Up-comers Bluegrass Band Competition
Sign-up for 2023
Graves Mountain Community Heritage Music Festival
The 29th Annual
Schedule for Up-comers Bluegrass Band Competition
Thursday, June 1
Campground Stage
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Bluegrass Up-comers Band Competition
5:00 pm -6:00 pm Evening Break
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Young Musician Competition
Estimated – 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Up-comers competition continues
Estimated -10:00 pm Judging and Awards for Youth and Up-comers
Saturday
Tentative Times
12:00 pm Welcome & National Anthem
12:10 pm – 12:50 pm Music of the Voice – Storytelling #4 of Series
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm Virginia Rain – Luray, VA
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Workshop in Jam Tent with Valerie Smith
2:00 pm – 2:50 pm Rose River Ramblers, Powhatan, VA
3:00 pm – 3:50 pm The Virginia Ramblers, Charlottesville, VA
4:00 pm – 4:35 pm Winner of Up-comer Band Competition (one set)
4:40pm – 4:50 pm Winner of Youth Musician Competition
5:00 pm – 5:50 pm Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike, Somerset, Va
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Music of the Voice – Storytelling #5 of Series
7:00 pm – 7:50 pm Virginia Rain, Luray, VA
8:00 pm – 8:45 pm Rose River Ramblers, Powhatan, VA
9:00 pm – 9:45 pm The Virginia Ramblers, Charlottesville, VA
10:00 pm – 10:45 pm Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike, Somerset, VA
Competition Information
Thursday, June 1, 2023
When: Thursday, June 1st, 2023
Afternoon start with completing following in the later evening.
Entry fee: $25 donation to Graves Mountain Charitable Fund – supporting youth mountain music and farming education and live music.
A Camping Pass is extra and is for all three days
1st Place:
- First place trophy
- $1,000 and play the main Camper Stage on Saturday for one 50-minute set
- Booking for the 2024 line up
2nd Place:
- Second place trophy
- $500 and play the main Camper Stage on Friday for one 50-minute set
3rd Place:
- Third place trophy
- Entry fee returned plus 3 Day Camping passes for the band members