Agree with Jim_G
Jenny Brook is always extraordinary
Agree with Jim_G
Jenny Brook is always extraordinary
If I'm likely to run into a jam going to or from the stage area, I have instrument(s) with me, generally more than just a mandolin (also guitar, Dobro, banjo, whatever I can carry in gig bags.
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Jenny Brook in Vermont!
https://jennybrookbluegrass.com/
Also google Pemi Blugrass in NH, seems to only have a FB presence but it’s a good one.
Both are closer to Montreal than anything...
Pickin' In the Pasture -- Aug. 20-23 -- is a decent midsize festival in Lodi NY, between two of the Finger Lakes, Seneca and Cayuga. Those who've attended from Rochester speak highly of it.
Gettysburg is a little further east of Del Fest. They have one in May and one in August.
The May festival (5/14 - 5/17) is the week before Del Fest (5/21 - 5/24).
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