BLUE HIGHWAY FEST is becoming an institution in Southwest Virginia/East Tennessee and in Bluegrass music! The 2023 IBMA Event of the Year is back stronger than ever with American Idol winner Chayce Beckham, The Castellows, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Dan Tyminski Band, The Cleverlys, Lonesome River Band, the Sammy Shelor Birthday Bash featuring Dan Tyminski, Kenny Smith, Don Rigsby and more, John Meador Band, The Wood Box Heroes, The Isaacs, Authentic Unlimited, Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Kenny and Amanda Smith, Carson Peters and Iron Mountain, Backline, The ETSU Pride Band, Dark Moon Hollow, Ed Snodderly, and Beth Snapp. Also back is the perrenially popular songwriter's round on Wednesday featuring Tony Arata and Larry Cordle along with Ed Snodderly, Wayne Taylor, Shawn Lane, Tim Stafford, Bobby Starnes, Ron Short and Beth Snapp, the Rising Stars Challenge on Thursday and a special gospel day on Sunday featuring the Isaacs. Come to what has become a Fall destination in one of America's most beautiful small towns, Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Vendors, great instrument raffles and more.
