Big Grass Bluegrass Festival Details
July 25-26, 2025
Historic Collins Theatre in Paragould, Arkansas
This year's festival brings some of the finest acts in bluegrass today to the Collins Theatre stage for two days of outstanding musicianship in air conditioned comfort! Check out the line-up below and click on the ticket link for each show to get a reserved seat.
Friday, July 25th at 7pm
The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band 
From the pastoral hills, hollers, shopping malls and interstate highways of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, home of Bill Monroe, Bashful Brother Oswald, Stringbean, Grandpa Jones, Keith Whitley and some living country music performers, comes the most entertaining "blast from the past" since Lester Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys. They're the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band - five guys and a scrubboard, with roots like wisdom teeth.
Jeff Parker and Company
Famous for his mandolin-playing and vocal lead singing, with over 30 years in music, Jeff has performed and recorded across America and internationally with musical acts such as Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, the Lonesome River Band, Dailey & Vincent, and many more. He was named International Bluegrass Music Association Showcase Artist in 2018.
Click Here to get tickets to The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band and Jeff Parker and Company
Saturday, July 26th at 1pm
Lindley Creek
With the release of Lindley Creek's crittically-aclaimed debut album "Freedom, Love and the Open Road" in 2020, it marked the band's first venture onto the national Bluegrass scene. Since that point, they've continued their steady growth by showing up on the charts and also being nominated for multiple IBMA Momentum Awards. The follow-up is the sophomore release "Whispers In The Wind" which serves as the perfect next chapter.
Donna Ulisse and the Poor Mountain Boys
Donna Ulisse is a key figure in the bluegrass, folk and acoustic music scene as a singer and songwriter. Her single "It Could Have Been The Mandolin" from the album Hard Cry Moon topped the Bluegrass Unlimited chart at #1 for two months in a row in 2016 and the album topped the Roots Music Report chart at #1. In 2016 she was awarded International Bluegrass Music Association's Songwriter of the Year and IBMA's 2017 Song of the Year for "I Am a Drifter" recorded by Volume 5. Albums and awards kept coming; in 2018 and 2022 she won the award for SPBGMA's Songwriter of the Year and also 2022's SPBGMA Female Vocalist of the Year!
Breaking Grass
Known for their high energy performances and original material, this band delivers heartfelt music with haunting harmonies to match. With influences ranging from rock, gospel, country, and soul, this group of award-winning musicians brings something for everyone to each live show. Their new documentary "Down in Mississippi" and latest album "Somewhere Beyond" is now available on music and video outlets across the world. If you have never been a fan of bluegrass music, it might be because you haven't heard it quite like this.
Saturday, July 26th at 7pm
The Kody Norris Show
While the reigning SPBGMA Entertainers of the Year are known for the rhinestones that shine from their lapels and the fringe that hangs from their collars seem to conjure up memories of times gone by, The Kody Norris Show are very much directing their gaze forever forward. Now, more than ever before. The talented group made up of frontman Kody Norris, Josiah Tyree, Mary Rachel Nalley-Norris, and Charlie Lowman, finds themselves with a growing legion of fans craving the comfort that comes from their retro look, but equally craving dynamic instrumentation and thought-provoking lyrics.
Appalachian Road Show
Appalachian Road Show is a visionary acoustic ensemble, bringing new-generation interpretations of traditional Americana, bluegrass and folk songs, as well as offering innovative original music, all presented with a common thread tied directly to the heart of the Appalachian regions of the United States. GRAMMY - nominated banjoist Barry Abernathy, joins forces with GRAMMY-winning fiddler Jim VanCleve, fresh off of his recent stint touring with multi-platinum country artist Josh Turner, as well as esteemed vocalist and mandolinist Darrell Webb, who has recorded and toured with Dolly Parton and Rhonda Vincent, among many others. The group also includes 26 year old "old soul" gutarist Zeb Snyder, whose fierce and versatile playing recalls Doc Watson and Norman Blake as readily as it does Duane Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
For now, Appalachian Road Show invites us into the music and stories of Appalachia's culturally-rich heritage. As they say, "It's part of who we are. It's natural for us. It is authentic. This music is so vibrant, and it has its own vitality and its own life, and we mean to carry that forward."
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KASU Bluegrass Monday Schedule
The Collins Theatre has had the honor of serving as the venue for KASU's Bluegrass Monday for over a decade. The best of the best in bluegrass music has graced the stage of The Collins, and we are proud to be able to provide this service to our bluegrass family.
Admission is $10 for each show. Tickets may be purchased at the door or from KASU's website: www.kasu.org
Bluegrass Monday is held on the 4th Monday night of each month except July & December. Shows begin at 7pm.
The 2025 schedule is as follows:
- January 27 – Monroe Crossing
- February 24 – Caroline Owens and New Company
- March 24 – Kristy Cox and Grasstime
- April 28 – Route 3
- May 19 – Nothin' Fancy
- June 23 – The Rick Faris Band
- August 25 – The Price Sisters
- September 22 – Special Consensus
- October 27 – Gary Brewer & the Kentucky Ramblers
- November 24 – Edgar Loudermilk Band
Lodging Options in Paragould, Arkansas
Bluegrass fans that stay overnight at a Choice Hotel such as Quality Inn & Suites, can use the following booking link for a rate discount:
Hotel: Quality Inn & Suites
Company Name: Collins Theater
Rates are variable depending on the room. You must use the link to get the discount. It will not be honored through the reservation number or through direct reservations at the local front desk.
Bluegrass fans who stay overnight at the Hampton Inn on Highway 49 S may receive a discount from the hotel by using the following booking link:
Hotel: Hampton Inn Paragould
Company Name: COLLINS THEATRE
$105 nightly rate
You must use the link to get the discount. It will not be honored through the Hampton Inn reservation number or through direct reservations at the local Hampton front desk.
RV Camping Opportunities