So this is neat. Kentucky Tourism is giving you the chance to visit somewhere different every day to visit this summer. Check out the "99 Days of Summer"!
This year's ROMP is filled to the brim with outstanding artists like the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Punch Brothers, Los Lobos, Dailey & Vincent, and the list goes on. Is there a particular artist you want to see? Check out the daily schedule!
Have you got your tickets to the biggest & best bluegrass festival around? ROMP 2017 just added more acts to their already amazing line-up! What are you waiting for?
ROMP has become one of the most attractive music festivals the nation has to offer for some of the best musicians the WORLD has to offer. 2017 will be no exception.
ROMP Fest is the musical festival in the Tri-State and here is your chance to get involved! Applications are now being accepted for vendors, volunteers and street team members. Here's how you can apply!
I was introduced to John Prine through my cousin Alex. I know, I didn't hear a John Prine song until about fifteen years ago. I didn't know about his Western Kentucky and Muhlenberg County connections. I didn't know the song "Paradise", yet. I did know I was going to like Mr. Prine and his honest stories about life and what he knew.
If you've never been to ROMP Fest, you are missing out on one of the coolest music festivals in the Southeast and it's right here! Yep, ROMP 2015, June 24th - 27th, at Yellowcreek Park is sure to be another success with the announcement of this artist in the line-up...
ROMP Fest 2014 is well underway and I had the pleasure to recently interview Friday's headliner, Bluegrass legend, Ricky Skaggs. He and the Kentucky Thunder will be on the main stage at Yellow Creek Park Friday night! I've interviewed dozens of artists, but none have been as gracious and humble as Mr. Skaggs was. We chatted about his amazing career, today's country and more.
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I think it's safe to say by now that we all know how much I love food, right? Well, leave it up to me to be blown away by the amazingness of the food at ROMP Fest 2014, ha! Of course the music is awesome. But, I bet you had no clue how huge of a selection of food ROMP has to offer.
Well, take a look at some of this year's food options for you, while you're enjoying some of the best music around th
You recall I showed you all those ticket stubs the other day; well, I didn't have the one from when I went to the 2007 Master Musician's Festival in Somerset. It was at that show I saw Old Crow Medicine Show live for the first time. The newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame will be returning to ROMP at Yellow Creek Park in Owensboro this Saturday night.
- by Chris Langdon, International Bluegrass Museum Promotions Director
June is a very busy month for bluegrass music in Owensboro. Down at the International Bluegrass Music Museum we are working hard to make ROMP amazing. We are putting together a party to celebrate not only where bluegrass music has been, but where it is going. However, it is the roots that keep us strong. The roots are why we ar