Welcome to the Official Web Site of the Prescott Bluegrass Festival
The Prescott Bluegrass Festival will be celebrating its 31st year in 2012. The festival started as a fiddle contest dedicated to a local fiddler. In the mid-80's it took on the character of a typical Bluegrass festival. Admission was charged at the gate, camping was available for the weekend and concessions were set up.
Until about the mid-90’s the event was held at Watson Lake Park in July, right at the start of the monsoon season. In 1996 the Festival was moved to the current location. The Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza and the dates were changed to the weekend following Father’s Day. Better weather was, we hoped, assured. At that time the event changed character again - to one with free admission. It received financial support from the Chamber of Commerce, City of Prescott and many Tri-City businesses.
The festival was turned over to the Prescott Bluegrass Events Association in 2003. This group maintained the festival until 2012 when the Prescott Chamber of Commerce took it back.
The Prescott Chamber of Commerce will strive to bring our audiences a variety of Bluegrass shows- traditional and contemporary; national, regional, and local groups; family and non-family bands – while maintaining the highest standards for the music. It is our goal to continue to improve this process so that our audiences can be assured of superb quality entertainment year after year.