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The 9th yearly Blue Ox New music Competition will acquire spot June 22 – 24, 2023 at The Pines Audio Park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

That includes a few times of new music and camping on 155 fantastically landscaped acres, among the tall trees and rolling hills at The Pines Music Park – with a genre-weaving, electrifying lineup which includes The Avett Brothers, Sam Bush Band, Mike Gordon, Charley Crockett, The Notorious Stringdusters, Sierra Hull, Charlie Parr, Kitchen Dwellers, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Place, The Least expensive Pair, Yasmin Williams, Joshua Ray Walker, and several far more to be introduced soon.

Pert Close to Sandstone will host Blue Ox Audio Pageant, as well as doing two evenings. Attendance will be limited to 5000 tickets to protect the intimacy and magic that the competition was crafted upon. Tickets are on-sale now at BlueOxMusicFestival.com.


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EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin – December 7, 2022 – Blue Ox New music Pageant is very pleased to announce the preliminary artist lineup for the 9th Blue Ox Music Pageant, taking position on June 22, 23, 24, 2023. The festival welcomes again the yearly summer months pilgrimage of bluegrass, Americana, roots, and folk artists, and their devoted music pageant fans returning to the tall trees and rolling hills of northern Wisconsin.

Presenting a few times of music and camping with a style-weaving, electrifying lineup of large hitters including – The Avett Brothers, Sam Bush Band, Mike Gordon, Charley Crockett, The Infamous Stringdusters, Sierra Hull, Charlie Parr, Kitchen area Dwellers, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Region, The Lowest Pair, Yasmin Williams, Joshua Ray Walker, Them Coulee Boys, Kyle Tuttle, Rainbow Ladies, Henhouse Prowlers, Massive Richard, The Very last Revel, Pixie and The Partygrass Boys, Barbaro, Sicard Hollow, Feed the Dog, Stillhouse Junkies, Mama Reported String Band, Wild Goose Chase Cloggers, Jason Dea West, Buffalo Galaxy, The Foxgloves, and Black River Revue. With extra artists to be introduced.

Pert In close proximity to Sandstone will host the Blue Ox Tunes Competition for its ninth calendar year, in addition to performing for two evenings.

As is the heritage of the Blue Ox Audio Pageant, this yr will again celebrate the extraordinary expertise of classic bluegrass and roots songs legends, as well as progressive stars in the generating. For the to start with time, Blue Ox welcomes to the main phase – 3-time GRAMMY Award nominees and North Carolina Songs Hall of Fame inductees,

The Avett Brothers, who manufactured mainstream waves with their 2009 main label debut, I And Appreciate And You. The acclaimed documentary May It Final: A Portrait of The Avett Brothers co-directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio), chronicles the creating of 2016’s True Disappointment. In 2019, the band produced their 10th studio album, Nearer Than Jointly, showcasing “High Steppin’” which achieved #1 on the Americana Radio Singles chart. Their latest album, The 3rd Gleam, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Americana / Folks Albums chart, #1 on Rock Albums, #1 Vinyl Albums, and “Victory” hit #1 on the Americana Radio Singles chart. In January 2022, Swept Absent, a musical impressed by and that includes the songs of The Avett Brothers, premiered at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre to rave assessments from audiences and critics.

Blue Ox has been honored to have the Sam Bush Band on the lineup each individual year considering that the competition started. A person of the most celebrated pioneers of progressive bluegrass, Sam Bush has ongoing to force boundaries due to the fact he began his occupation in the 1960s. The virtuoso mandolinist and fiddler has performed with luminaries on the get of Emmylou Harris, Doc and Merle Watson and New Grass Revival. He has introduced seven albums and a dwell DVD about the earlier two many years. In 2009, the Americana Music Association awarded Sam Bush the Life time Accomplishment Award for Instrumentalist. His performances are annual highlights of the pageant circuit, with Bush’s joyous perennial appearances at the Colorado town’s famed bluegrass fest earning him the appellation “King of Telluride.”

Yet another emphasize of the artist lineup incorporates guitar virtuoso and progressive increasing star, Yasmin Williams, who plays Blue Ox Audio Festival for the to start with time. Because its launch in January 2021, Williams’ album, Urban Driftwood has been praised by numerous publications this kind of as Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The Washington Article, NPR Music, No Despair, and Paste Journal.

This calendar year, Blue Ox Songs Pageant welcomes Phish founding member Mike Gordon, who makes his very first visual appearance at the competition. Right after founding the jam-band team in 1983, Gordon has absent on to get kudos for his revolutionary songwriting for the band, as nicely as his finely tuned bass actively playing. Mike has launched absorbing solo albums on his individual, which include 2014’s Overstep. He’s also been connected with the revolutionary solo guitarist Leo Kottke on a collection of albums that consists of 2020’s Midday.

An eclectic musician who attracts from region, soul, jazz and blues, Charley Crockett grew up in South Texas and spent time busking in New Orleans and other locales to great his one of a kind hybrid of American music. Charley started off out as a bluesman, and his repertoire continue to involves his interpretations of basic-to-obscure blues tracks and his remarkably targeted original tunes. He’s produced 11 studio albums above the earlier ten years, with 2020’s Welcome to Tricky Occasions garnering each vital and enthusiast support. His latest album, 2022’s Lil’ G.L. Provides: Jukebox Charley, characteristics the excellent exponent of roots audio covering Jerry Reed’s 1967 tune “I Truly feel for You.” Crockett remains tricky-functioning and entirely his own male in the firmament of Americana songs. Blue Ox looks ahead to Charley Crockett doing on the main phase this June.

This 12 months attendance will be constrained to 5000 tickets, to protect the intimacy and magic that Blue Ox Audio Pageant was created on.

Admirers can continue to be tuned for updates about the 2023 Blue Ox Music Competition and The Pines Tunes Park, by subscribing to the newsletters at www.blueoxmusicfestival.com and www.pinesmusicpark.com.

As artists and ambassadors for the competition – members of Pert In the vicinity of Sandstone, Nate Sipe and Blue Ox MC, Justin Bruhn, create and host the preferred, Highway to Blue Ox Podcast. In every episode, Bruhn and Sipe interview undertaking artists on the Blue Ox lineup, as very well as highlighting crucial information and updates about the pageant. Tune in for new Road to Blue Ox Podcast episodes on Apple iTunes, Google Engage in, Spotify, Stitcher and Pocket Casts. Comply with along on Spotify and be notified as soon as a new episode is launched.

About Blue Ox Music Pageant – Blue Ox makes and fosters an inclusive sense of inventive local community and has turn out to be a cornerstone of the cultural renaissance movement in the Eau Claire place. Blue Ox Songs Competition at The Pines Music Park boasts 155 acres of pristine forest, walkable trails and environmentally friendly landscaped garden with music offered throughout a few distinct levels – Principal Stage, Saloon Phase, Backwoods Phase.

Since its premiere in the summertime of 2015, Blue Ox Tunes Pageant has constantly introduced jointly a lineup of top rated stage regional and nationwide functions that have set the phase and typical of artists for the legitimate songs pageant fan’s working experience. With the vision of an personal songs and camping experience focused on bluegrass, folks, and Americana roots genres, the 3-day festival produces a one of a kind experience with an remarkable lineup of noteworthy artists, in a familial and beautiful outdoor venue placing.

As a loved ones pleasant environment, an array of cultural functions consider spot in the course of the competition grounds, together with songs workshops, morning yoga and meditation, eclectic arts and craft suppliers, kids exercise stages, as properly as an extraordinary disc golf system. The selection of high-quality food and drinks delivers a little something tasty for everyone to love. All ages are welcome. Young children 13 and underneath are totally free with a compensated grownup.

Blue Ox Songs Competition 2-day and 3-working day Typical Admission Tickets are on sale now – which gives company entry to all entertainment and Unreserved Tent Tenting. Auto Tenting Passes are readily available for guests who prefer their motor vehicle at the camp site future to their tent. Blue Ox New music Competition Reserved RV / Tent web pages are nonetheless obtainable for obtain, but are in minimal supply. Camping lodging contain areas for RVs, Family and Quiet Camping.

Good dining establishments, resorts, and the amenities of Eau Claire are just a handful of limited miles away from The Pines Tunes Park.

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