Preview: Ricky Skaggs @ The Birchmere — 1/11 + 1/12/19

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged bluegrass, Kentucky, Ricky Skaggs, The Birchmere.

Ricky Skaggs (Photo courtesy Absolute Publicity)

Bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs is still going strong, entering both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the IBMA Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame last fall. After a performance at the 52nd Annual CMA Awards in November, he’s coming around to The Birchmere for a show on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (He’s also there on Saturday, Jan. 12, and that show has sold out.)

Snapshots: Watermelon Park Festival @ Clarke County Fairgrounds (Berryville, VA) — 9/20-9/23/18

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Chester Simpson in Live Review and tagged Americana, Bela Fleck, Billy Strings, bluegrass, Chester Simpson, country, folk, Furnace Mountain, Jack Dunlap, John Miller Jr., Johnny Bluegrass and the Porta John Pickers, Kentucky Thunder, Marty Stuart, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Molly Tuttle, music festival, Richie Stearns, Ricky Skaggs, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, roots, Shepherds Ford Productions, The Ingramettes, The Jeff Austin Band, The Woodshedders, Watermelon Park, Watermelon Park Festival.

Marty Stuart and Watermelon Park owner John Miller Jr. at the Watermelon Park Festival in September 2018. (Photo by Chester Simpson)

Watermelon Park, located in Berryville, Virginia, on the banks of the Shenandoah River, is a local haven for camping, tubing and kayaking all summer long. It hosted the 15th annual Watermelon Park Festival recently, and we’ve got pictures of the performing bands to prove it!