Festival Hub: Blue Ox Music Festival
The Scene: Bluegrass band, Pert Near Sandstone, hosts the Blue Ox Music Festival just outside of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The Whispering Pines Campground brings back festies each year with its hammock-handy shade trees and the peace of the central pond. This small sized festival is beloved for its cozy size and excellent bluegrass lineup.
- ANDREW WAKEFIELD
- ART STEVENSON & HIGH WATER
- BAND OF HORSES
- CLAY STREET UNIT
- COLBY T HELMS & THE VIRGINIA CREEPERS
- DANIEL DONATO’S COSMIC COUNTRY
- DEL MCCOURY BAND
- FEED THE DOG
- GLITTERFOX
- HORSESHOES & HAND GRENADES
- KASSI VALAZZA
- LEFTOVER SALMON
- LINDSAY LOU
- MAMA SAID STRING BAND
- MAYGEN & THE BIRDWATCHER
- MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY
- OPAL AGAFIA
- PERT NEAR SANDSTONE
- PISTOL WHIPPIN’ PARTY PENGUINS
- PRETEND FRIEND
- SALTYDOG
- SAM BUSH BAND
- SICARD HOLLOW
- SIERRA FERRELL
- SUPERIOR SIREN
- TAN AND SOBER GENTLEMEN
- THE HIGH HAWKS
- THEM COULEE BOYS
- WATCHHOUSE
- PERT NEAR SANDSTONE
- THE AVETT BROTHERS
- SAM BUSH BAND
- MIKE GORDON
- CHARLEY CROCKETT
- THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS
- SIERRA HULL
- CHARLIE PARR
- KITCHEN DWELLERS
- HORSESHOES & HAND GRENADES
- DANIEL DONATO’S COSMIC COUNTRY
- THE LOWEST PAIR
- YASMIN WILLIAMS
- JOSHUA RAY WALKER
- THEM COULEE BOYS
- KYLE TUTTLE
- RAINBOW GIRLS
- HENHOUSE PROWLERS
- BIG RICHARD
- THE LAST REVEL
- PIXIE AND THE PARTYGRASS BOYS
- BARBARO
- SICARD HOLLOW
- FEED THE DOG
- STILLHOUSE JUNKIES
- MAMA SAID STRING BAND
- WILD GOOSE CHASE CLOGGERS
- JASON DEA WEST
- BUFFALO GALAXY
- THE FOXGLOVES
- BLACK RIVER REVUE
- Armchair Boogie
- Béla Fleck
- Bryan Sutton
- Cedric Burnside
- Chicken Wire Empire
- Daniel Donato
- Del McCoury Band
- Dig Deep
- Erik Koskinen
- Fireside Collective
- Fruition
- Good Morning Bedlam
- Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
- Humbird
- Joseph
- Justin Moses
- Laney Lou and The Bird Dogs
- Mae Simpson
- Mark Schatz
- Michael Cleveland
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Paul Cauthen
- Punch Brothers
- Railroad Earth
- Riddy Arman
- Rumpke Mountain Boys
- Ryan Necci and The Buffalo Gospel
- Sam Bush Band
- Samantha Fish
- Sierra Hull
- Tejon Street Corner Thieves
- The Okee Dokee Brothers
- The Pistol Whippin’ Party Penguins
- Them Coulee Boys
- Arkansauce
- Armchair Boogie
- Barbaro
- Charley Crockett
- Charlie Parr
- Dig Deep
- Doug Otto and the Getaways
- Feed The Dog
- Gabe Barnett
- Good Morning Bedlam
- Henhouse Prowlers
- Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
- Intuitive Compass
- Jason Isbell
- Jon Stickley Trio
- Julian Davis & The Situation
- Katey Bellville
- Kind Country
- Kitchen Dwellers
- Leftover Salmon
- Lillie Mae
- Lissie
- Miles Over Mountains
- Molly Tuttle
- Never Come Down
- Nora Brown
- One Way Traffic
- Pert Near Sandstone
- Pit Wagon
- Sam Bush Band
- Shakey Graves
- Sunny War
- The High 48’s
- The Infamous Stringdusters
- The Lil Smokies
- The Short Round Stringband
- The Thirsty River
- Them Coulee Boys
- Tony Trischka
- BARBARO
- BILLY STRINGS
- CASCADE CRESCENDO
- CHARLIE PARR
- DAVID HUCKFELT
- DEL MCCOURY BAND
- DUSTY HEART
- FEEDING LEROY
- FRUITION
- GRASSFED
- HORSESHOES & HAND GRENADES
- JEFF AUSTIN BAND
- OLD SALT UNION
- PERT NEAR SANDSTONE
- PETER ROWAN’S CARTER STANLEY’S EYES
- POKEY LAFARGE
- Railroad Earth
- Sam Bush Band
- SARAH SHOOK & THE DISARMERS’
- THE DEAD SOUTH
- The Infamous Stringdusters
- THE LARRY KEEL EXPERIENCE
- THE LIL SMOKIES
- THE LOWEST PAIR
- THE PEOPLE BROTHER’S BAND
- THE WOOKS
- THEM COULEE BOYS
- Trampled By Turtles
- BILLY STRINGS
- BUFFALO GOSPEL
- CHARLIE PARR
- CHICKEN WIRE EMPIRE
- DANNY BARNES TRIO
- Greensky Bluegrass
- Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
- KIND COUNTRY
- KITCHEN DWELLERS
- LINDSAY LOU
- MANDOLIN ORANGE
- MARGO PRICE
- MIPSO
- PERT NEAR SANDSTONE
- PISTOL WHIPPIN PARTY PENGUINS
- Sam Bush
- STEEP CANYON RANGERS
- THE BROTHERS COMATOSE
- THE DEVIL MAKES THREE
- The Infamous Stringdusters
- THE LAST REVEL
- THE LIL’ SMOKIES
- THE STEELDRIVERS
- THE TILLERS
- THEM COULEE BOYS
- TYLER CHILDERS
- The Del McCoury Band
- Pert Near Sandstone
- Punch Brothers
- Greensky Bluegrass
- Drive-By Truckers
- Railroad Earth
- Sam Bush Band
- The Infamous Stringdusters
- Son Volt
- Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
- Grateful Ball
- Keller & The Keels
- Jeff Austin Band
- The Travelin’ McCourys
- Dead Man Winter
- The Steeldrivers
- Split Lip Rayfield
- Willie Watson
- Fruition
- Henhouse Prowlers
- Rumpke Mountain Boys
- Billy Strings
- Colter Wall
- Trout Steak Revival
- Dead Horses
- White Iron Band
- Them Coulee Boys
- Evergreen Grass Band
- Joseph Huber
- Laska
- BÉLA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES
- BLITZEN TRAPPER
- CHARLIE PARR
- DEAD WINTER CARPENTERS
- DEL MCCOURY BAND WITH VERY SPECIAL GUESTS
- GINSTRINGS
- GREENSKY BLUEGRASS
- HEAD FOR THE HILLS
- HORSESHOES & HAND GRENADES
- JEFF AUSTIN BAND
- LEFTOVER SALMON
- NIKKI LANE
- PERT NEAR SANDSTONE
- RAILROAD EARTH
- SAM BUSH
- SHOVELS & ROPE
- SIERRA HULL
- THE BIG WU
- THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS
- THE LAST REVEL
- THE WOOD BROTHERS
- TIN CAN GIN
- USEFUL JENKINS
- WHISKEY SHIVERS
- Burbillies
- Charlie Parr
- Dead Horses
- Dead Man Winter
- Eddie Danger
- Elephant Revival
- Evergreen Grass Band
- Ginstrings
- Greensky Bluegrass
- Greg Brown (Duo with Bo Ramsey)
- Henhouse Prowlers
- Horse Feathers
- Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
- Jeff Austin Band
- Justin Townes Earle
- Kind Country
- Pert Near Sandstone
- Pokey Lafarge
- Sam Bush
- Sans Souci
- The Del McCoury Band
- The Hackensaw Boys
- The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank
- The Infamous Stringdusters
- The Lowest Pair
- The Pistol Whippin Party Penguins
- The Roe Family Singers
- Tin Can Gin
- Yonder Mountain String Band
