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La Roche Bluegrass Festival 
august 3 - 7, 2022

Missy raines, IBMA Bass Player of the year and Grammy nominated for her last album, to headline

We are delighted to present a first round of our headline acts for the 15th La Roche Bluegrass Festival.
Watch this space for more news in a few weeks about other bands and artists playing the festival, with news of our new Town Hall stage for duets and trios and our Young and Emerging Band contest.
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latest news

new directions for ​La Roche Bluegrass Festival 

After two years of Covid restrictions the festival organising committee met in early October 2021 to review the festival organisation and consider changes to keep the festival a major event on the Bluegrass calendar.
The statement below summarises our decisions.

new TOWN HALL STAGE

A growing number of duos and trios apply to play the festival. 
With the current configuration it is difficult to schedule more than one or two each year, even though many of them are talented and play music close to the Bluegrass traditions. 
We are delighted to report that with a donation from the Fondation AG2R La Mondiale, we are able to present a 3rd stage exclusively for duos and trios. The stage will be on the main square in front of the Town Hall and will operate from 3 pm to 6 pm on Friday , Saturday and Sunday.

the festival in sight & sound

la roche bluegrass youtube channel

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We have curated all our videos of La Roche Bluegrass Festival into a new YouTube Channel.
You can see videos of past shows, promotional clips and all La Roche Bluegrass Shows will be curated there from now on.
To help us get traction please subscribe to the channel and like the films.

festival film

Our friend Fred Glas, banjo player from Lyon, made us 2 promotional films, released in March 2020.
​They are available below and on our YouTube channel.
See the full 9-minute version
Or just the 1-minute teaser!

picture & film memories from past festivals

Check out our gallery of past years with videos, reports and photos. And remember, the good times will come again.

La Roche Bluegrass Show

During lockdown we launched this monthly videocast to keep the music alive by presenting different acts from around Europe.
All episodes are still available on our YouTube channel.

2020 virtual festival

Our virtual festival featutred 17 shows with bands from Europe the USA.
And, 17 interviews with the artists giving fascinating insights into their lives during lockdown.
The shows and the interviews can still be viewed on our YouTube channel

other news from the festival

security at the festival
 In line with measures taken throughout Europe on safety in public places, all people a onto the site will be submitted to a search of their belongings by our security staff. We thank you for your cooperation and your understanding.

IBMA DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMMENT AWARD FOR CHRISTOPHER HOWARD-WILLIAMS

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La Roche Bluegrass Festival is proud that Nashville Based IBMA gave its second highest award (after Hall of Fame) to La Roche Bluegrass Festival founder and chairman Christopher Howard-Williams at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Ceremony in Raleigh, North Carolina on September 27, 2018.
The award was presented by Compass Records founder and CEO Alison Brown, herself an IBMA Distinguished Achievement Award recipient, IBMA Banjo Player of the year and 2-time Grammy winner.
See article in Bluegrass Unlimited on Christopher Howard-Williams