Mountaingrass

09/09/2026

Here in beautiful Bright getting MOUNTAINGRASS festival details and organisation sorted in preparation for November 13-15th. Brilliant place for a festival and great working with local businesses and organisations- they are keen to see you!!
Get your tickets from our website now….

07/09/2026

Love bluegrass and old-time music?
Want to experience Australasia's premier acoustic roots festival from behind the scenes in the gorgeous Victorian High Country? Come join our community!
Mountaingrass 2026 is returning to Bright, Victoria from November 13–15, 2026. Because our festival is organized entirely by a fantastic community of volunteers, we rely on enthusiastic helpers like you to make this incredible weekend happen!
What’s in it for you?
By offering your time and services, you get to enjoy all the benefits, beautiful jams, and incredible socializing of this great weekend without having to purchase a ticket!
Who are we looking for?
We need helpers for various roles over the weekend, with a special callout this year for friendly faces to help run our festival registration and merchandise sales desk (if you have experience here, definitely let us know!).
Ready to get involved, work hard, and have a ton of fun with us? Click the link to register your interest and fill out the application: https://www.mountaingrass.com.au/volunteer
See you all in Bright this November!

Volunteer page under Get Involved menu on the Mountaingrass web site. The page details volunteer jobs and has a button to apply at the bottom. The link to the volunteer application form is not active outside set periods for each year's festival.

04/09/2026

Honk honk! The geese are flying south for the summer, and they are landing right in the Victoria high country!
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Geese Fly South will be performing at Mountaingrass 2026, Australasia's premier bluegrass and old-time music festival!
They’ll be bringing high-energy, hard-driving bluegrass straight from the far south coast of NSW up to beautiful Bright, Victoria. Their music sets will feature a collection of the classic standards and stories that define the genre, alongside a few of our own originals..
Lock this into your calendars, grab your instruments, and come pick with us!
When: November 13–15, 2026
Where: Bright Community Centre (and surrounding venues), Bright, VIC
Tickets & Info: Full weekend and day passes are available now. Head over to the official Mountaingrass Festival website to secure yours before they sell out!
See you in the mountains!

04/09/2026

A lovely day with some sun! Get some
Music and vitamin D into you!

02/09/2026

Want to wind the clock back to the sweet, authentic sounds of yesteryear? ...We are thrilled to welcome the My-T-Fine Stringband to the Mountaingrass stage!
Bringing a delightful blend of acoustic old-time traditional country music, lively stringband dance tunes, and classic 1940s bluegrass, this is a performance you won’t want to miss.
Expect exceptional musicianship served up with a hearty side of humor and engaging anecdotes!
Meet the band: Rod Jones (fiddle & mandolin) & Judy Jones (clawhammer banjo) – Award-winning instrumentalists and vocalists from USA fiddler’s conventions who have even been featured at the legendary Carter Family Fold in Virginia! Lindsay Mar (guitar) – The dedicated voice behind the long-running Bluegrass News column in Trad & Now.
With over 20 years of playing together, this trio is deeply well-versed in the traditional sounds and playing styles of old-time music.
Come along to sit back and soak in the nostalgia.
Tickets are on sale now! Head over to our website to grab yours and view the full lineup: mountaingrass.com.au

29/08/2026

The ABOTMA Songwriting Competition encourages artists to develop their own sound and story while furthering bluegrass and old-time traditions in a contemporary context. It is part of the annual Mountaingrass festival run by the Australasian Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association (ABOTMA).
The winner will receive $500 cash from Performance Advantage who started the competition in 2024. The runner up will receive $200 cash from AustralianBluegrass.com. Both the winner and runner-up will receive a weekend pass to the festival and the chance to perform their winning song at the Mountaingrass Festival.
Dates: Entries for the 2026 competition are open from 1 July to 30 September 2026.
Authorship: You must write or co-write the song. It must not be published before Mountaingrass 2026. You must submit an MP3 audio recording and a PDF of the lyrics. The song must be performed on acoustic stringed instruments (excluding the bass) in a solo or duo format. Instrumental-only, lyrics-only, or original lyrics set to an existing tune are not accepted. Judges look at song structure and form, melody, lyrics, and originality.
Check out the details on the mountaingrass website - get involved - songwriting competition. Best of luck to the contestants!

28/08/2026

We are absolutely thrilled to be bringing the sound of Oh Gibson to the Mountaingrass stage this November at Australia’s premier bluegrass and old-time music festival.
Get ready for a weekend packed with driving rhythms, tight harmonies, and plenty of pickin'.
Its great to get to hear these great musicians in Oh Gibson (amongst the many others from overseas and Australia), catch up with old friends, make some new ones, and jam the weekend away with you all. Theres no festival or weekend quite like it!
SAVE THE DATES: November 13-15, 2026 in Bright, Victoria.
Grab your festival tickets (on line), pack your instruments, and we'll see you in the mountains!

26/08/2026

This is a day Ill remember... (im old enough to also remeber exactly where I was when it was announced that Elvis died and my friends who would be saddened).
In a nieve way, I suppose I never really thought she would go and leave us behind... I also never knew how she used those finger nails to play banjo! :)
What a presence gone. You were the only Dolly...no surname was needed. RIP.

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21/08/2026

Well look who else is playing Mountaingrass this year!!! Catch Rain of Animals live at Mountaingrass 2026 in Bright, Victoria, running November 13–15, 2026!
This transcontinental duo of Pepita Emmerichs and Theodore Barnard bring brilliant mandolin, fiddle, and vocal harmonies to Australasia's premier bluegrass festival.Get ready for some incredible acoustic wizardry and brand-new sophomore album tunes in the high country!
FESTIVAL DETAILS
Event: Mountaingrass Festival 2026
Where: Bright Community Centre, Railway Ave, Bright, Victoria
When: November 13–15, 2026
Tickets: Grab yours on the official Mountaingrass website!

15/08/2026

Get ready for some stellar acoustic roots!
We are thrilled to announce that The Cartwheels will be performing at Mountaingrass 2026 in Bright, Victoria, running November 13–15, 2026.
Festival Details
Event: Mountaingrass Festival 2026
Location: Bright Community Centre, Victoria's High Country
Dates: November 13–15, 2026
Catch The Cartwheels Live - Enjoy a heartwarming blend of old country, western swing, and bluegrass. Featuring Golden Guitar winners Wendy Phypers and Dave Patterson, alongside Gleny Rae and Jenny Shimmin.
Tickets are on sale now through Humanitix (jump onto mountaingrass.com.au and hit the Tickets button).
Don't miss out on an incredible weekend of live music!
Check The Cartwheels out on line and get yourself ready for some foot tapping fun music!