The Becky Buller Band
Kick-off Concert on Friday night!
The festival kicks-off this year with a special concert by the Becky Buller Band.
Becky is the winner of 10 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards, including, in 2016, Female Vocalist of the Year and the first woman to be named Fiddler of the Year. In 2020 she received the IBMA Collaborative Recording and Song of the Year. Her new album, Jubilee, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart in June of 2024.
Becky has written songs for Grammy award-winning albums by Molly Tuttle, the Infamous Stringdusters and the Travelin’ McCourys. She has also written songs for Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, and many more.
Originally from St. James, MN, Becky is a member of the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. She now lives in Manchester, TN.
Her band includes an amazing group of pickers and singers, including Ned Luberecki, 2023 IBMA Broadcaster of the Year and 2018 IBMA Banjo Player of the Year. Ned was inducted into the Banjo Hall of Fame in October of 2024.
Opening – Trevor Holder and Conner Vlietstra
Trevor and Connor play a varied mixture of music inspired by 78-era hillbilly musicians. From authentic old time to country swing, and bluegrass, they inject new, youthful energy to hillbilly music.