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The 2013 Albert Hash Memorial Festival will be held Saturday, August 31, 2013 at Grayson Highlands State Park in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia. The festival will be held at the park’s Henderson Stage picnic area. The day-long festival runs from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m.

The crowd gathers for the Albert Hash Memorial Festival

 The festival honors beloved fiddler and fiddle-maker Albert L. Hash, a man known for his dedication to old time music and his impact on generations of musicians.   The festival hopes to preserve and promote traditional mountain music, dance, crafts and instrument making, while honoring Albert Hash and giving back to the community through music.

Local crafts, concessions, a farmers’ market, cakewalks and plenty of dancing will take place along with special music and dance performances and instrument making displays.

Updated performers list includes:

WHITETOP MOUNTAIN BAND
BIG COUNTRY BLUEGRASS
CROOKED ROAD RAMBLERS
WAYNE HENDERSON & FRIENDS
NEW BALLARD BRANCH BOGTROTTERS
ROAN MTN HILLTOPPERS
HARD CIDER BAND
MASTER FIDDLERS WORKSHOP
POSSUM RUNNERS DANCERS

There will also be a Master Fiddlers’ Workshop with a fiddle demonstration from an array of old time/bluegrass fiddlers from the Blue Ridge.

There is a $10 per person admission fee and a $3 per vehicle parking fee. Children 12 years-old and younger are free. Raffle tickets for a handmade quilt by Denise Hayball will also be sold. Each ticket is $1 each and can be bought through the festival’s website. All proceeds from the raffle go toward funding future festivals.  

The Albert Hash Festival is a community event made possible by volunteers. For further information, or to serve as a volunteer during the festival, click here. 

For more information on Grayson Highlands or any of Virginia’s 36 award-winning state parks go to www.virginiastateparks.gov or call toll-free 1-800-933-7275 (PARK).