Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots Festival

05/01/2026

Pick your bands-pick your days- or better yet, be there for all of it! Let’s freakin’ go!
Lamplighters, All 🌟 still to be announced!

04/27/2026

The GMBR 2026 playlist is here! Go check out all of our amazing artists for this year!
Other noteworthy news:
INDIVIDUAL DAY TIX go on sale 5/1
DAILY SCHEDULE announce is 5/1 as well!
🙌Fest season is on!

Give this playlist a listen: GMBR 2026!

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03/31/2026

Ticket prices go up tonight at midnight!!! Go get ‘em while you can!!!

02/06/2026

🎉GMBR 2026 LINEUP is here and we couldn’t be more excited for this group of insane artists! Each and every musician on this list is amongst the best there is. They’re friends and collaborators and we cannot wait to hear them in the field come August!!

01/23/2026

In 2017, GMBR was formed. That same year, the SECOND phone call we made about our new venture was to the
We’d been longtime subscribers and although we weren’t “anything” yet in 2017, we wanted them to know who we were..FJ has always meant that much to us.
They do what almost nobody else does. They interview musicians in a way that’s so human you feel like you know them. They love instruments not just as tools, but as living souls with their own story. They care about builders as much as players. Depth over noise. And the magazine itself is just… gorgeous. So yeah. We love FJ.

Fast forward 8 years and imagine our surprise when the ever-eloquent, slyly funny storyteller wrote about Maya De Vitry and her set at GMBR and called us “reliably magical.” We died.
We hadn’t met Eric yet, but when we finally did… we didn’t stop talking for hours. Common musical obsessions, origin stories, and yes, the fact that it all began when two middle schoolers met at a horse race.

Then last week, we opened our mailbox to the 58th issue of The Fretboard Journal, turned to page 73… and read about Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots: “New England’s best little roots music festival.”
From stories about the craziness of our inaugural year, rainstorms, and a late-night surprise visit from the great Peter Rowan (who jammed until 3am) to the origin story of Watchhouse’s song “Coming Down from Green Mountain.” With quotes from some of our favorite musicians ever; Andrew Marlin, Chris Eldridge, Aoife and more expanding on how our mission to bring the best musicians together and make them feel like family, was coming to life. Ending with Jerry Douglas telling Christian Sedelmyer to hold onto what we’re building at GMBR because it’s a good thing!
Music to our ears. All of it.

Thank you, Eric, for getting us and weaving our story so beautifully.
Thank you, Fretboard Journal, for everything you do for this community.

Now for God’s sake… go get this issue. There are so many incredible stories inside and we are honored to be among them.

Link in bio for where to subscribe + how to buy this issue

01/03/2026

Calling all Faithful Festivarians & Volunteers! 🎶
Our first ticket tier drops Friday 1/16 at 10am.
Deeply discounted and very limited, they’ll go fast.
Once they’re gone, the Eager Beaver tier runs through 3/31.
Volunteer applications open 1/16 too.
Let the 2026 festy season begin!!

08/29/2025

What makes this festival so special isn’t just the music—it’s YOU. 💛 Thank you, Festivarians, for showing up with open hearts, love of music, love for each other, and a true sense of community. Every smile, every dance, every shared moment made this year unforgettable. Until next time, keep the spirit alive! ✨🎶

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Maggie Yurachek Photography
Erin Kiernan Photography

08/28/2025

Hard to believe it was only two weeks ago that the fields were filled with song 🎶

08/25/2025

“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, working together is success”

There is simply no way the magic of GMBR happens without each and every one of our staff and volunteers. There is strength in numbers and our strength this year was mighty. HUGE thank you to all of our crew who tirelessly and selflessly work to put this festival on with us every year and to our great crew of volunteers who smiled through it all. You are wonderful and 2025 was made because of you.

08/18/2025

Sunday never disappoints! What an unforgettable day filled with sunshine, rain, and nonstop music magic 🌧️☀️🎵

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🎶 .tice

08/17/2025

Saturday was OOOHHH so good 😊…And we still have Sunday!!