Braden River Bluegrass Festival

01/20/2025

Remember this band ? Still going strong this Wednesday at the Manatee County Fair. Sets at 3:00, 5:00 , and 7:00

10/23/2024

HWY 41 SOUTH plays at
9:00 am
11:00 am
3:00 pm
Both Saturday and Sunday
We'll have a great time !
3:00 pm

This year’s Pumpkin Festival entertainment has been revealed!

As always, the many bands, shows, thrills, and other entertainment are INCLUDED with admission! We strategically space them out so you are able to catch all of them during your day of fall fun!

For a list of this year’s entertainment with days and times, click on this link: https://www.hunsaderfarms.com/pumpkin-fest-extra

For general information about the Pumpkin Festival, click here: https://www.hunsaderfarms.com/pumpkin-festival

And for our Facebook event to add it to your calendar, follow this link: https://facebook.com/events/s/hunsader-farms-33rd-annual-pum/524535056621426/

06/24/2024

For all my SRQ friends, I'll be picking at Jrs Old Packinghouse Cafe tomorrow evening at 7:00 p.m. with a new local band, Flat Branch. Stop in if you can ! Tuesday evening, June 25, at 7:00 p.m.

04/27/2024

Playing music at the Avon Park Blueberry Festival today with 41. Fun event, and you are invited. I do believe it is free admission.

04/19/2024

Our final weekend of the 1st Annual Flower Festival is just around the corner! Along with fields of flowers, hayrides, train rides, a petting zoo, yummy food, craft vendors, and more, we also have live music ALL DAY on our main stage!

9am-11am we have HWY 41 SOUTH with some AMAZING bluegrass music! Sit back in the shade and enjoy the morning listening to this acoustic band, bringing you back to a time where life was simpler!

11am-1pm are The 301 Traveler's with “country, a dash of freedom, and a little rock!” They’ll surely get you up on the stage dancing!

1pm-5pm, Westbound & Down takes the stage till closing playing “the best of southern rock, kickin country, and rock n roll”! They’ll bring the boogie to the Boogie Barn stage!

The last weekend of the Flower Festival is April 20th and 21st from 9am-5pm

For more information about the Flower Festival, visit Hunsaderfarms.com

04/19/2024

Really glad to be playing back in Bradenton this weekend ! We also have some big news coming up about this festival ! We are talking about doing it again ! So get up early in the morning, and come on out to Hunsader Farms. We play from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

5500 Co Rd 675, Bradenton, FL 34211

Our final weekend of the 1st Annual Flower Festival is just around the corner! Along with fields of flowers, hayrides, train rides, a petting zoo, yummy food, craft vendors, and more, we also have live music ALL DAY on our main stage!

9am-11am we have HWY 41 SOUTH with some AMAZING bluegrass music! Sit back in the shade and enjoy the morning listening to this acoustic band, bringing you back to a time where life was simpler!

11am-1pm are The 301 Traveler's with “country, a dash of freedom, and a little rock!” They’ll surely get you up on the stage dancing!

1pm-5pm, Westbound & Down takes the stage till closing playing “the best of southern rock, kickin country, and rock n roll”! They’ll bring the boogie to the Boogie Barn stage!

The last weekend of the Flower Festival is April 20th and 21st from 9am-5pm

For more information about the Flower Festival, visit Hunsaderfarms.com

02/23/2024

We have a wonderful show lined up for tomorrow with two awesome bands. From the state of FL we'll have Keith Bass & the Florida Bluegrass Express Band, and from Nashville, Tennessee we'll have Williamson Branch. The stage opens at noon with the open mic.

12:00 Open Mic
1:00 Keith Bass & the Florida Bluegrass Express Band
2:00 Williamson Branch
2:50 50/50 drawing
3:00 Keith Bass & the Florida Bluegrass Express Band
4:00 Williamson Branch

https://www.williamsonbranch.com/

Free for members, $10 if not a member.

No Coolers or Pets in the Concert Area (Please).

Home page of Williamson Branch, a bluegrass group from Nashville. "This high energy stage show features the magic of pitch perfect, organic family harmony!"

10/27/2023

We have a great show lined up for tomorrow ! Swinging Bridge will be performing ! We are back outside as well ! See you at Craig's RV Park in Arcadia. The show starts at 1:00 p.m.

The next Heartland-Southwest Florida Bluegrass Music Association Event will be on October 28, 2023. This will be our first outdoor show of the season !  Electric and water hookups will be limited in the back, however there is a huge capacity for dry camping. Hookups are still just $25 a night, ...

06/19/2023

Come on out to Arcadia this Saturday !!!

The next Heartland-Southwest Florida Bluegrass Music Association Event will be on June 24, 2023. We will be in the Recreation Hall up front. All camping will be up front as well.  We had a great turn out for the May show which was our first indoor show of the year. The weather was so nice outside...

01/23/2023

If you have been missing your bluegrass fix, then we have a solution for you. Come join us this weekend !

The next Heartland-Southwest Florida Bluegrass Music Association Event will be on January 28, 2023. We have a great show lined up for this weekend. The Jam Band (open mic) will kick things off at 1:00 p.m. At 2:00 p.m. Jon Garon will be bringing his friend JACK LAWRENCE, the world class picker who...

01/18/2023

HWY 41 SOUTH will be at the Manatee County Fair today playing at 3, 5, and 7 on the main stage. It is senior day so those 55 and over can get in for $6. We'll see you at the fair !

01/09/2023

Hwy 41 South will be at the Manatee County Fair this Thursday night. Playing on the main stage at 7:00 and 9:00.

https://www.manateecountyfair.com/?fbclid=IwAR36X1wUeU-a81YTL_XAGK2D6hkPyEta_p9RI21_c4y3-ryA_XdqK2RCBpg