Apple Acres Farm / A Family Operated Apple Orchard

Once again the Apple Acres Family Bluegrass Festival and Chicken Barbeque will provide all day fun and shuttle rides to the Cornish Apple Festival. Apple picking, homemade pies and fudge, AppleBlaster, wagon rides, fresh pressed cider, Maine Made Crafts, children's activities, and much more .... Chicken Barbeque available at noon.

Adults $7, kids 16 and under free.

Below is this year's lineup with more to come.

(website) The Muddy Marsh Ramblers
A four piece, all acoustic band from Portland, Maine.
Playing traditional and their own original bluegrass, they also incorporate old time Celtic reels and jigs into their repitoire. Utilizing a highly-animated, single-microphone stage show, the Ramblers' originals have been getting considerable air-play throughout New England.
The Ramblers play frequently in the Portland area, and are available for weddings, parties, festivals and other events.

(website) Late Night Radio

Since 1999, Late Night Radio, has been entertaining New England audiences with their mix of traditional & modern bluegrass, vintage country, and acoustic swing. Diane Kordas brings the upright bass to the front of the band lineup with solid playing, smooth lead & harmony vocals, and superb song writing. Bob Kordas is an award winning banjo player & plays some incredible resophonic guitar, in addition to harmony vocals. George Ede contributes a country influence and his dazzling guitar playing to the band, along with lead & harmony vocals. Fred Fowler brings a strong traditional bluegrass flavor into the mix with his fiddle and vocals. The band name recalls times when, late in the wee hours when stars shine and the moon is low, if you got that transistor radio turned just right, you could hear great old tunes that just aren’t played on pop airwaves...that is the music Late Night Radio plays.

Bits & Pieces
Bits and Pieces play original and traditional bluegrass music with honesty and sincerity. Long time musical collaborators Bobby St. Pierre (mandolin, mandola, and lead guitar) and Ted DeMille (lead vocals and rhythm guitar) teamed up with bassist Kelly Burke and Dobro picker Dan Burke in the fall of 2007. The chemistry worked and the ensemble began rehearsing and developing a wide range of songs drawn from Ted and Bobby’s original vocal and instrumental numbers, songs from the first generation bluegrass icons, and interesting cover songs from the folk and blues repertoire. Collaborations in the summer of 2008 with local bluegrass banjo players including Jeff Folger and Suzie Gibson rounded out the quartet at festival and concert appearances. Bits and Pieces solid rhythm section, anchored by Kelly Burke’s stand up bass is complemented by innovative soloing by Dan and Bobby, and completed with Ted’s heartfelt lead vocals. Bits and Pieces put their collective shoulder to the wheel to serve the song. These veterans of bands such as the Hemingway Brothers, Bob French and the Rainbow Valley folks, Erica Brown and the Bluegrass Connection, and North Star never fail to entertain and delight the most discriminating concert or festival audiences. Don’t miss Bits and Pieces.