This the first year for the new Sally Creek Music Festival, featuring 12 of the best bluegrass bands from the U.S. and Canada. It will be held north of the City, just past the Woods of Sally Creek, home to the Claysam Homes development. The festival will feature bluegrass music and is said to become the largest in Ontario.
Bluegrass groups from the U.S. include 3 Fox Drive, Grasstowne, Lonesome River Band, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Nothin' Fancy and Lori Lyn and New Outlook.
Canadian talent includes Blackwell, Foggy Hogtown Boys, Foxtail, Rhyme and Reason, New Cumberland and The Northern Sons.
The festival is being co-ordinated by the Thames Valley Bluegrass Music Association, a non-profit organization aimed at promoting bluegrass music.
The event will be family friendly, featuring a number of activities for children including "the great wall of paint" where children can express their creativity.
Kids will also be invited to help construct cigar-box banjos from kits.
Walkerton children's entertainer Dickie Bird will also be part of the show.
Admission for kids under 16 is free when accompanied by an adult.
The National Wild Turkey Federation will also be onsite with wild life displays and talks.
VON Oxford will be selling raffle tickets for a guitar valued at $2,000.
Tickets for the entire weekend, including a campsite booking, are $85.
Single-night tickets range between $30 and $40 depending on the night. Remember to bring a lawn chair.
For tickets and information call 1-888-2888-4423 or visit www.sallycreekmusicfestival.ca or click on title above to go direct.
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