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The Second Annual Adams County Bluegrass Festival, August 23-25, 1974. Performers included Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys • Ralph Stanley • Lester Flatt • James Monroe • Bluegrass Alliance • Country Gazette • Bobby Smith • Monroe Doctrine • The McLain Family Band • Clyde Moody • Haystack Mountain Boys • Denver Grass • City Limits • Possumtrotters • Colorado Sage • Dudley Murphy • Ray & Ina Patterson • Williams Family • Minnie Moore.

The festival continued at this venue through 1987. After that it was held in Loveland, Colorado for four years before relocating again to Lyons, Colorado in 1992 where the event has been held for the past 25 years.

Marty Stuart adjusts Lester Flatt's bowtie before a performance. Stuart joined the band at the age of 14 and went on to a long successful career in country music. Lester Flatt died in 1979 from heart failure.
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Adams County Bluegrass Festival 1974
The Second Annual Adams County Bluegrass Festival, August 23-25, 1974. Performers included Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys • Ralph Stanley • Lester Flatt • James Monroe • Bluegrass Alliance • Country Gazette • Bobby Smith • Monroe Doctrine • The McLain Family Band • Clyde Moody • Haystack Mountain Boys • Denver Grass • City Limits • Possumtrotters • Colorado Sage • Dudley Murphy • Ray & Ina Patterson • Williams Family • Minnie Moore.<br /> <br /> The festival continued at this venue through 1987. After that it was held in Loveland, Colorado for four years before relocating again to Lyons, Colorado in 1992 where the event has been held for the past 25 years.<br /> <br /> Marty Stuart adjusts Lester Flatt's bowtie before a performance. Stuart joined the band at the age of 14 and went on to a long successful career in country music. Lester Flatt died in 1979 from heart failure.