Southland Bluegrass Music Festival

The outdoor entertainment lineup announced highlights free performances from headliners Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Del McCoury, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Travelin’ McCourys, and Alligator Alley. Zig Zag Lounge performances will be announced at a later date.

All concerts are free with the main Festival performances held outdoors. Attendees are welcome to bring chairs and all ages are welcome. A large selection of food trucks will be at the event. Coolers, backpacks and pets will not be permitted. For more information, visit Moreinparadise.com.

Outdoor Festival performers include:

Rhonda Vincent & The Rage

It was her pivotal bluegrass album “Back Home Again” that transformed Rhonda Vincent into the All-American Bluegrass Girl and crowned her the New Queen of Bluegrass by The Wall Street Journal in 2000. A multi-award winner, with a 2017 Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album, an Entertainer of the Year 2001, Song of the Year 2004, an unprecedented seven consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association 2000-2006, and an eighth win of IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year in 2015. Her lifelong dream came true when she was invited to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry on Feb. 28, 2020. Rhonda waited an unprecedented 345 days and was officially inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry on Feb. 6, 2021. Her powerful vocal style transcends the boundaries of bluegrass music, as evidenced in her collaboration with Dolly Parton on the Elton John/Bernie Taupin Tribute Project “Restoration” in 2018.

Del McCoury Band

Even among the pantheon of music’s finest artists,Del McCoury stands alone. From the nascent sound of bluegrass that charmed hardscrabble hillbilly honkytonks, rural schoolhouse stages, and the crowning glory of the Grand Ole Opry to the present-day culture-buzz of viral videos and digital streams, Del is the living link. On primetime and late-night television talk shows, there is Del. From headlining sold-out concerts to music festivals of all genres, including one carrying his namesake, there is Del. Where audiences number in the tens of thousands, and admirers as diverse as country-rock icon Steve Earle and jamband royalty Phish count as two among hundreds, there is Del. Now helming the Del McCoury Band, with sons Ronnie and Rob, the ensemble did and continues to represent in a larger, growing musical community a peerless torchbearer for the entire sweep and scope of bluegrass history.

The Infamous Stringdusters

The Infamous Stringdusters are a celebrated American progressive bluegrass band known for their virtuosic musicianship, innovative arrangements, and genre-blending style. The GRAMMY® Award-winning Americana quintet have musical influences that truly run the gamut, but their common denominator is certainly bluegrass: the sound that has in essence defined the course of their career. The Infamous Stringdusters stand out as the rare group who can team up with contemporary artists on late night television one night and headline the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre the next. They have recently emerged as proprietors behind their newly found independent record label, Americana Vibes. The Travelin’ McCourys The McCoury brothers- Ronnie (mandolin) and Rob (banjo) - were born into the bluegrass tradition: their father, Del, is among the most influential and successful musicians in the history of the genre. Years on the road with their father encouraged the duo to imagine how traditional bluegrass could cut innovative pathways into 21st century music. They assembled a group that could take what they had in their DNA, take what traditions they learned and heard, and push the music forward. In fact, the band became the only group to have each of its members recognized with an International Bluegrass Music Association Award for their instrument at least once.

Alligator Alley & Florida Bluegrass Express

  Formed in South Florida in 2014, Alligator Alley boasts four talented singers, musicians and songwriters who each bring their own flavor to the band’s sound. Three Miami boys and one man from the Bronx make up the band, bringing that high energy Bluegrass sound from the mountains down to the coast. Whether it’s an old favorite, an envelope-pushing crossover or a heartfelt original, you know you are getting some “Bluegrass with Bite.”

Outdoor Stage Schedule

12:00 p.m. Alligator Alley

01:30 p.m. The Travelin’ McCourys

03:00 p.m. The Infamous Stringdusters

04:30 p.m. Del McCoury

06:30 p.m. Rhonda Vincent & the Rage