Bluegrass Festival leaders fiddling with thoughts of event’s future

Rick Faris, center, performs with his band Friday on the Byron Berline Main Stage at Oklahoma’s International Bluegrass Festival in Guthrie. Faris, who first played the festival in 2010, credited the late Byron Berline’s friendships with musicians around the world for the festival’s international lineup. “It’s a legendary festival, but also the fun that we have in the campground with jamming and hanging out with friends,” Faris said. Photo by Brent Fuchs
Rick Faris, center, performs with his band Friday on the Byron Berline Main Stage at Oklahoma’s International Bluegrass Festival in Guthrie. Faris, who first played the festival in 2010, credited the late Byron Berline’s friendships with musicians around the world for the festival’s international lineup. “It’s a legendary festival, but also the fun that we have in the campground with jamming and hanging out with friends,” Faris said. Photo by Brent Fuchs

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