South Carolina – Bluegrass Bands, Festivals, and Venues

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SC Annual Bluegrass Festivals

• Aiken Bluegrass Minifest - September
• Albino Skunk Festival - Greer - October
  
• Bluegrass on the Waccamaw - Conway - May
  
• Congaree Bluegrass Festival - Cayce - October
  
• Dixie Bluegrass Festival & Chili Cookoff - Aiken - October
  
• Premier Bluegrass Weekend - Myrtle Beach - August
  
• Plum Hollow Festival - Campobello - Spartanburg - May
• Renofest - Hartsville - March
  
• Rholetter's Bluegrass - Long Creek - April
  
• South Carolina State Bluegrass Festival - Myrtle Beach - November
  

SC Bluegrass Bands

• The Bent Strings
• Bill Wells and the Blue Ridge Mountain Grass
• Black Bottom Biscuits
• Blue Ridge Rounders
• Cane Creek Bluegrass Band
• Carolina Hayride
• The Carolina Rebels
• Country Earl
• The County Line Band
• Crosshill
• Electric City Hillbillies
• Flatt City
• Last Road
• The New Dixie Storm
• One Way Music Ministry
• Slope Valley
• The Red White Family
• The South Carolina Broadcasters
• Split Rail
• Tugalo Holler
• Yeehaw Junction

SC Pickin' Parlors and other Bluegrass Venues

• Bill's Music Shop and Pickin' Parlor - West Columbia - also sells instruments and gives music lessons
  
• Blackstock Bluegrass - Blackstock - on the Fairfield/Chester county line
• Breazeale's Grocery Bluegrass - Pendleton - click on "events" for schedule
  
• Country Jam - Blacksburg - Cherokee County
• Gallery 701 - Columbia
• HomeSpun Bluegrass - Chesnee - Spartanburg County
• Jack's Pickin Parlor - Williamston - Anderson County
• Owings Music Hall - Owings - Laurens County
  
• Rudy's Bluegrass in the Woods - Anderson
  
• Silver Dollar Music Hall - Long Creek - Oconee County
  

SC Bluegrass Programs

• ETV's 'Bluegrass Express'
• ETV's 'The Bluegrass Sound' - weekly radio broadcast - site features an updated SC bluegrass calendar
  

SC Bluegrass Music Organizations

• Rivertown Bluegrass Society
• Southeastern Bluegrass Association
• Southeastern Bluegrass Association of South Carolina
  

Photos of SC Bluegrass Musicians

• Bluegrass Concert Photos - from the South Eastern Bluegrass Association of SC
  
• Musician Portraits from Owings Music Hall - includes candid shots of musicians and their audience at this SC pickin' parlor
  
• Nick Hallman at the Fiddle