The concerts get started at noon on Wednesday, June 14, and don’ t stop until after 9:00 p. m. That leaves plenty of time for more parking lot and campsite pickin’.
The headliners for this year include: Audie Blaylock and Redline, The Little Roy and Lizzie Show, Ralph Stanley II, and Larry Sparks. Among the other 16 acts are: The Moron Brothers, Special Consensus, Larry Efaw, and a band that, to me, sounds like a super-group, Southern Legend featuring Williams, Rigsby, Vestal, Haynie, and Anglin.
The camping venues include everything from motor homes, RV’ s and primitive tent sites and even log cabins. There are potable water, shower, and laundry facilities available. For those who don’ t care to cook there are a variety of trucks and other comestible purveyors.
As usual, the festival is a mix of old and new, modern and traditional, both musically and in the park itself. The music park has been in existence since about 1940 and has evolved in a slew of positive ways.
My first festival was quite a ways back. The camping then was in a tent, in a field. There was one or maybe a couple of water spigots but no showers and no laundry. For those sorts of things you had to make your way down to Nashville. Sanitary facilities consisted of pit toilets dotted here and there inconveniently. You wanted to be sure to pitch your tent up wind.
There were no food trucks back then but there was McDonald’ s— not the fast food drive-in but McDonald’ s IGA store across the highway. You could always get a baloney sandwich, a bag of potato chips, a big dill pickle and bottle of pop.
Things have improved immensely over the last 50-odd years. The music has never been less than top notch but now the whole experience, while not luxury( unless you own one of those big old land yachts), is comfortable and convenient.
Tickets, campsite reservations, and golf cart rental are separate charges, so check out the < billmonroemusicpark. com > website for more info.
When festival season breaks, Brown County can’ t be beaten, and Bean Blossom is the place to be. I hope to see you there come June. •
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