Thanks to Lilly Pavlak for these photos of the 3rd International Bluegrass Meeting Birkenried, presented by the Country & Western Friends Kötz 1982 e.V. at Birkenried, Germany, over the weekend 2-4 Sept. 2011. Full details, including links to band websites, are on the Friends' website.As the poster (left) shows, the festival was also a celebration of the centenary of the birth of the Father of Bluegrass Music, and included displays on the life of Bill Monroe and a talk about him by Eberhard Finke, founder and former editor of Bluegrass Bühne, now the official magazine of the GBMA.
Bluegrass Cwrkot (CZ)
Bluegrass Cwrkot
Bluegrass Cwrkot
Sacred Sounds of Grass (D)
Eberhard Finke talking about Bill Monroe
Part of the Monroe exhibition
Strictly Bluegrass from Munich, taking the place of Way Out West (USA), who had been obliged to cancel their appearance
The Blue Grass Boogiemen (NL)
The Boogiemen play triple fiddles
The Saturday night finale
Sunday morning mass, with the Blue Grass Boogiemen performing; also taking part were Mandy Strobel (D) and Rolling Hills (D)
