There are also free bluegrass concerts each Sunday atop Aspen Mountain.

Troutdale's fire hall holds a monthly bluegrass concert during the winter, except when it is cancelled due to a fire.

At the theater's bluegrass concerts, for example, "I won't recognize a single face," he said.

A preview reception on Friday evening provides a first crack at the fine arts and crafts offered at the festival, as well as a bluegrass concert.

Ms. Horovitch, a native of Montreal, was a dyed-in-Harris tweed folkie until she attended her first bluegrass concert, which featured Joe Val.

There are also traditional craft demonstrations and free bluegrass concerts.

"One of the things that I felt was missing in Connecticut was theater-environment bluegrass concerts," she said.

Each spring, the station hosted a bluegrass concert at Fairfax High School.

Admission is $10 for the bluegrass concerts and $14 to $16 for "Always."

Sit at the back of a bluegrass concert in 80 of Kentucky's 121 counties, and you will drink nothing more alcoholic than a tall glass of orange juice.