Bluegrass in La Roche
​july 30 - august 3, 2025
SPECIAL 20th EDITION!
5 times nominated for ibMA event of the year

Every year the first weekend in August in the French Alps, close to Geneva, Chamonix and Annecy

2025 line up
1st bands announced

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We are very excited to welcome some good friends from the last 10 years who are coming back to celebrate our 20th festival with us in 2025.
Including from the USA
Rapidgrass, our "house" band will once again teach the camp this year with featured banjo legend Pete Wernick; AJ Lee & Blue Summit and Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, two  young bands from California who have become headline acts on the American circuit since their last visit here (2019 and 2022 respectively), Tanasi featuring Anya Hinkle (2019) and Billy Cardine, and the great Della Mae who enchanted us all in 2019, with a really hot new line up.
From Europe
Several favourites who have played at least once including, a young talent from Toulouse Lazy Grass, two times band contest winner G-runs 'n Roses and 2 recipients of the IBMA International Band Grant: Curly Strings from Estonia, recipient of the first grant in 2022-23, and the current recipient for 2024-25 Johnny & the Yooahoos from Germany.
And in the international category
We are delighted to introduce to Europe Estación 39 from Argentina, organisers of the Buenos Aires Bluegrass Festival.
We will post more information about the schedule and the bands in the coming weeks.
A brief reminder of what happens at Bluegrass in La Roche
​with thanks to Elliot Siff for the film
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2025 news

special 20th edition logo released for 2025
august 2024

CAMP site 2025

The camp site will be in the same place as 2024 with the same facilities

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news archives

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Bluegrass in La Roche
gets  fifth nomination  for
​IBMA event of the year
july 2024

magnificent BULAS BANJO SOLD at AUCTION for €1500
august 2024

new name and new logo in 2022 after 15 years
April 2022

After 15 years, La Roche Bluegrass Festival becomes Bluegrass in La Roche 
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As for many events around the globe, 2022 marks a return for our festival in La Roche-sur-Foron, and after two years away we decided to make some changes.
Some are already apparent in the line up, with no contest for the first time since 2006.
We also decided to make two major changes to the visual identity of the festival.
  1. Many people liked the “temporary” name we gave the reduced festival in 2021, and so did we. So we have made the big move to change the name of the festival, which will now be called “Bluegrass in La Roche”.
  2. The change of name meant a change of logo. Our old logo has served us well for 15 years and it was time to modernise it along with our new name. 
The new logo keeps the banjo-mandolin symbols and adds a skyline profile of the town’s three main architectural features: the chateau, the church and the rock that gave the town its name.
We would like to thank graphic designer Philippe Boutet, a festival regular, for his creativity and his patience throughout the process and we are sure you will agree that he has done an excellent job in giving the festival a sleeker, more modern logo to take us into the future.

IBMA DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMMENT AWARD FOR CHRISTOPHER HOWARD-WILLIAMS
​october 2018

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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 
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Christopher with Alison Brown