Bluegrass & Brews Festival set for June in Loveland

LOVELAND – A two-day festival featuring bluegrass music performers and products from downtown craft breweries will return June 9-10 for its third year.

The Loveland Downtown District said Wednesday that the Bluegrass & Blues Festival at Foundry Plaza kicks off the One Sweet Summer series of events in downtown Loveland and will include live music from a variety of bluegrass acts, session beers from downtown craft breweries and more.

Headlining the festival will be 2019 Grammy Award winning fiddler Michael Cleveland and his band Flamekeeper from Indiana, Chatham County Line from North Carolina and Pixie and the Partygrass Boys from Salt Lake City. Other acts include Scott Slay and the Rail, Jake Leg and Buffalo Commons.

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The event is free with free parking available throughout downtown and in The Foundry parking garage.

Businesses that wish to sponsor the event or locate food trucks or vendor booths at the festival can contact Abby Powell at apowell@lovelandpartnership.org.

“We’re very excited to provide two days of fun and entertainment to the Loveland community this year.” said Sean Hawkins, executive director of the Loveland Downtown District, in a prepared statement. “This will kick off another summer full of events and opportunities for people to enjoy live artists from across the country while supporting our local businesses. This year, the brew portion of the festival is also expanding to include additional breweries from Loveland and Northern Colorado with special festival tasting options.”

Support for the One Sweet Summer event series comes from annual investor partners FNBO, Xfinity and iHeart Media.