RockyGrass Festival History

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 • Ray & Ina Patterson • Bluegrass Patriots • Stone Mountain • Hoofin' High Country Cloggers • Dixie Wind

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27th 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

28th 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

29th 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

28th 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

29th 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

30th 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

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