Pickin' In The Pasture is held on a working sheep farm. The gentle rolling pastures become the festival grounds. The creature comforts are well provided at Pickin' In The Pasture. There are plenty of relatively level camping sites on well laid out roadways for RVs and lots of shade in wooded areas for tents. Porta-johns are well distributed throughout the grounds. Water and solar showers are available. Ice is delivered through the campground. There are several rain or shine audience tents in the stage area. A shuttle service transports fans between the stage and their campsites. The gate opens at noon on Wednesday for free camping to those purchasing 4-day weekend tickets. Tired campers are welcome to stay over Sunday night after the festival.

A wide variety of good reasonably priced foods are served on site. In the past food items have included chicken barbeque, wood fired pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers, Italian Sausage, smoked pulled pork, Jamaican jerk chicken, ice cream, kettle corn, a breakfast menu, etc. Coolers are allowed in the stage area but inappropriate behavior is not.

Pickin' In The Pasture's reputation as a great place to jam continues to spread. Every year we are amazed at the caliber of musicians in the campground. There is plenty of opportunity to jam for all levels of players from friendly beginner circles to hot late night sessions that will stimulate even seasoned professionals.

Take advantage of the instructional masters workshops where you can interact with some of the top bluegrass musicians in the country.

The children's program offers entertainment for the kids as well as an educational experience where they can receive instruction in bluegrass music. Who knows, some of the kids might end up on stage by Sunday! If your children have started playing or singing bluegrass music and are interested in getting together with other kids to play some bluegrass and get some instruction please contact us prior to the event.

For more information or to receive a free festival brochure, contact us at alex11@capital.net. We look forward to seeing you at Pickin' In The Pasture this August 21, 22, 23, and 24th 2008 in Lodi NY. Don't forget to tell your friends!