The Grascals, 2017 festival. photo by Cindy Steele accommodations. Never fear, the Bill Monroe Memorial Music Park has its own campground. It boasts of more than 300 sites with water and electric hook-ups, 15 log cabins for rent, 400 more primitive tent sites, laundry facilities, restrooms and hot showers, a camp store, a gift shop, and a stocked fishing lake. The camping is fun whether you do it in a land yacht or a pup tent because you are moving into a neighborhood already made up of Bluegrass fans.
So, you’ ve got some of the best music this side of“ Hillbilly Heaven” and great accommodations but Bluegrass fans can’ t live on music alone. You’ re gonna have to eat at some point and most people bring some food with them. Now don’ t forget, you have a free bean supper if you are at the park on Tuesday evening and free‘ mater samiches’ on Friday courtesy of Junior Sisk.
But aside from that, the festival has one of the best vendor areas in the world. You can get barbequed ribs, fried green tomatoes, burgers and hotdogs, Northern Pike sandwiches, ice cream, kettle corn, and more. If you’ re not careful you can accidently gain a few pounds, I know, but it is worth it.
To get your tickets and reservations for camp sites, you can go online at < beanblossom. us > or email < beanblossombg @ hotmail. com > or call( 800) 414-6422,( 812) 988-6422. You can purchase tickets in advance and there are special 3-day and 8-day combos.
There you have it— great music, good friends and neighbors, comfortable camping, mouthwatering
vittles. All-in-all a relaxing time be it a day or the whole week. If you are already a Bean Blossom regular, then I’ ll likely see you there. If you haven’ t experienced the festival yet, I hope you show up— it just might become a tradition. •
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