More photos from the 2025 Nothin’ Fancy Festival

Nothin’ Fancy at the 2025 Bluegrass Festival – photo © Bill Warren Here are the rest of Bill Warren’s photos from last weekend’s Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival. Quite a few of them!
Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival – 2025 report

Rhonda Vincent at the 2025 Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival – photo © Bill Warren Exhausted, exhilarated – these are the two words that come to mind when describing how Robyn and Willie Wines and the whole Nothin’ Fancy band and team must be feeling after the 23rd Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival. A record crowd and beautiful […]
2024 Nothin’ Fancy Festival wrap-up

Dave Adkins at the 2024 Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival – photo © Bill Warren The 22nd Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival was one for the ages! Here are a few of the highlights: Oh… there was a whole bunch of good music too! Support your local music venues.
Thursday at the 2024 Nothin’ Fancy Fest

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out at the 2024 Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival – photo © Bill Warren The highlights of Thursday at the 22nd Nothin’ Fancy Festival included: All in all a fun day of music. Friday and Saturday promise more of the same. Support your local music venues.
Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival kicks off in Virginia

Nothin’ Fancy at the 2024 Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival – photo © Bill Warren The 22nd Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival got underway Wednesday with a large and enthusiastic crowd. One of the first day’s mainstays is the poker run. Chris Sexton and his mother, Trish, have probably the most popular stop. They served Apple Pie and […]
Here We Go Again – Nothin’ Fancy

Given an impressive history that can be traced back nearly 30 years, Nothin’ Fancy’s considerable accomplishments certainly belie an otherwise unassuming handle. Having tallied eleven full length albums, performances at such prestigious venues as the Ryman Auditorium, Lincoln Center the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, and Dollywood in the heart […]
Weekend report from Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run at the 2023 Nothin Fancy festival – photo © Bill Warren The 21st Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival has come and gone, and it was one for the record books. Something over 200 campers were parked at the Glen Maury campground. The music pavilion was packed with music fans. Saturday rain tried […]
Nothin’ Fancy Festival ’23 kicks off

Bob Burrows with Josh Grigsby & County Line at the Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival – photo © Bill Warren
Jenkins to Nothin’ Fancy on bass

Nothin’ Fancy has announced their new bass player after several months of trying out potential replacements since James Cox announced his departure at the beginning of the year. He goes simply by the stage name Jenkins. When we got in touch with him yesterday, Jenkins told us that he grew up a bluegrass fan in […]
Crash and Burn drops for Nothin’ Fancy

Mountain Fever has a new single for Nothin’ Fancy, the second from their upcoming sixth album with the label, Here We Go Again, expected later this year. Like many of the band’s songs, Crash and Burn was written by founder, mandolinist, and lead singer, Mike Andes, who has helmed the group since 1994. Since launching […]