The Niles Bluegrass Festival is taking place June 3-6 at Niles Riverfront Park. In addition to a full slate of more than 20 local and nationally recognized bluegrass bands, the festival will feature arts and crafts, food and children’s activities. New this year to the festival are amusement rides from Skerbeck Carnival.

Keep reading the Star for more information on the festival as it approaches.

Thursday

Mainstage

5 p.m. Open Mic
5:30 The Balos Family
6:20 Twenty Three
7:10 Detour
8:00 Cadillac Sky
9:00 Detour
10:00 Cadillac Sky

Friday

Mainstage

3 p.m. Open Mic
3:30 Nick Harley
4:15 Northern Harmony
5:00 Harpeth Rising
5:45 Northern Harmony
6:30 Dixie Bee-Liners
7:30 Ramblin’ Rick and his travelator
8:00 The John Cowan Band
10:10 Dixie Bee-Liners
11:10 Harpeth Rising

Wonderland Stage

5 p.m. Open Mic
6:30 Nicky Harley & Friends
7:30 Karaoke

Saturday

Mainstage

10 a.m. Al Mott, One man variety band
12 p.m. The Balos Family
12:50 Patchwork band
1:40 Harpeth Rising
2:30 Schiltz Creek
3:20 Lonesome County
4:10 Dixie Bee-liners
5:10 Audie Blaylock and Redline
6:00 Twenty Three
6:50 Schiltz Creek
7:40 Lonesome County
8:30 Audie Blaylock and Redline
9:30 Dixie Bee-Liners
10:30 Harpeth Rising
11:20 Midnight Jam

Wonderland Stage

11 a.m. Iron Skillet Breakfast Jam
1 p.m. Hillside Jamboree
4:00 The Balos Family
5:00 Twenty Three
6:00 Harpeth Rising
7:00 Patchwork Band
8:00 Karaoke

Sunday

Mainstage

10 a.m. The Harness Family
10:45 The Balos Family
11:30 Deadwood
12:20 Goldmine Pickers
1:10 Audie Blaylock & Redline
2:10 Special Consensus
3:10 Deadwood
4:00 Goldmine Pickers
5:00 Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
6:00 Special Consensus
7:00 Audie Blaylock & Redline
8:00 Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band

Wonderland Stage

11 a.m. Church of Niles
12 p.m. Clyde Carr & the Hymn-Tymers
1:00 The Harness Family
2:00 The Balos Family
3:00 Clyde Carr & the Hymn-Tymers
4:00 The Harness Family
5:00 The Balos Family
6:00 Church of Niles