Fall Festival Line-Up
November 6, 7, 8, 2025
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Festival Info
Held Twice Annually at the Ozark Folk Center
The Mountain View Bluegrass Festivals are sponsored by The Mountain View Bluegrass Association, Inc.
This group was founded in 2002 for the purpose of supporting our community and mentoring youth who desire to play folk and bluegrass music.
Our first Bluegrass Festival was held in 2003. The Mountain View Bluegrass Association, Inc. is a 501 (c) (4) non-profit and our festivals are fundraisers for our local Music Roots Program and other community endeavors.
The Mountain View Bluegrass Festivals are held every year during the second weekend of March and November, always based on the second Saturday.
All shows are held inside the Ozark Highlands Theater at the Ozark Folk Center State Park, 1032 Park Avenue, Mountain View, AR. Thursday shows are one evening of all gospel. Fridays and Saturdays each have a matinee and evening show of acoustic bluegrass.
Proceeds from the festivals pay for teachers and instruments for the Music Roots program and provide scholarships for students to attend summer music camps. We also pay for regular repairs and string changes as needed. If students show exceptional interest in continuing to play an instrument, Music Roots teachers may recommend that those students receive an instrument of their own.
The Bluegrass Association helps to pay for those instruments. Many Music Roots students have formed groups that have gone on to perform both locally and regionally. These groups have performed on stage at the Ozark Folk Center and other venues in Mountain View and around Arkansas as well as on stages in Branson, Missouri and Nashville, Tennessee. Some students from Music Roots have won band contests, received awards, and even joined professional touring bands.
We are quite proud of the Music Roots students and their accomplishments. We are grateful to play a part in these students’ success. A Music Roots ensemble opens our Saturday festival shows so that everyone can see where their money goes.
The Music Roots program was started in 1998 by Danny Thomas, then superintendent of the Mountain View School District. Mr. Thomas received a career orientation grant and used those funds to buy instruments and pay teachers to teach the students how to play them.
Donate to the Music Roots Program!
The Mountain View Bluegrass Association, Inc. and the Music Roots program are dedicated to keeping old time and bluegrass music alive by teaching youngsters to play acoustic instruments, starting with guitar and fiddle. Other instruments including banjo and dulcimer are added for second-year students.
The Music Roots program is in place at three Stone County schools for students in fourth grade – Mountain View, Timbo, and Rural Special. Classes for fifth grade and up are held at the Ozark Folk Center State Park.
We pay for the teachers and provide instruments for all the classes. We regularly have over 100 students from 4th grade on up learning how to play acoustic instruments.
When students show real dedication to continuing to play, and their Music Roots teacher makes the recommendation, we provide them with a new instrument of their own.
We also grant scholarships for students to attend summer music camps to hone their skills with other youngsters who love bluegrass and old-time music.
The Music Roots program plays a major part in keeping music alive in Mountain View, Arkansas!
November 6 – 8, 2025
Featuring:
Mountain View Connection
The McClain Family Band
Cutter & Cash and The Kentucky Grass
Rhonda Vincent
Frank Ray and Cedar Hill
Special Consensus
Roving Gambler Band
Southern Legacy
The Country Gents Show
If you are interested in performing in our Mountain View Bluegrass Festivals, please send your DPK to:
LarryandAngelBluegrass@gmail.com
You may mail hard copies of CDs to:
Mountain View Bluegrass Association, Inc.
101 South Vine Ave. Mountain View, AR 72560
We can also be reached at:
501-350-9676
Please DO NOT CALL our ticket and information line. That line is for ticket information and purchases only.
Mountain View Bluegrass Association
Information: 501-350-9676
Tickets Only: 870-501-5105
DO NOT CALL THE OZARK FOLK CENTER FOR TICKET OR FESTIVAL INFORMATION.
Mountain View Bluegrass Assoc., Inc.
PO Box 238
Mountain View, Arkansas 72560
Contact Form
Please leave questions and comments below.
SPRING 2012
Audie Blaylock
Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad
David Parmley and Cardinal Tradition
Goldwing Express
Lonesome Ridge
Meyer Bluegrass
Redhead Express
Redmond Keisler Band
J. D. Crowe & The New South
The Roys
The Boxcars
FALL 2012
Chasing Blue
Clancey Ferguson
Cobb Brothers
Grascals, The
Lost & Found
Louisiana Grass
Marty Raybon
Sierra Hull & Hwy 111
Special Consensus
The Harpers
Spring 2013
Cobb Brothers
Redmond Keisler Band
Bucksnort Hill
Cedar Hill
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Gibson Brothers
Hickory Hill
LaTrese and The Signal
Monroe Crossing
Steeldrivers
Fall 2013
Clancey Ferguson
Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad
Lonesome Ridge
Redhead Express
Hartley Family
Junior Sisk
Nothin’ Fancy
The Whites
Volume Five
Spring 2014
Cobb Brothers
Redmond Keisler Band
Larry Stephenson Band
Special Consensus
Goldwing Express
Punches Family
Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out
Southern Raised
Fall 2014
Clancey Ferguson
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Monroe Crossing
Grascals, The
Meyer Bluegrass
Bobby Osborne
Jeff Brown and Still Lonesome
Leatherwoods
Spring 2015
Cobb Brothers
Redmond Keisler Band
Larry Stephenson Band
Lonesome Ridge
Gibson Brothers
Lost & Found
Audie Blaylock
Adkins & Loudermilk
Balsam Range
Kurt Stephenson
Fall 2015
Hartley Family
Junior Sisk
Nothin’ Fancy
Volume Five
Hickory Hill
Catahoula Drive
Dueling Hearts
Jeff Scroggins & Colorado
Spring 2016
Cobb Brothers
Redmond Keisler Band
Kurt Stephenson
Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad
Cedar Hill
Farm Hands
Flatt Lonesome
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
Spinney Brothers
Fall 2016
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Monroe Crossing
Jeff Brown and Still Lonesome
Goldwing Express
Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out
Baker Family
Lorraine Jordan
Twang
Spring 2017
Redmond Keisler Band
Clancey Ferguson
Larry Stephenson Band
Special Consensus
Lonesome Ridge
David Parmley and Cardinal Tradition
Blue Highway
Lonesome River Band
Fall 2017
Baker Family
Twang
Flatt Lonesome
Nothin’ Fancy
Volume Five
Jeff Scroggins & Colorado
Nichols Family
Springstreet
Spring 2018
Twang
Redmond Keisler Band
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
Grascals, The
Dueling Hearts
Dave Adkins
Highway 36
No Time Flatt
Williamson Branch
Fall 2018
David Parmley and Cardinal Tradition
Monroe Crossing
Cedar Hill
Punches Family
David Davis & The Warrior River Boys
High Fidelity
Purple Hulls
Resonating Grace
Spring 2019
Twang
Redmond Keisler Band
Baker Family
Springstreet
Special Consensus
Hickory Hill
Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
Ralph Stanley II
Rhonda Vincent
Fall 2019
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Highway 36
No Time Flatt
Nothin’ Fancy
Nichols Family
Lonesome Ridge
Lorraine Jordan
Catahoula Drive
Spring 2020
No Time Flatt
Redmond Keisler Band
High Fidelity
Volume Five
Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out
Apple & Setser
The Family Sowell
Kody Norris Show
Sideline (for Seldom Scene)
Fall 2020
Redmond Keisler Band
Kody Norris Show
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Ralph Stanley II
Dave Adkins
Ellis Family
King James Boys
Shannon Slaughter
Spillwater Drive
Sylamore Special
Sideline
Ozark Strangers (As Music Roots Ensemble)
Spring 2022
Redmond Keisler Band
Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out
Catahoula Drive
Springstreet
Monroe Crossing
Purple Hulls
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
Junior Sisk
Fall 2022
Baker Family
Special Consensus
Cedar Hill
Tim Graves & The Farm Hands
Audie Blaylock & Redline
The Dale Ann Bradley Band
Darin & Brooke Aldridge
Deeper Shade of Blue
Spring 2023
Redmond Keisler Band
Sylamore Special
Larry Stephenson Band
Blue Highway
Blake Brothers
Danny Paisley and Southern Grass
Gospel Plowboys
High Plains Tradition
Kevin Prater Band
Sister Sadie
Tacie and The Sunshine Band
Fall 2023
Volume Five
Lonesome River Band
Authentic Unlimited
Churchmen, The
Eddie Sanders
Fast Track
Finley River Boys
Kurt and Andrea Stephenson
Roving Gambler Band
Tina Adair
Unspoken Tradition
Spring 2024
Baker Family
Catahoula Drive
SpringStreet
Dave Adkins
Gibson Brothers
Becky Buller Band
Big Mill
Edgar Loudermilk
Seldom Scene
Redmond Keisler Tribute Band
Fall 2024
The Gospel Plowboys
Deeper Shade of Blue
Kody Norris Show
The Grascals
Rick Faris
Route 3
The Waddington Brothers
Greg Blake and Hometown
Donna Ulisse
Mountain View has many local lodging and dining options along with many surrounding attractions that will keep you busy between shows.
Below are a few links to help you locate great lodging and dining as well as other cool things to do!
The Festival is held indoors at the Ozark Highlands Music Auditorium at the Ozark Folk Center.
Parking is available in the large parking area in the SW corner of the Folk Center. Shuttle buses will transport you to and from the theater.
