{"id":210381,"date":"2026-09-22T10:44:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=210381"},"modified":"2026-09-22T10:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:44:46","slug":"bluegrass-festival-starts-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/09\/22\/bluegrass-festival-starts-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluegrass Festival starts on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluegrass music will fill the Van Wert County Fairgrounds as the Van Wert County Bluegrass Festival returns Thursday through Saturday, September 24-26, for three days of live music, camping, food and fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival opens Thursday evening with a gospel-themed program beginning at 6 p.m. Friday\u2019s music also begins at 6 p.m., while Saturday\u2019s schedule gets underway at noon. This year\u2019s lineup includes Cross Road, The Tacketts, New Outlook, Ottawa County Bluegrass Band, Steve Scott &amp; The Scott Brothers, Brian Holbrooks &amp; Poor Bottom Grass, Foxtail Grass Reunion, Vernon McIntyre\u2019s Appalachian Grass, Lincoln Highway Bluegrass Band, Cedar Creek and additional musicians and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Admission is $10 on Thursday, and $20 Friday and Saturday, with a $40 weekend pass available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Festival organizers are encouraging bluegrass fans to make a weekend of it. Camping during the festival is free with paid admission, while water and electric hookups are available for $10 per day. Early camping is now available for $15 per day. Golf carts are welcome if insured, pets are permitted on a leash, and food concessions will be available. A cornhole tournament is also planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information about the festival, lineup, camping and other activities, visit the Van Wert County Bluegrass Festival <a href=\"https:\/\/bighamcommunications.wixsite.com\/vwbluegrassfestival\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information Bluegrass music will fill the Van Wert County Fairgrounds as the Van Wert County Bluegrass Festival returns Thursday through Saturday, September 24-26, for three days of live music, camping, food and fellowship. The festival opens Thursday evening with a gospel-themed program beginning at 6 p.m. Friday\u2019s music also begins at 6 p.m., while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-29 18:01:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210382,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210381\/revisions\/210382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}