13th Annual Carolina Bible Camp Bluegrass Festival | Carolina Bible Camp

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BEAT THE HEAT AND BEAT THE CROWD:

CAROLINA BIBLE CAMP BRINGS BLUEGRASS BACK IN SEPTEMBER!

MOCKSVILLE, NC – One of the “coolest cats” to ever pick up a banjo will entertain the crowd at the award-winning Carolina Bible Camp Bluegrass Festival on September 13, in Mocksville, N.C. 

Sammy Shelor, winner of the 2011 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass, will headline the festival with his popular group, the Lonesome River Band.

Tickets to Davie County’s Carolina Bible Camp Bluegrass Festival are available online now at www.cbcbluegrass.com. Ticket platform Zeffy makes the process easy.  Live ticket sales locations will be announced soon.

The September 13 schedule of bluegrass’s finest also includes:

-        PBS Song of the Mountains host Tim White & Troublesome Hollow

-        Liam Purcell and Cane Mill Road

-        Caroline Owens and New Company

-        and everyone’s favorite young musical family, The Biscuit Eaters

Sammy Shelor’s appearance marks the sixth time that a winner of the prestigious Steve Martin Award for Excellence in Banjo has appeared on the Carolina Bible Camp Front Porch Stage.

“Everyone I know is already looking forward to this,” said Festival Chairman and CBC Board Member Greg Brewer. “It will be a day to reconnect with friends, enjoy great music and food in a healthy and happy outdoor setting, and all for a good cause.”

Tickets are $20.00 in advance, $25.00 at the gate and children 12 and under are admitted free with an adult.

Gates will open at 10:00 a.m. and guests should bring their lawn chairs for general admission seating under large, comfortable audience tents and abundant shade trees. An opening ceremony takes place at 10:45 a.m. and live music will be held from 11:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. See the complete schedule at www.cbcbluegrass.com. Some campsites are also available on the 68-acre campus.

“The fun has started already,” Brewer said. “Follow us on Facebook for contests and updates.”

Held rain or shine, the festival provides many free activities for kids including Music Time with Miss Laura, Ga-Ga Ball with Mr. Zach, Nature Walk with Miss Charity, and “When I Grow Up, I Want to Be…” with NCSHP Trooper Brady White, Family Nurse Practitioner Keysha Kendrick, and more.

Carolina Bible Camp Bluegrass Festival 2025 is sponsored in part by Davie County Chamber &Tourism, Brewer and Brewer Attorneys at Law, Mocksville Tourism and Development, Carolina Hearing Doctors, PQA Healthcare, and Spectrum Hospitality Management. Media partners are WAME radio and the Signal Hill Media Partners family of radio stations and YES! Weekly. Other sponsors include DavidSon Home Crafters and AGAPE of NC, and Hospitality Partner Comfort Inn & Suites of Mocksville.

Festival proceeds benefit the Camp’s scholarship and capital development funds. No child has been turned away from Camp due to an inability to pay.

Carolina Bible Camp & Retreat Center is located at 1988 Jericho Church Road in Mocksville, NC 27028. For more information, please contact CBC Bluegrass Festival Executive Director Lisa Brewer at (336) 262-6325 or spchwoman@aol.com.