Bands from past festivals include:

• Alecia & Southland (2001)
• Audie Blaylock and Redline (2008)
• Blue River (2007)
• Bluegrass Solution (2007) 
• Bluegrass, The Wright Way (1993-1995)
• Bowles Creek (2004-2008)
• Bryan Bowers (1996)
• Buffalo Bill Beyer (2001)
• Cadillac Sky (2003-2004)
• The Chapman Family (1996)
• Classical Grass (2001, 2007)
• The Coleman Brothers (1990, 2000, 2005)
• The Cooke Brothers (1989, 1991)
• The Corner Band (1996, 1997)
• The Cox’s (1991)
• J.D. Crowe & The New South (2000)
• David Davis and the Warrior River Boys (2005, 2008)
• Honi Deaton & Dream (2002, 2004)
• The Dixie Chicks (1990)
• The Dorsey Quartet (1995)
• Doyle Dykes (2002)
• East Mountain Bluegrass Gospel Band (1997, 2000, 2002)
• Five for the Gospel (1997, 1998)
• Billy Joe Foster & Special Edition (1998-2000)
• Front Range (1994, 1996, 1998, 2001)
• Pam Gadd (2001)
• The Gibson Brothers (1997, 2004)
• Gary Gibbs (2002)
• The Gloryboys (1997)
• Bill Grant and Della Bell (1995)
• The Grazmatics (1994)
• The Hankins Family (1995-2005)
• Shelia Harris & Altered Strings (1999)
• The Hayes County Gals (1992)
• Hickory Hill (1989-2008)
• High Standard (1997)
• Hit & Run Bluegrass (2006)
• The Houstons (1996)
• Warren Hull & Acoux Deville (2006)
• The Isaacs (2000)
• Jericho Road (1999)
• Jeanette Williams Band (2006)
• Chris Jones & the Night Drivers (1999, 2007)
• Joyful Reflections (1995, 1997)
• Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys (1995)
• Kenny & Amanda Smith Band (2008)
• Lonestar (1995, 2005)
• Lonesome Standard Time with Glen Duncan & Larry Cordle (1994)
• Lost Highway (2002)
• Marty Raybon and Full Circle (2008) 
• The Masat Family (2004)
• The McLains (1998, 2000)
• The Mighty Sons of Paradise (1995, 1999)
• The Lynn Morris Band (1997, 2003)
• The Moonlighters (2002)
• Mountain Heart (2005)
• Alan Munde & Joe Carr (1996)
• Alan Munde & the Bluegrass Edition (2003)
• Alan Munde Gazette (2007) 
• Bob Murphey (1993)
• New Found Road (2003, 2004, 2005)
• New Tradition (1995, 1998, 1999)
• The Andy Owens Project (1991, 1994)
• Passin’ Thru (1994)
• David Parmley & Continental Divide (1996, 2002)
• Karen Peck & New River (1998)
• The Perry Family (2008)
• Pick'N Grass (2008)
• Pine Mountain Railroad (2008) 
• Plum Creek (1992)
• Randy Kohrs and the Lites (2008)
• Red Oak (1991, 1993, 1994, 1999)
• Rod Moag (2006)
• Salt Grass (1989, 1993)
• Second Time Around (1990)
• The Shady Grove Ramblers (1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2004)
• Karl Shiflett & Big Country (1995)
• Silver Creek (1992)
• The Schankman Twins (1997)
• The Sitze Family (2001)
• The Charle Sizemore Band (1996, 1998)
• Bill & Laurie Sky (2004)
• Solid Ground (2005)
• Sons of the South (2005)
• Southern Rose (1992)
• Tennessee Valley Authority (1992) 
• The Sieker Band (2007)
• The Special Consensus (1993, 2001, 2008)
• The Steeles (2003)
• The Stephens Family (1996)
• Barry & Holly Tashian (1995)
• The Tennessee Gentlemen (2006)
• Twice As Nice (1999)
• Undivided (1997)
• Vision 4 (1995, 1996)
• The Watsons (1994)
• Wild & Blue (1993, 1998)
• Deborah White & The Barndoor Stompers (1992, 1993)
• The Whites (1999, 2000)
• Whitehouse Harmony (1999, 2005)
• The Whitstein Brothers (1991)
• Buddy & Tina Wright (2002, 2003)
• The Young Family (1989)
• IIIrd Tyme Out (1992, 1997, 1998)