Festival Fever: Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival

The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival is still the biggest annual bluegrass festival in the northeast, and it’s returning to Walsh Farm in Oak Hill again this year from Thursday-Sunday, July 17-20 with another stellar line-up featuring the reunion of Nickel Creek, the Del McCoury Band (celebrating Del’s 75th birthday), the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the Steep Canyon Rangers and lots more, including performances by fave homegrown Nippertown bands the Gibson Brothers and Jim Gaudet & the Railroad Boys.

Spring ticket prices (good through Thursday, May 15) are $175 for an all-fest, four-day pass (including camping) or $55 for a single day pass (except Sunday, which is just $25). Children 12 and under and free with a paying adult.

A full schedule has yet to be announced, but here’s a day-by-day breakdown of bands that have been announced so far (with more to come):

THURSDAY, JULY 17
Nickel Creek
Steep Canyon Rangers
The Deadly Gentlemen
Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers
The HillBenders
The Aoife O’Donovan Band
Town Mountain
The Barefoot Movement
John Kirk, Trish Miller & Quickstep
Dry Branch Fire Squad

FRIDAY, JULY 18
Del McCoury’s 75th Birthday Delebration
The Gibson Brothers
Keller Williams & the Travelin McCourys
Della Mae
The Deadly Gentlemen
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Red Wine
Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line
The HillBenders
Jim Gaudet & the Railroad Boys
The Steel Wheels
Town Mountain
Wood & Wire
The Barefoot Movement
Gangstagrass
Mama Corn
Bill Keith
John Kirk, Trish Miller & Quickstep
Dry Branch Fire Squad

SATURDAY, JULY 19
Del McCoury’s 75th Birthday Delebration
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott
Claire Lynch Band
Della Mae
Balsam Range
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Jim Lauderdale featuring Della Mae
Red Wine
Elephant Revival
Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line
The Steel Wheels
Wood & Wire
The Barley Jacks
Lonely Heartstring Band
Mama Corn
Bill Keith
John Kirk, Trish Miller & Quickstep
Dry Branch Fire Squad

SUNDAY, JULY 20
The Barley Jacks
The Lonely Heartstring Band
Dry Branch Fire Squad

ADDITIONAL UPCOMING FESTIVALS FOR 2014:
Albany Tulip Festival @ Washington Park, Albany, 5/10-11/14, FREE
Mountain Jam @ Hunter Mountain, Hunter, 6/5-8/14
FLY-92 Summer Jam @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, 6/7/14
The Old Songs Festival @ Altamont Fairgrounds, Altamont, 6/27-29/14
Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival @ Saratoga Performing Arts Festival, Saratoga Springs, 6/28&29/14
The Hudson Project @ Winston Farm Saugerties, 7/11-13/14
WGNA’s CountryFest 2014 @ Schaghticoke Fairgrounds, Schaghticoke, 7/12/14
Bang On a Can Summer Festival @ MASS MoCA, North Adams, 7/16-8/2/14
Restoration Festival @ CAC Woodside, Troy, 8/15&16/14
FreshGrass Festival @ MASS MoCA, North Adams, 9/19-21/14