Win Tickets: Yonder Harvest Music Fest

Yonder Mountain String Band invites one and all to Ozark, Arkansas on Oct. 13-16. Watch teaser video, below. But keep those nitrous tanks at home, kids...

By Blurt Staff

The words "Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Arkansas" might not spring to mind automatically when you are pondering your annual outdoor music festival options,  but for those in the know - and who have attended the Wakarusa Festival there - it's a choice destination for all lovers of good, rootsy, jammy string-bending and tale-spinning. Enter the Yonder Mountain String Band of Nederland, Colorado, and their Yonder Harvest Music Festival, coming up on Oct. 13-16 at the Mulberry Mountain Lodging and Events site.

YMSB's Harvest Festival @ Mulberry Mountain 2011 from Brandon Sloan on Vimeo.

There will be a mind-bending (in addition to the sting-bending part...) lineup this year that includes YMSB, of course, plus Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Railroad Earth, 7 Walkers, Trampled by Turtles, James McMurtry, David Lindley, Cornmeal, the Travelin' McCourys, Steep Canyon Rangers, he Greencards, David Lindley and tons more. Literally a who's who of contemporary roots ‘n' jam music and alt-bluegrass. The entire lineup can be found right here, while the day-by-day schedule can be viewed here.

You can win two tickets to the Yonder Harvest Music Festival at BLURT. You have to get yourself there but once you do we will get you and a companion into the event. Head over to the BLURT contest page and just fill out the form to be entered into the drawing.

In addition to the music there will be other activities at the festival that weekend. For example, there's to be the First Annual Fiddlin' and Pickin' Contest featuring four competitions (mandolin, banjo, flat picking, fiddle) that anyone attending can enter. Info on that, other matters, links to the official fan forum of the festival and, of course, ticketing details can be found at the main page of the official website.