

WASHINGTON BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION -WBA
Our mission is to promote, educate and cultivate the preservation of
Bluegrass music in and around the Pacific Northwest

The WBA produces the annual Mt. St. Helens Bluegrass Festival
With great bands, shaded camping, an air conditioned stage, open mic, band scramble, a slow jam, and lots of jamming in the campground

Check out pictures of the 2024 festival on our "Pics" page

festival schedule
FRIDAY - AUGUST 8TH 2025
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1:00PM - 2:00PM Slow jam with Marv Sobolesky
2:30PM - 4:30PM Open mic and band showcase
4:30PM - 5:45PM Dinner Break
5:45PM - National Anthem
6:00PM - 5 Mile Drive
7:00PM - Midnight 45
8:00PM - Skillethead
SATURDAY - AUGUST 9TH 2025
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9:30AM - Work Shops
10:45AM - Band Scramble Drawing
(Sign up at the WBA Booth)
11:30AM - Band Scramble on Stage
12:30PM - Lunch Break
1:30PM - Union City Council
2:30PM - Chuckanut Ridge
3:30PM - Whiskey Deaf
4:30PM - Dinner Break
6:00PM - Midnight 45
7:00PM - Skillethead
8:00PM - Whiskey Deaf
SUNDAY - AUGUST 10TH 2025
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9:00AM - Union City Council
10:00AM - Chuckanut Ridge
11:00AM - 5 Mile Drive
WORKSHOPS: (Saturday 8/9 at 9:30AM)
Workshops are 1 Hour
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Banjo - TBD
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Dobro -
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Vocals -
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Fiddle -
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Guitar -
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Bass -
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Mandolin -
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Sound -
Bluegrass Gazette Information ~ 2025
We publish three times a year:
Winter = Jan/Feb/March/April
Summer = May/June/July/Aug
Autumn = Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec
Deadline:
January 1st
May 1st
August 21st
Approximate Printing:
Jan 8th
May 8th
August 28th
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To advertise in the Gazette contact Linda Burns at: teamburns2019@gmail.com

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