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The 52nd Annual Bill Monroe Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival is sponsored by the Central Indiana Bluegrass Association, Miss Dixie Hall’s Foundation, and media by Moonstruck Management. The legendary Tommy Lamb and Jamie Johnson will serve as Emcees for the festival. Sound will be provided by Tom Feller & GBS Productions.

The Bill Monroe Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival is the proud winner of the 2013 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Event of the Year Award. For more information on the numerous festivals taking place at the park this year, please visit BillMonroeMusicPark.com.

As a website Mr. Joshua and I cover 175 festivals yearly, and Bluegrass festivals play a large role in this equation. This event right here that transpires on June 9th – June 16th is perhaps the largest and most integral event in the entire Bluegrass scene.

This year at the 52nd annual festival you will witness over 60 bands perform on multiple stages in Indiana. Below, you’ll find a complete schedule of events including videos and maps so you can properly enjoy this event.

The Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground is centrally located in Brown Country Indiana.  The park is home of the Bill Monroe Memorial Bluegrass Festival – the oldest, continuous running bluegrass festival in the world and the home of the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum.  Please check out the VIDEO of Brown County below!

The Bill Monroe Memorial Music Park & Campground is one of southern Indiana’s finest and largest campgrounds. It is located on a 55-acre tract of land in the small town of Bean Blossom in beautiful and historic Brown County, Indiana. The historic music park boasts over 55 years of music and is the home of the Brown County Jamboree, the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum, and Bill Monroe’s world famous Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival. The campground has general camping, rustic log cabin rentals, and fishing lake.

Known as the Mecca of Bluegrass, the Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground hosts the oldest, continuous running bluegrass festival in the world. In 2013, the Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival (June 8-15, 2013) will be celebrating its forty- seventh year with over 50 bands, music and instrument workshops, a bluegrass camp for kids and a whole lot more!

The Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground hosts approximately eight music events throughout the year. We literally have something for everyone! Visit the park, and you can enjoy everything from bluegrass to blues; gospel to rock-n-roll, we even have a fall festival featuring mules, horses and wagon trains! So, combine your love of music with your love of the outdoors. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the sounds of great music live on stage in our wooded amphitheater. All of our shows are held rain or shine so check the Events page for more information, and you can click HERE for tickets.

The picturesque and natural surroundings of the Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground provide a beautiful backdrop for your outdoor wedding, reception, reunion, picnic or any other special function that you can think of!

Centrally located in Brown County, the Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground is within minutes of a number of year-round activities and attractions, including: golfing, horseback riding, fishing, swimming, boating, biking, hiking, outlet shopping, museums and theaters. Enjoy historic Nashville, located only 5 miles south, where you can shop at the more than 350 antiques and specialty shops. Take a scenic drive through the Bean Blossom Covered Bridge, the most photographed and painted bridge in the state and a 2003 Rand McNally “Best of the Road” trip.

Now one thing that makes this festival different than others is that they offer their patrons many workshops and they teach patrons many things. At the same time the music is going on the workshops are also teaching the patrons many things. this festival abounds with a plethora of history and lessons about  the history of Bluegrass music.