Oklahoma’s International Bluegrass Festival has been bringing great bluegrass, traditional, western swing, Americana & other music to Guthrie, a historic town in the heart of Central Oklahoma, since 1997.  Set in Cottonwood Flats where there’s plenty of room for camping and lots of jam sessions, the second full weekend of each October has brought superb entertainers from the US and around the world to Guthrie for a weekend of great music. In addition to camping, jamming and all the great stage performances, festival-goers can enjoy workshops, chow down at the food trucks, shop for a new instrument or event shirt or hat in the merchandise tent, or bid for a fine instrument or special memorabilia at the auction, where all proceeds go to youth scholarships.

Festival Schedule:

Thursday, October 10, 2024

The Byron Berline Memorial Stage (Main Stage):

12 noon: Hunt Brothers Band
1:00 pm: Cowboy Jim Garling
2:00 pm: Tim McDonald Band
3:00 pm: Steelwind
4:00 pm: Tornado Rose
5:00 pm: Walk and Talk Suzies
6:30 pm:  Gypsy Twang
8:00 pm:  Evan Felker, Trapp, Mullenax, and Moore
9:30 pm: Random Band Jam

Cottonwood Creek Stage (campground):

10:00 am: Open Mic Sign-up at Stage (early sign-up Weds. noon to 6:00 pm)
Noon-6:00 pm: Open Mic Performances

Friday, October 11, 2024

The Byron Berline Memorial Stage (Main Stage):

12:00 pm: Bob Wiles and Cowboy Jones   
1:00 pm: Tim McDonald Band
2:00 pm: Good Friends Bluegrass
3:00 pm: Walk and Talk Suzies
4:00 pm: Monica Taylor
5:00 pm: Darin and Brooke Aldridge
6:30 pm: Alan Munde
8:00 pm: The Fretliners
9:30 pm: John Moore, Rick Faris, Mark Schatz, Brian Wickland and Jens Kruger

Cottonwood Creek Stage (campground):

10:00 am: Open Mic Sign-up at Stage
Noon-midnight: Open Mic Performances

Youth Tent: (located on SE corner of festival, just past the little church)

2:30pm: Fiddle & Mandolin Workshop with Andrew Hunt, Sam Parks, John Moore, Chris Whitten, Tony Spats and Henry Byron Burgess

Saturday, October 12, 2024

The Byron Berline Memorial Stage (Main Stage):

11:00 am: Cowboy Jim Garling
12:00 pm: Tornado Rose
1:00 pm: Hunt Brothers Band
2:00 pm: Oklahoma Swing
3:00 pm: Auction, Scholarship Winners & Youth Band & Instrument Winners
5:00 pm: Trapp, Mullenax, and Moore
6:30 pm: John Moore, Rick Faris, Mark Schatz, Brian Wickland and Jens Kruger
8:00 pm: The Fretliners
9:30 pm: JigJam

Cottonwood Creek Stage (campground):

10:00 am: Open Mic Sign-up at Stage
Noon – 1:00 pm: Songwriters Workshop
1:30 pm-midnight: Open Mic Performances  

Youth Tent: (located on SE corner of festival, just past the little church)

9:00 am – 12:45 pm: Youth Instrument Championships Registration
9:00 am – 9:45 am: Youth Band Competition Registration
10:00 am – Noon: Youth Band Competition
Noon: 3 Chord JAM (warm up for your competition & have fun!)
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Youth Instrument Competition
3:30 pm: Guitar & Banjo Workshop with Steven Moore, Ewe Kruger, Alan Munde, Samual Grounds, Thomas Trapp, Rick Faris and Jonathan Hunt

Fest Date: October 10 - 12, 2024

Location: Cottonwood Flats, West Warner Avenue and North 7th Street, Guthrie, OK 73044

Click here to buy tickets.

Click here for more information.