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GREY FOX BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL NEWS
In this issue: Grey Fox 2025 Daily Lineup • CashOrTrade Partnership • College Scholarship Applications • Kids Academy • Volunteer Registration
(March 5, 2025)
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Top L-R: Del McCoury, Sam Bush, California Honeydrops, I'm With Her, Sierra Hull
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Daily Lineup
Bluegrass, Newgrass, and Roots Music in the Great Northern Catskills
Walsh Farm, 1 Poultney Road, Oak Hill, NY
July 16-20, 2025
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
6pm to midnight!
Catskill Dance Stage Kick-Off for all attendees with a full festival ticket.
• 17th Annual Mother Judge Memorial Open Mic
• Jim Gaudet and The Railroad Boys
• Mark Gamsjager and The Lustre Kings
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Thursday, July 17, 2025
11am ‘til after midnight!
• Dry Branch Fire Squad, Host Band
• Woody Platt, Artist-in-Residence
• Hazel at 100: Della Mae with Laurie Lewis & Alice Gerrard
• Steep Canyon Rangers
• Della Mae (Late-Night Catskill Set)
• Henhouse Prowlers
• Lindsay Lou
• Cris Jacobs
• Laurie Lewis and Alice Gerrard
• The Special Consensus 50th Anniversary Tour
• Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass
• Cécelia (Canada)
• Tony Furtado Trio
• Theirry Schoysman
• John, Trish, and Quickstep
• Jim Gaudet & The Railroad Boys
• Horton, Armerding & Henry
• The Wilder Flower (Emerging Artist)
• The Jean-Baptiste Carbineau Show (Emerging Artist)
• Catfish In The Sky (Emerging Artist)
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Friday, July 18, 2025
11am ‘til after midnight!
• Dry Branch Fire Squad, Host Band
• Woody Platt, Artist-in-Residence
• Del McCoury Band
• I’m With Her
• AJ Lee & Blue Summit
• Woody Platt & The Bluegrass Gentlemen
• JigJam (Ireland)
• Campbell/Jensen
• Larry & Joe (Venezuela/US)
• The Mammals
• Ron Thomason
• Tanasi
• Compton & Newberry
• Casey Driessen
• Cécilia (Canada)
• Le Winston Band (Canada)
• John, Trish, and Quickstep
• Johnny & The Yooahoos (Germany)
• The Litch Brothers (Emerging Artist)
• Pythagoras (Emerging Artist)
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Saturday, July 19, 2025
11am ‘til after midnight!
• Dry Branch Fire Squad, Host Band
• Woody Platt, Artist-in-Residence
• Sam Bush Band
• The California Honeydrops
• Sierra Hull
• Noam Pikelny & Friends
• Mr Sun
• Woodstock Celebration in Memory of Happy Traum featuring Adam Traum, Cindy Cashdollar, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Eugene Ruffolo, Mike Merenda, Ruthy Ungar, Darol Anger, Sam Bush & others
• New Dangerfield
• Casey Driessen’s Red Shoe Stringjam
• Mike+Ruthy (of the Mammals)
• The Lonesome Ace Stringband
• Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
• Compton & Newberry
• Mark Gamsjager & The Lustre Kings with Dave Chappell
• Jim Gaudet & The Railroad Boys
• Unspoken Tradition
• Thierry Schoysman
• John, Trish, and Quickstep
• Johnny & The Yooahoos (Germany)
• Rakish (Emerging Artist)
• High Horse (Emerging Artist)
• Grey Fox Bluegrass Academy for Kids (with Woody Platt)
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Sunday, July 20, 2025
10:00am–Noon
New location! Creekside Stage
Free admission Sunday with donation to Community Action of Greene County Food Drive collection on site.
• Dry Branch Fire Squad Gospel Show (10am)
• ‘All-Festival Bluegrass Band’ Farewell with Artists, Fans, Staff, and Volunteers (11:30)
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ALL GREY FOX ARTISTS have their own page on our website. We invite you to spend some time learning about them, especially those you're not familiar with yet. Check out their bios. Enjoy their videos. You'll appreciate their music that much more when you see them live at Grey Fox! Explore! Here's the link to ARTISTS | CAMPING is available Wed-Sun, July 16-20 with the purchase of a full festival ticket. Camping options include field camping, Generatorville (no hookups but campers may use generators), Powertown (electric and water hookups), and Epic Glamping up in High Meadow. Dancin' Days Festival Camping services are sold out. Day tickets and senior discounts are available for Thurs-Sat. Sunday is free with a donation the food drive. Kids 12 and under are free with ticketed adult. Day parking and shuttle buses are free. Handicapped services include parking, camping, and transportation. Food, beer, wine, crafts, clothing, and more are for sale Wed-Sun. ATMs on site."Gotta Love It" tickets are on sale now. Details can be found at greyfoxbluegrass.com. For more information, please visit the website. | |
Announcing CashOrTrade/Grey Fox Partnership
Don't get scammed. Deal directly with our trusted ticket exchange partner.
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Hey, folks! Once again, we're excited to announce Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival's partnership with CashorTrade.org as the Official Face Value Ticket Exchange. CashorTrade will help facilitate protected ticket exchanges, keep tickets face value or less, and combat any scamming in our community.
If you bought tickets and can no longer attend the festival, you can sell them for free. CashorTrade is FREE to sell — there are no fees for sellers, and every post is ensured with Trader’s Protection to guarantee buyers and sellers are protected through their sale. If you want to purchase a ticket for a sold-out ticket type, set up an alert in the app for Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival ticket types.
CashorTrade allows fans to chat with each other during the transaction process and review each other once the process is complete. They have a full time support staff that can assist to make sure everything goes smoothly. They are already helping us detect and eliminate potential scammers.
This is a great service that will save you time, hassle, and worry. If you need to sell your tickets to Grey Fox for any reason, we encourage you to use CashorTrade!
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College Scholarship Applications Due May 15
Students enrolling in college this next academic year, or who are already in college, may be eligible for a Grey Fox Bill Vernon Memorial Scholarship. Applications are due May 15th. Info and online application here. Over the years, generous donors have supported the Grey Fox Education Fund, the not-for-profit entity that funds all of the educational programs associated with the festival. Every donation, large or small, supports either our scholarship program, Bluegrass Academy for Kids, workshops, and outreach programs. Click here to donate.
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Bluegrass Academy for Kids Registration to Open April 1st at 9am ET
Calling all young bluegrass players, age 8-17. The Grey Fox Bluegrass Academy for Kids (affectionately known as BGA) is getting ready for another fantastic year of learning, fun, and performance! Life-long music teacher and bluegrass bandleader, Mark Panfil, returns as our BGA Artistic Director and we welcome back Heather Duffy as our BGA coordinator. Classes in fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, cello, and bass will be offered during the festival beginning Thursday, July 16. We also offer a Seniors program for teens. The program culminates with a performance on the High Meadow Stage Saturday night featuring this year's Artist-In-Residence, Woody Platt. Registration will begin April 1. Classes are limited to ten students each, so sign up early. BGA is free, paid for by YOUR contributions. Click here to donate. And click to find out more about the program and to register your child.
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Volunteer Registration to Open April 1st at 9am ET
It takes a village! Volunteering at Grey Fox is a great way to contribute to our wonderful community. Our volunteers sell tickets, help people park, ensure safety around the grounds, cook and serve food, help manage stages, check in guests, answer phones, provide information, photograph & film the event, prep the site, pick up trash/recycling, manage showers, and other jobs that make Grey Fox famous for its organization and hospitality. Volunteering is also a great way to meet like-minded people who enjoy giving back to an event they love. Learn more about volunteering, and if it sounds like it's a good fit for you, sign up! Grey Fox Volunteer Program.
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Last But Way Not Least: TICKETS
Don't miss out on a great time! Six stages, camping, dancing, workshops, jamming, kids activities, top-notch merch, fresh and festive foods, up-close-and-personal interactions with award-winning artists, special one-of-a-kind events, and huge fun. Come unwind, smile, and repeat. You'll be glad you did. Buy now and save off our gate prices. TICKETS
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