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The Bluegrass Calendar

1)Lone Star Barbeque & Mercantile at Santee features live bluegrass.
Lone Star Barbecue and Mercantile is located on State Park Road, less than a mile from Santee and I 95 Exit 98.

Call(803) 854-2000 or (803) 515-3938 or http://www.lonestarbbq.net for more information or a full schedule.

2)The Southeastern Bluegrass Association has monthly shows at Lynches River County Park on the first Saturday of each month. Lynches River County Park is located about 10 miles south of Florence right off of Highway 52.

For more information in the Florence area www.sebga.org

3)The Rivertown Bluegrass Society:

Calendar   
      
Events take place at Horry Georgetown College,
Burroughs-Chapin Auditorium
www.rivertownbluegrasssociety.com   

4)Carolina Rebels

For more info, call Don Ashley 803-261-6042

5)Black Bottom Biscuits:
Details at: http://www.blackbottombiscuits.com

6)There is an open stage and bluegrass jam session every Friday night beginning at 7:30 pm at Bill's Music Shop and Picking Parlor on 710 Meeting Street in West Columbia.

Also check out Songwriter Open Stage on alternate Thursday nights and Classic Country nights at Bills on alternate Saturday nights.

For more information on the events at Bill’s or Bill Wells and The Blue Ridge Mountain Grass (803) 796-6477 or email wells5939@aol.com

7)UU Coffeehouse

2701 Heyward Street, corner of Woodrow and Heyward streets, in the Shandon area of Columbia
1.888.849.4224 X4             www.uucoffeehouse.org

8)There is a bluegrass jam session every Tuesday at the Handlebar in Greenville. Appearing:

For more information and a full concert schedule call 864-233-6173 or email thehandlebar@juno.com

9)The Newberry Opera House:

For more information or tickets call 1-803-276-6264 or check online at www.newberryoperahouse.com.

10)The 4th Sat Bluegrass @ The Haynes 2012 Season takes place on the 4th Saturday of each month, at the Haynes Auditorium located at corner of Main and College St in Leesville SC. Jam sessions 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Open stage at 6:30 PM. Then two shows starting at 7 PM ending at 9 PM

June Sugarloaf Mountain Boys and Savannah River Bluegrass
July Easy Pickin's and The Palmetto Pickers
August Split Rail and the Pinehill Ramblers
September 22, 2012 Sixth Annual All Day Haynes Bluegrass Festival

You can get more information online at www.haynesbluegrass.com or you can call 803-582-8479. Alternately, reach Lewis Rogers at 803-582-8479 or email wlrogers62@yahoo.com.

11)Allison Creek Bluegrass. Alternate Thursday nights

Shows begin at 7:00. Food is available at 6:30

Allison Creek Presbyterian Church is easy to find at the corner of Allison Creek Road and Hwy. 274 (Hands Mill Hwy).

For more info, go to www.allisoncreekbluegrass.com

12)Randy Wood Guitars in Bloomingdale Georgia

Sat. June 2nd @ 8:00pm
Darin & Brooke Aldrich
Multi-award winners in Bluegrass/ Gospel

Sat. June 23rd @ 8:00pm
Jim Hurst
Award winning Nashville veteran guitar sideman and session ace!!

Sat. June 16th 10am-6pm
Randy Wood Classic/Custom Car Cruise In
With Many Top Local Musical Artists

Fri. July 6th @ 8:00pm
Little Roy Lewis & Lizzy Long
Legendary bluegrass/gospel
artists and Pickin Parlor fav!

Fri. July 20th @ 8:pm
Jack Williams
Unbelievable song writer, guitarist and storyteller returns!!

Randy Wood Guitars is located at 1304 East Hwy 80 in Bloomingdale GA 912-748-1930 or online at www.randywoodguitars.com

13)Upstate Events Courtesy of David Snyder:

This list is available at:   

http://www.lastroadbluegrass.com/Bluegrass_Happenings.htm

      David Snyder
      Last Road Bluegrass
      www.lastroadbluegrass.com
      www.snydersoundservice.com

        
Please go out and support live bluegrass music and remember all events are subject to change, so it is a good idea to check in advance, especially if you have a long way to travel.

As we now track well over 50 bluegrass events in our area, please be sure and let us know of any corrections or changes in your schedule. If you don’t see something listed that should be, please let us know by writing or sending us an email as soon as possible before the event.

If you know of an event that would interest our listeners, or have any comments about this show, please drop us a note at The Bluegrass Sound, PO Box 23104, Columbia, SC 29224 or email us through our web site at http://www.scetv.org/radio/programs/the_bluegrass_sound/