27th – 30th May 2027
Hello Wilbarston!
I am so pleased that your superb Village Hall has become the home for “Battlefield Bluegrass Festival” for 2027.
From May 27th to 30th, we will be celebrating our wonderful Bluegrass music in your village for the first time with a fantastic band from the USA (“The Hosmer Mountain Boys”) plus twelve of the top bands and acts from all over the UK. Included in the fun will be instrumental and vocal workshops open to all who wish to take part, with their instruments or just to observe.
In addition, there will be our unique special instrument events for guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, bass and dobro with the masters demonstrating how the music is played.
And of course many jam sessions taking place in and around the hall.
Folks will be socialising, eating fabulous carribean food, enjoying the hall bar, playing and singing. In other words, having FUN!
We would be delighted if you can come along for maybe a day to see all the festival events or just an evening concert.
The concerts will be every evening (Thursday, Friday & Saturday), plus a Gospel music concert on Sunday morning. Gospel has always been a big part of bluegrass music and as a Christian myself a very favourite part of the weekend.
We look forward to welcoming you to the first Wilbarston Bluegrass festival.
All the details and ticket sales can be found on our website www.battlefieldbluegrass.co.uk
Sincerely yours
Col. Brian Dowdall
