RENOFEST ANNOUNCES 2015 SCHEDULE
Tickets are on sale now for the RenoFest Bluegrass Festival coming back to downtown Hartsville, SC, March 27-29 (“ALWAYS THE FOURTH WEEKEND IN MARCH.”) The festival honors South Carolina’s premier bluegrass legend Don Reno. As in the past all RenoFest events, with the exception of the Downtown Hoedown, take place inside the historic Center Theater in downtown Hartsville.
The event kicks off at 1:30 on Friday March 27 with the renowned band contest. Seven bands will compete for the $1,500 prize awarded to the winner. “We have seven top quality bands competing this year,” said Festival Director Marty Driggers. “It is easily the most competitive field we have ever seen in the festival,” said Driggers. The seven competing groups are all from Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
On Friday night RenoFest takes over downtown Hartsville with its annual Downtown Hoe-down and BBQ. The BBQ, sponsored by Black Creek Arts Council is from 6PM – 9PM. $8 barbeque tickets for the Hoe-Down at Burry Park can also be bought on site. Barbeque can be eaten on site, picnic style, while enjoying the free blue grass music or it may be picked up and eaten at home. After 9PM bands take over numerous downtown locations and it's Bluegrass until.
On Saturday, March 28 10 AM – 12 Noon the action continues with the hotly contested State Banjo and State Guitar contests featuring some of the finest pickers anywhere around. Saturday afternoon and evening features a full slate of outstanding concerts by some of the best professional bluegrass entertainers in the country til 10PM, with local food vendors outside the theater. However, all the action is not inside the theatre. RenoFest also has bluegrass jamming going on everywhere in town.
The festival winds up on Sunday morning with a Gospel Sing at 10:30 a.m. at the Wesley United Methodist Church (in the Sanctuary) on College Avenue.
Tickets are available through the website www.renofest.com. This year, the festival is a presentation of Black Creek Arts made possible by generous donations from businesses, individuals and bluegrass fans, grants from town and county and the SC Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.
The three- day bluegrass music festival is served up, small-town style, with lots of southern hospitality and outstanding down-home cooking, a perfect fit for that great American musical genre - bluegrass music.
As folks around here say, “On the 4th weekend of March, our little All-American City becomes RenoFest!”
For festival event schedules, advance tickets, hotels reservations, and other festival information, visit www.renofest.com.
Y’all come see us at the Best Little Bluegrass Festival in the Best Little Town in America
About Black Creek Arts Council:
The mission of Black Creek Arts Council is to promote and foster the Arts in Darlington County. BCAC’s offices are housed in a state of the art 10,000 square foot facility at 116 West College Avenue in Hartsville, SC. BCAC offers a variety of programs including art classes of all styles, after-school activities, pre-school aged programs, private music lessons, and various types of gallery exhibits. BCAC also offers assistance with arts management, funding, education, and program coordination to arts and cultural organizations in Darlington County.
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