Did you know The Ottawa Valley Bluegrass Music Association has our own Festival?
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The South Grenville Bluegrass Festival is a premier annual event hosted in the beautiful village of Spencerville.
Our festival is held at the Spencerville Fair Grounds, with the main stage being indoors to protect us from the weather. Lots of camping, vendors, and close proximity to the picturesque heart of Spencerville and it's lovely restaurants and services. You can enjoy up to six days of camping and four days of music, or come for the day. Stroll through the grounds and listen to the jamming. We bring you top-notch bluegrass music from the United States and Canada in a family-friendly environment. It's here! The South Grenville Bluegrass Festival line-up for 2026. Don't miss out on getting tickets!
Valley 'Grass would like to the thank SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) for its kind financial support for our 2025 South Grenville Bluegrass Festival. SOCAN's grant helped create a performance opportunity for many Canadian musicians. 2024 FestivalA THANK YOU From the Festival Chair:Now that the dust has settled, the stage is down and the musicians and campers have returned to their homes and next destinations, we have so many people to thank. Each year, we improve on previous year’s festivals through consideration of all comments received. This year, the musicians were first-rate and brought exceptional bluegrass music from Ontario, Quebec and many parts south of the boarder to South Grenville. The biggest improvement was of course, the grounds were amazing, and our guests noted how happy they were to see this.
The top stars of our festival are first and foremost our 30 + volunteers. Operationally, the festival could not run without the attention to detail and the dedication of all our volunteers. Their work began the Sunday before the festival marking out the roads, building the stage, setting up tables. We then had our RV Gate attendants, parking people and runners. Volunteers picked up golf carts and wagons, drove shuttles, staffed inside sales, sold pre-sale tickets, day parking and provided security and safety to our guests. We also had volunteers for our euchre tournament, workshops, craft activity and band scramble. Finally, we had an excellent team for teardown which helped us bring the festival to a close in the most efficient way. We are forever appreciative for your time, energy and dedication that you bring to make this festival a continued success. We would like to give special mention to Perry and Sylvie Lavergne who worked and played tirelessly on the camper's game. You truly out did themselves with their energy, costumes and horn honking. Throughout the year there is a mighty team of volunteers who act as our festival committee that plan and organize for the following year’s festival. We offer our deepest gratitude to the following committee members: Bernie Coville Beth Nicol Cathy Henry David Porter Delores Brown Donald Tarte George Woo June Woo Kevin Brown Kim Wallace Lisa Pigeau Shelley Croswell Terry Render Thank you for the many hours throughout the year to make this festival a success. We also gratefully recognize the contributions of the Ottawa Valley Bluegrass Music Association board. Special thanks to our Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal. The support we received was over the top. The township provided grass cutting, showers, garbage removal, the list goes on and on. It was an honor to have Mayor Tory Deschamps, Deputy Mayor Stephen Dillabough and Councilor Chris Ward join us on stage for our opening ceremonies and to hear their kind words. We also offer gratitude to the Province of Ontario for their contribution to our festival. We also offer our deepest thankfulness to our local festival sponsors this year: 5 B Family Foundation Broker Greenhouse Drummond’s Gas eQuinelle Golf Gerry Morrell Hudson Supply Lundy Construction Ottawa Camping Trailers The Village Pantry Oxford Mills Community Association Pharmasave Spencerville Port of Johnstown Tackaberry Construction Weagant Farm Supplies Last but not least, we would like to thank the Spencerville Fair board. We acknowledge the hard work it takes to continually make improvements to the facilities and the grounds. We are ever so grateful for Roger's guidance and support during the festival. We are reflecting on this year’s 2024 festival and its many successes. We were pleased to announce our headliner lineup for next year’s 10th anniversary festival. Advance ticket sales have begun, and information will be out shortly on how and where to purchase your tickets. It was amazing to see how quickly our 100 special price pre-sale tickets flew! Next year, mark August 7-10, 2025 on your calendar and come and see Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, Larry Stephenson, Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers and the Baker family. You are in for a real extra special treat. With deepest gratitude Kim Wallace Chair, South Grenville Bluegrass Festival |
