Bluegras Heritage Foundation | Making Bluegrass Happen

The mission of the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation is to preserve and promote the heritage of bluegrass music in America, with a focus on promoting bluegrass music in Texas.  The Foundation seeks to educate the public about this distinctly American form of music with roots in Irish, Scottish, and English traditional music through educational programs and workshops, public performances of bluegrass music, historic preservation efforts, and other similar programs.  The Bluegrass Heritage Foundation is a non-profit corporation organized under Texas law and recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.


Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival - Farmers Branch Texas - produced by Bluegrass Heritage Foundation, a non-profit organization presenting great bluegrass festivals in Texas

The completely FREE Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival is brought to you by
the
City of Farmers Branch, Texas 
and the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation.

BLOOMIN' BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
Friday & Saturday October 15-16 2010
A completely free bluegrass music festival!  No tickets required!
 

featuring
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage | Travelin' McCourys with Dan Tyminski
J. D. Crowe & The New South
(Friday evening) | Seldom Scene (Friday evening)
Claire Lynch Band | The Boxcars | Jim Hurst (Friday & Saturday)
Jeff & Vida | Highlands Crossing | The Herrins
(artists appearing on Saturday unless otherwise noted)

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Come to Farmers Branch early for an even greater JAMMING experience - join Jim Hurst, Steve Smith,
and Gerald Jones for a two-day JAM CAMP on Thursday and Friday!

Acoustic Music Camp's two-day Jam Camp at the Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival in Farmers Branch, Texas Oct. 14-15!
Note:  Acoustic Music Camp is not associated with the City of Farmers Branch or Bluegrass Heritage Foundation.
There is a charge for participation in the AMC Jam Camp.  See AMC website for details.


Alan Tompkins' Bluegrass Heritage Radio Show - KHYI-FM 95.3 Dallas Texas - bringing great bluegrass music to Texas!The Bluegrass Heritage Foundation is pleased to sponsor Alan Tompkins' Bluegrass Heritage Radio Show, a 90-minute show that airs from 10:30 - noon every Sunday morning on KHYI-FM 95.3 "The Range" in the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas metropolitan area.  The show can also be heard around the world live via the internet on Sunday mornings on the KHYI.com website.  Visit the website for the radio show at www.BluegrassHeritageRadio.com.


Play It Forward! Bluegrass Music Instrument Lending Program, based in Dallas Texas

Instrument Lending Program

Working together with bluegrass associations and music teachers, Play It Forward!, the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation’s Instrument Lending Program, helps foster music literacy and performance skills in deserving young people (ages 8-16) by providing no-cost access to the primary bluegrass musical instruments such as mandolins, fiddles, banjos, and guitars.
 
click here to read more...
 

Foundation Friends and Sponsors 
Walmart Stores of Arlington, Texas - a Bluegrass Heritage Festival 2009 sponsor. Pizza Hut, based in Dallas Texas - underwriter of the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation Play It Forward! bluegrass instrument lending program, Dallas Texas Ironhorse Commercial Construction, Trophy Club, Texas - a Bluegrass Heritage Festival 2010 sponsor! First Quality Music Supply  

South Oaks Baptist Church, Arlington, Texas - home of the Bluegrass Heritage Festival!  KHYI FM 95.3 The Range, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas - home of the Bluegrass Heritage Radio Show!  Staff Force Personnel Services, with offices throughout Texas - a Bluegrass Heritage Festival sponsor!   

Dickies Recording King SabineBluegrass.com, Beaumont, Texas Charley's Guitar Shop, Dallas, Texas

 Acoustic Music Camp in Arlington, Texas - training bluegrass and acoustic music fans and players in the great state of Texas!   International Bluegrass Music Museum logo   FastSigns, Dallas, Texas - a supporter of the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation!

KKUS FM - The Ranch, Tyler Texas - bringing great bluegrass music to Texas!  Society For The Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America  International Bluegrass Music Association Rodeo City Music Hall, Mesquite, Texas - for bluegrass music every third Friday night in Mesquite, Texas!


The Bluegrass Heritage Foundation welcomes your donations to preserve and promote the heritage of bluegrass music in America. Click the donate button to donate online. YOUR INQUIRIES AND DONATIONS ARE WELCOMED!

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Bluegrass
Heritage Foundation
Advisory Board

Deb Bledsoe
Greg Cahill
Jim Hurst
Ned Luberecki
Claire Lynch
Alan Munde
Missy Raines
Jim Roe
Herb Sandker
Amanda Smith
Kenny Smith
Rhonda Vincent


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