Weekend photos from Bean Blossom 2025
Nick Newlon with The Clay Hess Band at Bean Blossom – photo © Charlie Herbst Thanks again to Charlie Herbst for sharing a few images from the weekend stage shows at the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival, held each year at the Bill Monroe Music Park in Bean Blossom, IN.
First look from Bean Blossom 2025
Branded Bluegrass at Bean Blossom 2025 – photo © Charlie Herbst Many thanks to Charlie Herbst who shared this batch of photos from the first two days at Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Festival, held each year at the Bill Monroe Music Park in Bean Blossom, IN.
Report with photos from Bean Blossom 2024
The Price Sisters at the 2024 Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival – photo © Roger Black Noon on Wednesday (6/12) opened the 2024 Bill Monroe Bluegrass Music Festival at the Bill Monroe Music Park in Bean Blossom, Indiana. The festival started with a prayer and The National Anthem, followed with gospel music by The Miller Brothers and […]
Photos from Bean Blossom 2023
Southern Legend at Bean Blossom ’23 – photo © Charlie Herbst Many thanks to Charlie Herbst of Cape Girarduau, MO who shared these photos from the 2023 edition of Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Festival. The four day festival ran from June 14-17 at the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Park in in Bean Blossom, IN.
Megan and Luke invite everyone to their wedding
Logo design by Joshua Williams and Bree Fleming - photo by Amy Springer Talk about a bluegrass wedding! The upcoming nuptials between Megan Darby, Director of the bluegrass music program at Glenville State College in West Virginia, and Luke McKnight, grandson of mandolin legend Jesse McReynolds, promises to be a big old time. And they [...] Jim Peva passes
Very close friend of Bill Monroe's and Bean Blossom attendee for over 55 years, James 'Jim' Peva passed away on May 5, 2021. He was 92 years old. James Richard Peva was born near Evansville, Indiana, on May 7, 1928, spending his early life on a farm, and experiencing the hardships of rural life at [...] Tom Adler on Bill Monroe and Bean Blossom
In 2011 Bean Blossom historian Thomas A. Adler gave a presentation at the International Country Music Conference in Nashville, during which he spoke about the possible reasons why Bill Monroe bought the Brown County Jamboree site at Bean Blossom in 1951. Three suggestions had been expressed by others in the past; it was a good [...] New owners assume management of Bill Monroe Music Park
The iconic Bill Monroe Music Park and Campground, site of the long running Bean Blossom festivals in Indiana, has been purchased by a local family, determined to continue the music and upgrade the facilities, just as previous owners Dwight Dillman and his family had done this past two decades. New owners Rex and Ben Voils [...] Junior Sisk takes over ‘mater sammiches at Bean Blossom
For his whole career as a bluegrass entertainer, James King had devoted and very loyal fans who sang his praises. Much of that came from the way King inserted raw emotion into a song, but another part was from the way he interacted with people at his shows. He had the heart of a clown, [...] Bean Blossom – a view from the board
This article is a contribution from Tom Feller, one half of the bluegrass performing duo Feller & Hill, studio operator and musician, and a skilled and experienced live audio engineer. It's a follow-up to a piece he wrote in 2014 offering comments on what he experienced running sound at Bean Blossom. Now, two years later, he's back [...] 