2nd Annual Congaree Bluegrass Festival

Presented by the
City of Cayce and
Love Chevrolet

Saturday, October 3, 2009
Granby Gardens Park
Cayce, South Carolina
11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Join the City of Cayce for a family-oriented foot stomping, knee slapping good ole time at the 2nd Annual Congaree Bluegrass Festival this October 3rd!

The festival will feature the following top notch bluegrass bands:

  The Dillards, aka The Darlings of the Andy Griffith Show
  Bill Wells and the Blue Ridge Mountain Grass 
  Sugarloaf Mountain Boys                       
  Darlene and Reflections of Bluegrass
  Easy Pickin's                             
  Anne and Shellie & The UBgB

...and individual guitar and banjo contests! Koss Motor Sports will feature a fantastic car show and there will be a children's play area that includes Panning for Gold, Bounce House, Haystack Search, and giant slide. Food vendors will be on hand to serve up popular festival food--and there'll be some surprises, too!  Be sure to bring your instruments and join our jamming sessions!

Bring your lawn chairs--but no coolers or pets please. This is an alcohol and tobacco free event!  Please bring a canned good or non-perishable food item for God's Helping Hands and Harvets Hope Food Bank. 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (to be announced)

Children’s Area
11:00 am – 7:00 pm

 Panning for Gold – Come pan for jewels, river rocks, coins and maybe even GOLD!!! Children will be able to keep their “find!”

 Bounce House – take your shoes--but not to sit a spell. Jump up and down to your heart’s content!

 Haystack Search – each participant will be given an opportunity to find special prizes hidden in the haystack!

Giant Slide - 20 ft. in the air!

 Vendors

 May not be time for the Fair, but we’ve got the fixin’s just the same! Hot dogs, french fries, corn dogs, snow cones, homemade fudge, boiled peanuts and more!

 8:00 pm     Closing Remarks

The Congaree Bluegrass Festival is a family-friendly event. Bring your lawn chairs, but no coolers or pets please!

For more information, visit www.congareebluegrassfestival.com or contact Tammy Barkley at 803-796-9020.

This year's fesitval is brought to you by the mighty fine folks at

                 

BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF SC
SCANA CORPORATION
Blue Ridge Carpet, Country Inn & Suites 
Lexington Printing, Pal-Med  

Funding for the Congaree Bluegrass Festival is provided by the generosity of our sponsors and the City of Cayce Accommodations Tax Committee.