Tune up for bluegrass festival

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Norman Station Conservation Club’s annual Spring Bluegrass Festival will be Friday and Saturday.

The festival will begin at 4 p.m. and continue through 9 p.m. Friday, and then begin again at noon Saturday and continue through 9 p.m. Sixteen bands are scheduled to perform.

Frank Fisher, a legendary banjo player in Norman, will open the show at 4 p.m. Friday along with Norman Station. Pete & Jessie will follow at 4:50 p.m. Other bands on Friday’s slate include Straight Line at 5:40 p.m., Evening Light Gospel at 6:30 p.m., Brian Leaver & Friends at 7:20 p.m. and James White & Deer Creek at 8:10 p.m.

On Saturday, the music onstage begins with Mt. Liberty Way at noon. The Sure Shot Turkey Dusters will follow at 12:50 p.m., followed by Blue Grass Express at 1:40 p.m., New Terrain at 2:30 p.m., Lost River Risin’ at 3:20 p.m., Midwest Station at 4:10 a.m., Hamilton Creek at 5:50 p.m. and Backwoods Bluegrass at 6:40 p.m.

Campsites are available on the club’s 3½-acre lake. Call Reba Adkins at 812-525-7194 for a reservation.

For early camping arrivals and others, a pitch-in supper will be conducted at the main shelter house at 6 p.m. today.

The club is located in northwestern Jackson County on County Road 450N, a tenth of a mile east of County Road 1250 (Norman Road).

Information: Music coordinator Fred Norman at [email protected] or 812-834-5184.

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