2019 Music Festivals at the Fairgrounds

2019 Music Festivals at the Fairgrounds

We’ve got world-class music festivals and entertainment at the Nevada County Fairgrounds! 

All wonderful! All unique!

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This Weekend: KVMR Celtic Fest

This weekend (September 30 – October 2) at the Nevada County Fairgrounds – it’s KVMR’s Celtic Festival and Marketplace. The Celtic Festival is a visit to the past days of the Celtic Lands and features two stages with music and lots of Celtic actors in authentic costume. Tickets are here. Photo by KVMR.
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2016 Music Festivals at the Nevada County Fairgrounds

2016 Music Festivals at the Fairgrounds

We’ve got world-class music festivals and entertainment at the Nevada County Fairgrounds! Check out the schedule below:

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This Weekend: KVMR’s Celtic Festival and Marketplace

This weekend (October 2 – 4) at the Nevada County Fairgrounds – it’s KVMR’s Celtic Festival and Marketplace. The Celtic Festival is a trip to the past days of the Celtic Lands and features two stages with music and lots of Celtic actors in authentic costume. Tickets can be purchased at kvmrcelticfestival.org.

Photo by KVMR.

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KVMR Celtic Festival & Marketplace

September 25, 2014

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Check out KVMR’s Celtic Festival and Marketplace

The Nevada County Fairgrounds is transformed into a Celtic Village, and world-famous Celtic musicians perform on the main stage. Shopping and dining opportunities abound with more than 50 vendors and a complete Irish Pub.  Hundreds of regional performers, singers, bagpipers, actors, jugglers and storytellers roam the fairgrounds.

Main Stage musical headliners include Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac, The Screaming Orphans, Runa, Hanz Araki Band featuring ColleenRaney, 1916, Tempest and A Thousand Years At Sea.

KVMR will again be offering its Free Friday Youth Arts Program, giving local students ages 10-18 the opportunity to participate in workshops with headline performers. It’s grown to be a wonderful afternoon of music, magic, dance and arts instruction for aspiring artists. New this year will be the Friday night Ceilidh – a Celtic party with music, dancing and revelry under the stars.

Musicians are encouraged to bring their instruments and join in with jam sessions and workshops scheduled throughout the weekend.  History buffs can explore several encampments of “Guilds” who re-create points and places in time. Some groups represent royalty and others demonstrate how peasants and gentry lived in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Exciting and educational, the Celtic Animals exhibit houses falcons, eagles, hawks, owls, sheep and ponies.

Amateur and professional athletes test their strength and skill in Scottish Games. Children are kept engaged with arts and crafts, story telling, and romping on the straw bales. Seniors are admitted an hour before the event opens on Sunday and treated to scones and tea. The festival is disabled accessible.  Camping and RV hookups are available on-site, and music continues in the wee hours in the campground.

The Celtic Marketplace captivates festival attendees and this year will be no exception, as you’ll surrender to the spell of medieval village shopping. A variety of tasty, hearty and wonderful food and beverages from the Celtic lands and abroad will be available for purchase.

The KVMR Celtic festival is presented by Community Radio KVMR in cooperation with the BriarPatch Coop Natural Foods Community Market.

For information and tickets, visit http://www.kvmrcelticfestival.org/, call (530) 265-9073, or email .

Photos by Janet Comontofski.

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Welcome, Strawberry Music Festival

The Nevada County Fairgrounds is pleased to announce that this year’s Strawberry Music Festival will be held at the beautiful tree-covered Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley on September 11 – 14.

This popular music festival – which features four days of music, camping and recreation – draws thousands of musicians, entertainers, and music enthusiasts from across the United States each year. The festival features a wide range of musical acts, representing many different musical genres, including Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk, swing, rock, Cajun, Celtic and gospel.

Last year, Strawberry Music’s Fall Festival was cancelled due to the Rim Fire that burned around their festival home near Yosemite.  After being denied a permit for this year’s fall festival at Camp Mather, they came to the Nevada County Fairgrounds to ask for sanctuary so that the festival could continue.

The Strawberry Music Festival is one of several popular, world-class music festivals held at the Nevada County Fairgrounds each year. This year’s line-up includes:

For more information about the Strawberry Music Festival, call (209) 984-8630 or visit www.strawberrymusic.com.

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