Picking and Grinning Country/Bluegrass Festival

09/19/2022

09/18/2022

We are having a greattime at the Tipsy Pig and no one even got tipsy.

10/30/2020

Another update on Earl Binns from Maryann Garrison. Here's the update on Earl. He got released from hospital this afternoon with meds. They are treating his heart with meds and he'll see heart dr. in spring when he comes home to Iowa.

10/30/2020

Earl Binns is in the hospital in Meza, Arizona with pneumonia and heart blockage. UPDATE FROM MARYANN GARRISON ABOUT EARL. Good Morning Everyone. I got a call from Earl last night. He got out of ICU and in Room 348 at Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, AZ. He sounded good and we were all Blessed to hear that the COVID test came back NEGATIVE. He said the tell everyone "HELLO". I want to thank everyone for their prayers - they do work. We gotta get his heart taken care of and over the pneumonia and he'll be out playing that BASS again soon!! Have a great day everyone.

08/06/2020

This is the beautiful quilt made and donated by Marge Prior for the raffle.

08/02/2020

I just received word that the Jacob Austin Band from Texas will be at our jam.

07/29/2020

PICKING AND GRINNING CAMP OUT/JAM SESSION

MISSOURI VALLEY CITY PARK
MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21st & SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2020

Jamming all over the grounds Friday evening and Saturday

Main jam in pavilion with amps Saturday 10:00-??

Camping $15.00/night
NO TENT CAMPING

We will be practicing safety precautions....
social distancing , groups no larger than 10 and mic covers for singers

BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS

07/29/2020

PICKING AND GRINNING CAMPOUT AND JAM SESSION
FRIDAY, AUG. 21 & SAT. AUG 22
MISSOURI VALLEY CITY PARK
MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA

CAMPING $15.00/night
NO TENT CAMPING

Acoustic jams Friday and Saturday

Main jam in Pavilion all day Saturday 10:00-?????
We will have 6 or 7 musicians on stage for back up and change off during the day.

NO Food Venders There are several restaurants nearby

We will be practicing safety precautions. Social distancing, groups of 10, and we will have mic covers.

Bring chairs

06/29/2020

Marge Prior will be donating a quilt for a raffle. tickets will be $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00.

06/29/2020

Here is a list of some of the people that will be at the Picking and Grinning Campout Jam Session August 21st and 22nd at the Missouri Valley City Park.

Marcia Claesson
Rayne Magill
Lonnie James
Dan Danielson
Jenna Rose
Tammy Zerkie
Roy King
Jim Mohatt
Nancy and Allan Jennings
Walt Weere
Kathy Dovel
Kathy Fleming
Connie Heisler
Mark Buckingham
Faye Krueger
Beverly Peterson
Mitch Kephart
Paul Wold
Tom May.

06/27/2020

06/27/2020

The dates for this event are August 21, 22.

06/27/2020

The Picking and Grinning Country/Bluegrass Festival is now known as the Picking and Grinning Campout and Jam Session. The Iowa Governor made a proclamation yesterday that we still have to practice social distancing, and The Farm Museum is not big enough for that. I have been talking to the Chamber of Commerce and City Hall and asked them if we could have a campout and jam there Friday, August 21, and Saturday, August 22. They are both very excited about it. Camping is $15.00 a night but no tent camping is allowed, On Friday night we will just have acoustic jams all over the campground. On Saturday we will start a jam with mics and amplifiers at 10:00am and go all day. It will be like our monthly jams but will go on longer. The pavilion in the picture above will be our stage. Five or six musicians will be on stage and do 2 songs and back up other singers. Others with instruments and singers will sit in the front row and sing their 2 songs and so on. The Backup musicians can change off. If others want to, they can go off under a shade tree and have acoustic jams. They said they had to be in groups no larger than 6. We still have to take precautions to keep everyone safe. We will be getting some mic covers for singers and when you go to sing you will need to put one on the mic and remove it when you are done. You can keep it for the next time you sing or throw it away. There will not be a food wagon there as planned before. Those of you that go to our monthly jams know that I always have the coffee pot on, a jug of iced tea and some kind of food. But there will be done of that there. Bring your own everything. There are lots of good restaurants real close to the park. Penny's Dinner, Cornstalk Cafe, Subway, McDonalds, Burger King, and Arbys. The Chamber of Commerce would like me to get some pictures of some that will be attending so they can put it in the paper. There will be bathrooms open. Please let me know if you think you can make it. Hope to see a lot of you there, and hope this is the last change I have to make. But if the Governor closes all parks down again we will have to cancel it.

06/06/2020

Here is a story from the Bluegrass Standard https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthebluegrassstandard.com%2Ffrom-car-seat-to-bluegrass-william-lawson%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR30h4Z_HUbnxFNLgc49QpwZu4xKRxzIVgWLCPS221CQbfncVPlr5XicULk&h=AT2Jx7tQnHaqG2FjjrhioA9AlIswgtqOZAVy_ggzyDiS9OoeXdvxo2XHRj53uzsJs2SU_24vbvLiON7HnPjBP4p2ljO77b9_lMwG3WnVI2KGGY46PwBTOmGevTGgwuDvlS4Magazine about William Lawson.

05/30/2020

William Lawson, 12year old guitar picker, banjo picker, mandolin picker and fiddle player will be at our festival in Missouri Valley, Iowa, August 22nd and 23rd.

https://www.facebook.com/lawsons.page.7/videos/248827883111948/?t=8

11/11/2019

11/11/2019