A NIGHT OF BLUEGRASS WILL OPEN
MARTINSVILLE’S HERITAGE DAYS FESTIVAL
Come out and enjoy “A Night of Bluegrass”, featuring four bands in four hours at the Linn Park Amphitheater in downtown Martinsville on Friday, June 12. The Night of Bluegrass will kick off Martinsville’s 2015 Heritage Days Festival scheduled for June 12-14.
The Night of Bluegrass will feature four popular bands, including Salt Creek, Coon Holler Kids, Cornfields& Crossroads and Firebox. Members of Salt Creek, play a variety of string instruments and have won numerous fiddle and banjo competitions. The Coon Holler Kids are a group of young, talented musicians from the Clinton, Indiana area, who are dedicated to keeping the spirit of traditional Bluegrass alive for the next generation and beyond. Cornfields and Crossroads is a high energy band based out of Indianapolis. Each time they perform, their goal is to lighten the hearts of music lovers through traditional, contemporary and gospel bluegrass music. Firebox, based out of Central Illinois, specializes in the traditional bluegrass sound, styled after the bands of the late 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s.
There will be food vendors at the Park, so bring your lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the evening. The first band will start at 6:00 p.m.
