Cornish Blue Grass Festival at Newquay's Hendra Holiday Park

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Cornish Blue Grass are delighted to once again be holding their Bluegrass Festival at the multi award winning Hendra Holiday Park Newquay.

Cornish Blue Grass will again be using Hendra's fantastic 500 Seater Cabaret Room & by adding an 80 x 30 foot heated performance marquee we hope to ensure that everyone will get the chance to see their favourite bands. Added to this they will again have a late night bar for those who want to play into the early hours.

True to form, they will be holding a variety of instrument, dance & singing workshops & there will be Appalachian Dancing exhibitions throughout the weekend.

The Cornish Bluegrass Association was formed in the winter of 2003 by a small group of friends that shared a love of bluegrass music, particularly the banjo. The aim originally was to promote bluegrass and encourage potential bluegrass lovers by way of a bluegrass "picking weekend".

They put on our first dedicated bluegrass festival at Hendra Holiday Park, Newquay in September 2004 where we had 5 bands and an attendance of around 250 bluegrass fans. We followed that in 2005 with 10 bands and an attendance of close to 500.

By September 2006, with an established relationship with Hendra Holiday Park, we had to increase the size of the venue to accommodate nearly 800 people. The festival continues to go from strength to strength each year!

They have now established themselves as one of the best festivals on the bluegrass calendar - offering not just a festival but a weekend at one of the UK's most popular holiday destinations which caters for the whole family.

Their aims have not changed; they still endeavour to promote bluegrass by putting on events and sessions throughout the year and we hope that this website will be used by bluegrass lovers all over the world.