berline, Crary & Hickman • Hot Rize • Bluegrass Patriots • Grain of Salt • Last Kansas Exit • The
reasonable Band • Gold Rush • Bushwhack • Front Range • Left Hand String Band •
The Byron Berline Fiddle Festival (17th)
13th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 16-18, 1985. Adams County Fairground
Johnson Mountain Boys • Berline, Crary & Hickman • Dave Evans &
Riverbend • Hot Rize (host band) with Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers • Reasonable Band • The Bluegrass Patriots • Grain of Salt • Front
Range • The Road Warriors • Cheyenne Ramblers • Credibility Gap • Left Hand
String Band • Cactus Crooners
14th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 22-24, 1986. Adams County Fairground
Tony Rice Unit • Johnson Mountain Boys • Hot Rize (host band)
with Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers • Nashville Bluegrass Band • Good Old
Persons • Bluegrass Patriots • Front Range • Grain of Salt • Road Warriors •
Left Hand String Band • Cheyenne Mountain Ramblers • Southern Exposure •
Hoofin' High Country Cloggers
15th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 14-16, 1987. Adams County Fairground
Hot Rize & Red Knuckles & the Trail Blazers • Nashville
Bluegrass Band • The New Quicksilver • Grand Prairie Boys • Bluegrass
Patriots • Radio Flyer • Weary Hearts • Turtle Creek • Front Range • Against the Grain •
Quickdraw • Driving' Time • Rocky Mountain Cloggers
16th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 26-28, 1988. Larimer County Fairground (w/ the 7th Annual Loveland Corn Roast)
The Virginia Squires • Tony Trischka & Skyline • Good Ol' Persons • Dave
Evans & Riverbend • Hot Rize • Byron Bowers • Sally Mountain Show • Sidesaddle • Full Circle • Front Range • Left Hand String Band • Turtle Creek •
Against The Grain • Quickdraw
17th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 25-27, 1989. Larimer County Fairground (w/ the 8th Annual Loveland Corn Roast)
Hot Rize (host) with Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers • Josh Graves & Kenny
Baker Band • Radio Flyer • Warrior River Boys • Dusty Miller • Sally Mountain
Show • Bluegrass Patriots • Front Range • Turtle Creek • Southern Cross •
Quickdraw • High Plains Tradition • Left Hand String Band • Mountain Standard
Time • Against the Grain • Chugwater Philharmonic String Quartet • Poudre
Valley Boys • Hoofin High Country Cloggers
18th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 24-26, 1990. Larimer County Fairground (w/ the 9th Annual Loveland Corn Roast)
The Dillards • Lynn Morris Band • Weary Hearts • Grand Prairie
Boys • Bill Mounce & the Outlaws • Bluegrass Patriots (host Band) • Turtle
Creek • Front Range • Quickdraw • High Plains Tradition • Mountain Standard Time • Against
the Grain • Al & Emily Cantrell • Rocky top bluegrass Band • Chris Daring
Legacy • Red Mountain Rangers • Highway 36 • Heartland • Chapman Family Band •
Hot Jam Family Band • Hoofin' High Country Cloggers
19th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
August 23-25, 1991. Larimer County Fairground (w/ the 10th Annual Loveland Corn Roast)
Country Gazette • Lonesome River Band • Grand Prairie Boys •
Bluegrass Patriots • Front Range • Pete & Joan Wernick • Heartland • High Plains Tradition • Against The Grain • Chapman
Family Band • Ladies' Choice • Mountain Standard Time
20th Annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival
Lyons, CO
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24th Annual RockyGrass
August 9-11, 1996, Lyons, CO
Doc Watson • Laurie Lewis and Grant Street • The Seldom Scene • The Del McCoury Band • Blue Highway • Wyatt Rice and Santa Cruz • The Bluegrass Patriots • Nickel Creek • Black Rose
25th Annual RockyGrass
August 1-3, 1997, Lyons, CO
The Schankman Twins • Return to Earth • The Freight Hoppers • The Del McCoury Band • Thunder Jam with Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Tim O’Brien, Tony Rice and Mark Schatz • The Yucca Mountain Boys • Black Rose • Dan Crary • Richard Greene and the Grass is Greener • Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, and Jerry Douglas • The David Grisman Quintet • Hot Rize • The Flying Dogs • The Bluegrass Patriots • The Lynn Morris Band • Tim O’Brien and the O’Boys • Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys • A Very Special Bluegrass Reunion with Vassar Clements, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, and Herb Peterson
26th Annual RockyGrass
July 31st, August 1st and 2nd, 1998, Lyons, CO
Zack Kline • Beaver Fever Boys • Schatz, O’Brien, and Jones • Nickel Creek • The Del McCoury Band • Douglas, Barenberg, and Meyer • Peter Rowan Band • High, Wide, and Handsome • Jones and Leva • Good Ol Persons • Chesapeake • The Del McCoury Band with David Grisman • Doc Watson • Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder • The Fairfield Four • Charles Sawtelle and the Whippets • Magraw Gap • Doc and Dawg • The Osborne Brothers • Acoustic Leftover Salmon • Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien, Peter Rowan, Mark Shatz, and Pete Wernick
27th Annual RockyGrass
July 30-August 1st, 1999, Lyons, CO
Yonder Mountain String Band • Bluegrass. Etc. • Tony Rice, Peter Rowan, an Mark Schatz • The Gibson Brothers • Norman Blake • The Del McCoury Band with David Grisman • Peter Rowan and Druha Trava • The Grass Hoppers • The Lynn Morris Band • Tony Rice and David Grisman • The Del McCoury Band • The Seldom Scene • Laurie Lewis and her Bluegrass Pals • The David Grisman Quintet • Tribute to Charles Sawtelle •The Judith Edelman Band • The James King Band • Tim O’Brien with Darrell Scott • The Lonesome River Band • Gillian Welch and David Rawlings • Longview • Thunder Jam featuring Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien, and Mark Schatz
28th Annual RockyGrass
July 28-30, 2000, Lyons, CO
Pete and Joan Wernick • Big Twang Theory • Yonder Mountain String Band • Rhonda Vincent and the Rage • Sugarbeat • Nashville Bluegrass Band • Peter Rowan and Crucial Country with Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas • Mighty Squirrel • Songs from the Mountain • Blue Highway • Doc Watson and Ricky Skaggs • John Hartford String Band • Ralph Stanley with Jim Lauderdale • Sam Bush and David Grisman • Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder • Nashville Bluegrass Band • Open Road • Flinner, Greer, and Phillips • Nickel Creek • Retrograss with John Hartford, Mike Seeger, and David Grisman • Doc Watson • The Flatheads featuring Jerry Douglas and Tim O’Brien
29th Annual RockyGrass
July 27-29, 2001, Lyons, CO
Single Malt Band • Cheyenne Lonesome • Mark Schatz and Friends • Dave Evans and Riverbend • Lynn Morris Band • The Del McCoury Band with David Grisman • Peter Rown and the Panama Red Riders with Tony Rice • Sam Bush Bluegrass Band • Missy Raines and Jim Hurst • Just Some Mandolin Pickers • Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver •Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott • The Seldom Scene • The David Grisman Quintet • Del McCoury Band • Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Gospel • Chris Thile and Mike Marshall • Bluegrass, Etc. • Lonesome River Band • Nickel Creek • Tony Rice Unit featuring Dan Tyminski • Tribute to Old and In the Way
30th Annual RockyGrass
July 26-28, 2002, Lyons, CO
Doc Watson • Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder • Kane's River • Open Road • Psychograss • Phillips, Grier & Flinner • and many more...
31st Annual RockyGrass
July 25-27, 2003, Lyons, CO
Hit and Run • Bearfoot Bluegrass • Bluegrass, Etc. • Mike Marshall and Darol Anger • Laurie Lewis Trio • The Seldom Scene • Peter Rowan and Tony Rice • The Del McCoury Band with David Grisman • Jim Hurst and Missy Raines • Reeltime Travelers • Drew Emmit and Freedom Ride featuring John Cowan • Bryan Sutton Band • The Del McCoury Band • David Grisman Quintet • Tim O’Brien • Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder • Pete and Joan Wernick • Old Crow Medicine Show • Jeannie Kendall • Mike Marshall and Chris Thile • Tim O’Brien Band • Old and In the Gray with David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, Herb Pederson, and Bryn Bright
32nd Annual RockyGrass
July 23-25, 2004, Lyons, CO
Bearfoot Bluegrass • Uncle Earl • John Reischman and the Jaybirds • Alison Brown Quartet • King Wilkie • Mountain Heart • Nickel Creek • Peter Rowan with Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Tim O’Brien, Jerry Douglas and Bryn Bright • Broke Mountain Bluegrass Band • Two High String Band • Kruger Brothers • Jerry Douglas and Bela Fleck • Claire Lynch • Blue Highway • Tim O’Brien Band • Sam Bush Bluegrass Band • Blue Highway Gospel • The Wilders • Open Road • Adrienne Young and Little Sadie • Mark O’Connor and the Hot Swing Trio featuring Bryan Sutton and Chris Thile • Norman and Nancy Blake • Hot Rize
33rd Annual RockyGrass
July 29-31, 2005, Lyons, CO
Alison Krauss and Union Station • Doc Watson and Friends • Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder • Sam Bush Bluegrass Band • Del McCoury Band • Bela Fleck Acoustic Trio featuring Casey Driessen and Bryan Sutton • Tim O'Brien Band • Peter Rowan and Tony Rice • The Drew Emmitt Band • The Greencards • Seldom Scene • John Cowan, Pat Flynn and Darrell Scott • Shawn Camp • Chatham County Line • Noam Pikelny and Friends • Bluegrass Etc. • Bearfoot Bluegrass • The Kruger Brothers • Andy Statman • Hit and Run Bluegrass • Hickory Project
34th Annual RockyGrass
July 28-30, 2006, Lyons, CO
Yonder Mountain String Band • Earl Scruggs & Friends • Sam Bush Bluegrass Band • Jerry Douglas presents Manzanita • Tim O’Brien Band • Steve Earle and the Bluegrass Dukes • Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet • Blue Highway• The Wilders • Darrell Scott Bluegrass Band • Abigail Washburn • Jerry Douglas / Russ Barenberg / Edgar Meyer • Mountain Heart • The Infamous Stringdusters • Tony Trischka Bluegrass Band featuring Roland White • Richard Greene & the Brothers Barton • Uncle Earl • Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings • Crooked Still • Bearfoot Bluegrass • Town Mountain
35th Annual RockyGrass
July 27-29, 2007, Lyons, CO
Nickel Creek • Sam Bush Bluegrass Band • Del McCoury Band • David Grisman Bluegrass Experience • Marty Stuart & the Fabulous Superlatives • Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver • Jesse McReynolds & the Virginia Boys • Chris Thile & The How To Grow a Band featuring Bryan Sutton • Sam Bush, Jesse McReynolds, and David Grisman • Peter Rowan • The Greencards • Cherryholmes • Claire Lynch Band • Kruger Brothers • Mark Schatz & Friends • Cadillac Sky • Laura Love Bluegrass Band • The Biscuit Burners • Bearfoot • Sierra Hull & Highway 111 • Long Road Home
36th Annual RockyGrass
July 25-27, 2008, Lyons, CO
Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas & Edgar Meyer • Dan Tyminski Band • Natalie MacMaster • Sam Bush Bluegrass Band • Béla Fleck & Friends • JD Crowe & The New South • Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet featuring Béla Fleck • Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile • Psychograss • Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band • John Cowan Band • Russ Barenberg & Bryan Sutton • Infamous Stringdusters • Chatham County Line • Mike Marshall & Darol Anger • Carolina Chocolate Drops • The Steeldrivers • Adrienne Young & Little Sadie • Bearfoot • The Stairwell Sisters • GarrettGrass Gospel Extravaganza • Spring Creek