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First Prize - A beautiful 'Mountaingrass' banjo made by NZ luthier Johan van der Gaag. Won by Judy Baker! ...
2023 Raffle - prize winners
In 2024 we are moving Mountaingrass to Bright, Victoria, a beautiful little town, that will be familiar to anyone who us...
Mountaingrass moves to Bright,...
Applications from performers and those offering a workshop or to lead a slow jam from Australia and New Zealand are now ...
Performer applications now ope...
The Cartwheels are golden guitar winners Wendy Phypers and Dave Patterson along withtalented multi-instrumentalist Pete ...
The Cartwheels
Appearing for the first time at Mountaingrass! Reminiscent of the sounds of rural America sometime between the 19th and ...
StompKats
With over 15 years of performing at festivals and events around Australia and overseas, Cat & Clint are like a well-...
Cat & Clint
We also welcome back our bluegrass cousins from across the ditch: The Pipi Pickers. The Pipis play a blend of contempora...
The Pipi Pickers (NZ)
The Kody Norris Show are coming to Mountaingrass 2023!Deeply rooted in North American folk music, Norris has crafted a p...
The Kody Norris Show (USA)
The High Street Drifters formed during a time when travelling across the countrywas not an option, so through count...
The High Street Drifters
The Quarry Hillbillies are Chris Jacobs and Pete Fidler. They are two members of the Bluegrass band, Bluestone Junc...
Quarry Hillbillies (Vic.) ...
The Black Mountain String Band is a celebration of string band music in all its forms. They combine fiddles and banjos a...
Black Mountain String Band (AC...
Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones are old-time musicians and inspired tunesmiths from Galax, Virginia. Southern song-du...
Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones ...
Welcome back Bluegrass Parkway! This band really knows how to put on a show and they continue to be a crowd favourite . ...
Bluegrass Parkway (WA)
We  are thrilled to welcome back the fabulous Foghorn String Band from the US to Mountaingrass 2023. ...
Foghorn Stringband (US) 
Those of you who came to Mountaingrass in 2018 will have seen the incredible talent of the Sam and Laurence Frango-...
You, Me, Everybody (NZ) 

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