Bluegrass fans and musicians from around the country will make their way to Mountain Cove Farms this weekend for the 29th Boxcar Pinion Memorial Bluegrass Festival in Chickamauga, Georgia.
The festival is held in memory of Boxcar Pinion, who lost his life to cancer in 1990. It is organized each year by his daughters Cindy Pinion, Inez Pinion Castleberry and Ruth Pinion.
Thursday through Saturday, May 2-4, the cove will ring with bluegrass performed in the Show Barn. Three solid days of bands have been booked, in addition to innumerable jam sessions always held around the campsite.
If you go
› What: Boxcar Pinion Bluegrass Festival› Where: Mountain Cove Farms, 994 Dougherty Gap Road, Chickamauga, Georgia› When: 1-9 p.m. Thursday, May 2; 1-10 p.m. Friday, May 3; 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, May 4› Admission: $85 three-day pass, $20 Thursday only, $30 Friday, $35 Saturday› For more information: foreverbluegrass.com
“Narrowing down the choices of bands to a few dozen is the hardest thing to do,” says Cindy Pinion. “They are all so good, I love them all and it’s hard to decide.”