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Alan Messer

Béla Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart

media release: Blue Ox Music Festival is proud to announce the initial artist lineup for the 9th Blue Ox Music Festival, taking place on June 22, 23, 24, 2023. The festival welcomes back the annual summer pilgrimage of bluegrass, Americana, roots, and folk artists, and their devoted music festival fans; returning to the tall trees and rolling hills of northern Wisconsin.

Presenting three days of music and camping with a genre-weaving, electrifying lineup of heavy hitters including – The Avett Brothers, Sam Bush Band, Mike Gordon, Charley Crockett, The Infamous Stringdusters, Sierra Hull, Charlie Parr, Kitchen Dwellers, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, The Lowest Pair, Yasmin Williams, Joshua Ray Walker, Them Coulee Boys, Kyle Tuttle, Rainbow Girls, Henhouse Prowlers, Big Richard, The Last Revel, Pixie and The Partygrass Boys, Barbaro, Sicard Hollow, Feed the Dog, Stillhouse Junkies, Mama Said String Band, Wild Goose Chase Cloggers, Jason Dea West, Buffalo Galaxy, The Foxgloves, and Black River Revue. With more artists to be announced.

Pert Near Sandstone will host the Blue Ox Music Festival for its ninth year, in addition to performing for two nights.

This year attendance will be limited to 5000 tickets, to preserve the intimacy and magic that Blue Ox Music Festival was built upon.

Fans can stay tuned for updates about the 2023 Blue Ox Music Festival and The Pines Music Park, by subscribing to the newsletters at www.blueoxmusicfestival.com and www.pinesmusicpark.com.

Congratulations to The Spine Stealers, the Blue Ox 2023: Virtual Band Competition Winning Artist!

You’ll be able to catch their performance on the Backwoods Stage on Saturday, June 24th. (Time TBA).

The Spine Stealers are a two-gal duo, making spooky folk that is heavily influenced by the Northwood pines, 24/7 truck stop diners, heartbreak and dark lakes. Music started by learning guitar together around bonfires in their shared hometown of Sun Prairie, WI during the height of the 2020 pandemic. Songwriting came out through the seasons; Wisconsin winter an especially enduring friend for their deep dive into telling stories of themselves, of the Midwest. The Spine Stealers began religiously attending open mics in July of 2022 at Mickey’s Tavern, Come Back Inn, Harmony Bar & Grill, which soon led to their first show at The Bur Oak. The Spine Stealers have since played shows throughout Madison and in Appleton, WI, most recently opening Wisconsin Folk Fest at the Majestic Theatre with Dead Horses, Good Morning Bedlam and Gin Mill Hollow. The duo wants to write songs that crawl under your skin, to make you feel the winter that rusts your bones, the heartaches of nostalgia and broken ideas of love – to prove that we all may share a melancholy of sorts.   *Thank you to all the wonderfully talented artists who submitted. All entries will be considered as a performing artist for the Blue Ox 2024 festival.