Bluegrass rules at the sixth annual Winterfest

EAST STROUDSBURG, PA — The Pocono Bluegrass and Folk Society will hold its sixth annual Winterfest music festival on Friday, February 3, through Sunday, February 5 at the Elks lodge at 260 Washington Street.

The two featured bands are the Hickory Project and Dan Paisley and the Southern Grass, both of which will perform both Saturday and Sunday at the Elks Lodge.

The Hickory Project features hard-driving traditional and original bluegrass music. Dan Paisley and the Southern Grass is the epitome of family, handed-down musical tradition. The fathers of all the current members of the group played together in the 1940s as the Southern Mountain Boys. Dan, along with his brothers and extended musical family, are now the custodians of the traditional bluegrass style that the band has played for more than 30 years.

Twenty other bands from the New Jersey and Pennsylvania area will also play at the festival.

Doors open at 10:00 a.m. and admission is $30 for the weekend, $22 for Saturday only and $17 for Sunday only.

For more information call 570/424-2937.