Festival Hub: ROMP

The Scene: ROMP Festival returns to Owensboro’s Yellow Creek Park, a 150-acre facility famous for its nature trails, winding creek and fishing lake, and sweeping tree-lines. A full line-up of artist-led instrument workshops takes place throughout the day, as ROMP artists interact with fans and players of all ages and skill levels.

ROMP Fest 2024: June 26-29, 2024
  • Dierks Bentley
  • Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
  • Leftover Salmon
  • The Travelin’ McCourys
  • The Earls of Leicester
  • Jerry Douglas
  • Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
  • Po’ Ramblin’ Boys with Jim Lauderdale
  • Sam Grisman Project
  • East Nash Grass
  • Rick Faris
ROMP Fest 2023: June 21-24, 2023
  • Armchair Boogie
  • Bill And The Belles
  • Damn Tall Buildings
  • Henhouse Prowlers
  • John R. Miller
  • Kitchen Dwellers
  • Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
  • Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
  • Rhonda Vincent
  • Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
  • Sam Bush
  • StillHouse Junkies
  • The Infamous Stringdusters
  • The Kentucky BlueGrass AllStars
  • The Slocan Ramblers
  • Tuba Skinny
ROMP Fest 2022: June 22-25, 2022
  • Punch Brothers
  • The Del McCoury Band
  • We Banjo 3
  • The Gibson Brothers
  • Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
  • The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
  • East Nash Grass
  • Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road
  • Kentucky Bluegrass Allstars
ROMP Fest 2021: September 15-18, 2021
  • Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
  • Robert Earl Keen
  • Sam Bush
  • The Infamous Stringdusters
  • Watchhouse
  • Dan Tyminski
  • The Lil Smokies
  • We Banjo 3
  • Town Mountain
  • Balsam Range
  • Blue Highway
  • Wolfpen Branch
  • The Price Sisters
  • Mama Said String Band
  • The Josephines
  • Hot Brown Smack Down
  • Full Cord Bluegrass
  • Giri & Uma Peters
ROMP Fest 2019: June 26-29, 2019
  • Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky
  • Patty Loveless
  • The Del McCoury Band
  • Trampled By Turtles
  • Steve Earle & The Dukes
  • The Wood Brothers
  • Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
  • Billy Strings
  • Jeff Austin Band
  • Grateful Ball
  • Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
ROMP Fest 2018: June 27-30, 2018
  • Alison Krauss
  • Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
  • Sam Bush
  • Rhiannon Giddens
  • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
  • Billy Strings
  • We Banjo 3
ROMP Fest 2017: June 21-24, 2017
  • Yonder Mountain String Band
  • Los Lobos
  • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  • Punch Brothers
  • Rhiannon Giddens
  • Peter Rowan
  • The SteelDrivers
  • Pokey LaFarge
  • Dailey & Vincent
  • Becky Buller
  • Billy Strings
  • The Wooks
  • Snyder Family Band
  • Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
  • High Fidelity
ROMP 2016: June 22-25, 2016
  • Annabelle Watts & Friends
  • Breaking Grass
  • Bryan Sutton
  • Bumper Jacksons
  • Del McCoury Band
  • Della Mae
  • Earls of Leicester
  • Front Country
  • Infamous Stringdusters
  • Jon Stickley Trio
  • Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers
  • Mipso
  • Monorgram
  • Old Salt Union
  • Sam Bush Band
  • Scythian
  • Steep Canyon Rangers
  • The Lil’ Smokies
  • The Tillers
  • Town Mountain
  • Travelin McCourys
  • Wood & Wire
ROMP Fest 2014: June 25-28, 2014
  • 23 String Band
  • Alison Brown Quartet
  • Bawn in the Mash
  • Bradford Lee Folk & the Bluegrass Playboys
  • David Grisman Folk Jazz Trio
  • Del McCoury Band
  • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
  • Foghorn Stringband
  • Grisman, Leslie, Hargreaves & Smith
  • Kentucky Bluegrass Allstars
  • Luke Bulla Trio
  • Missy Raines & The New Hip
  • Noam Pikelny & Stuart Duncan
  • Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Phoebe Hunt & Connor Forsyth
  • Pokey LaFarge
  • Railroad Earth
  • Red Ember
  • Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
  • Rushad Eggleston
  • Sam Bush Band
  • Sarah Jarosz
  • Sleepy Man Banjo Boys
  • The Boston Boys
  • The Brotet
  • The Danberrys
  • The Reunion Band
  • The Wood Brothers
  • Vickie Vaughn Band