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Nothing goes together quite like Bluegrass and BBQ! Now you can  enjoy both with the Bluegrass & BBQ Festival at Branson’s Silver Dollar City theme park, May 10 through June 3, 2012.

Enjoy taste tempting treats from the nation’s most popular flavors at The House of BBQ where you’ll find everything from Memphis dry rub and Texas-style BBQ to the Kansas City style BBQ found in the Midwest.

Fill your plate, then sit back and experience the finest in Bluegrass from the hottest new bands to award-winning favorites. The annual festival at Silver Dollar City offers us 23 days of electrifying performances by some of the biggest names in Bluegrass, including Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Bluegrass Martins, The Link Family, Nothin’ Fancy, Flatt Lonesome, The Gibson Brothers and the Larry Stephenson Band.

Scheduled Performers

May 10 - 11  Bluegrass Martins - 2012 Midwest SPBGMA Instrumental Group of the Year; Dobro Performer of the Year - Larita Martin; Banjo Performer of the Year - Janice Martin; Fiddle Performer of the Year - Jeana Martin Faris

May 10 - 11  New Town

May 10 - 11   The Ward Family

May 10 - 12  The Huntley Sisters

May 10 - 12  Rhonda Vincent & The Rage - 7-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year; 2011 SPBGMA Contemporary Female Vocalist of the Year; Entertainer of the Year; 2012 SPBGMA Female Vocalist of the Year

May 10 - 13  The Link Family - 2012 Midwest SPBGMA Vocal Group of the Year; 2011 National Single Microphone Champions

May 10 - 13  Nothin’ Fancy - 4-time SPBGMA Entertaining Group of the Year

May 12 - 13   Bama Blu-Grace

May 12 - 13  Brightwater Junction

May 12 - 13  Flatt Lonesome - 1st Place Winner, 2012 SPBGMA International Band Championship

May 13 - 14   Joe Muillins & the Radio Ramblers

May 13 - 14   Majerus Family

May 14 & 16   The Bankester Family 

May 14 - 16  Bluegrass Missourians

May 14, 21 & 28  The Farnum Family 

May 16 - 17   Bluegrass Addiction

May 16 - 17   The Petersens

May 16 - 17   Tony Holt & Wildwood Valley Boys

May 16 - 18  The Kruger Brothers

May 17 & 18   Blue Rain - 2011 Youth In Bluegrass Band Champions

May 17 - 18   Mississippi Sawyers

May 17 - 19  Don Rigsby & Midnight Call

May 18 - 20   Sherman Mountain Boys

May 18 - 20   Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike

May 19  Steel Bridge

May 19 - 20   Bluegreass Brigade - 2012 Midwest SPBGMA Contemporary Female Vocalist of the Year - Mae Burlison

May 23 - 25  Redhead Express 

May 24 - 25   All 4 Hym

May 24 - 25   Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - 6 time IBMA Vocal Group of the Year

May 24 - 25  The Gibson Brothers - 2011 IBMA Vocal Group and Album of the Year; 2012 SPBGMA Bluegrass Album of the Year, Bluegrass Song of the Year & Songwriter of the Year - Leigh & Eric Gibson

May 24 - 25   Triple L Band 

May 25 - 27  Potters Wheel 

May 25 - 27   Southern Raised 

May 25 - 28   David Davis & The Warrior River Boys

May 26 - 27   Mike Balos Family

May 26 - 27  KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest

May 26 - 28  Balsam Range- 2011 IBMA Song of the Year

May 26 - 28  Hootin’ Annies - 2012 Midwest SPBGMA Bass Fiddle Performer of the Year - Karla Campbell

May 26 - 28   The Roys

May 28 - 29  Little Roy & Lizzie Show

May 28 - 29  Snyder Family Band

May 29  Larry Stephenson Band - 5-time SPBGMA Male Vocalist; 2012 SPBGMA Mandolin Player of the Year

May 29 - 30  King Family

May 29 - 31  The Chapmans

May 29 - 31   IIIrd Generation Bluegrass

May 30 - 31  Marty Raybon & Full Circle

May 30 - 31   Newfound Road

May 30 - 31  Westbound Rangers

May 30 - Jun 1   Special Concensus

May 31   Locust Ridge

May 31 - Jun 3  Rigney Family

June 1   The Rochesters

June 1 - 3    Bull Harman & Bull’s Eye - 2012 Midwest SPBGMA Contemporary Bluegrass Band of the Year; Guitar Performer of the Year - Bull Harman

June 1 - 3   The Grascals - 2011 SPBGMA Instrumental Group of the Year; 2012 SPBGMA Instrumental Group of the Year & Banjo Performer of the Year - Kristin Scott Benson; 2-time IMBA Entertainer of the Year

June 1 - 3   Jerry Butler & The Blu-J’s

June 1 - 3    Leroy Troy & the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band

June 2 - 3   Monroe Crossing

June 2 - 3    Pickin’ Chicks

Branson and Silver Dollar City have always gone together. Everyone knew when you went to Branson for a family vacation, there had to be a day or two spent at Silver Dollar City family adventure park!

And Silver Dollar City provides plenty of adventure – with a wide variety of rides, both tame and thrilling, something for every age in your group. There are also craftsmen demonstrating their skills and craft shops where you can purchase those hand-made items and many others. Plus you’ll find more than 40 shows daily and enough family friendly restaurants and specialty food shops to keep all of your vacationing adventurers happy.

And with the addition of White Water, Branson’s popular outdoor water park, you can get your fill of wet fun with water-blasters, super-soakers, speed water slides and even a wave pool. Plus, there’s Kalani Towers, a 6-lane free falling racing thrill slide! Choose between two 75-foot free fall drop lanes or four mat racing lanes that will send you sliding for 310-feet.

The best part about a Branson vacation is that there are always discount tickets and specials to help the family stay on budget while making unforgettable family memories.