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Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival

Last August, Medical Lake’s Waterfront Park was filled with the twangy sounds of the annual Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival, a summer community staple for the small town. Days after the 2023 festival concluded, Waterfront Park was threatened with flames from the Gray Fire. Despite losing several trees around the park, the grassy amphitheater area was spared, so the festival continues on this year with a stellar lineup consisting of local favorites like Floating Crowbar and Monroe Bridge along with two special performances by New Dangerfield, a Black string band from New Orleans. Celebrate bluegrass, perseverance and renewal at this year’s Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival.

Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival • Fri, Aug. 9-Sat, Aug. 11; times vary • All ages • $33-$64 • Waterfront Park • 1386 S. Lefevre St., Medical Lake • bluewatersbluegrass.org

— Madison Pearson