![]() ![]() It didn’t happen during the 13 years we went up on the mountain. People in the campgrounds always told stories when one or two cars rolled down the hill into the woods below with nobody hurt. The festival provided split wood blocks to be used to chock your wheels too. You had to be careful not to park cars up and down the hill for fear of running over someone if the brake slipped. Less ominous, and enjoyable to a point, was all night jamming and drumming that happened after dark each night.īecause of the mountaintop location, most camping was on the side hill. Ironically we never saw the stalker man again the whole weekend. I suspect we were able to get away because the stalker clearly had been drinking that morning. We then quickened out pace and eventually shook off the trailing stalker. When we noticed that this man was following us, we changed direction and walked away from our campsite in the opposite direction. ![]() He even stalked Laura and me as we returned to our campsite. However, one year my daughter, Laura, and I had a very scary experience when a man accused my daughter of relocating his chair back to make room for our chairs. This usually did not seem to cause problems for families that attended Winterhawk. Some groups bring in amazing amounts of alcohol. Beer was sold on tap and alcohol was everywhere. It is more likely that at this festival people seem to consume more alcohol that at most venues. The ages of the attendees at this festival trend younger than most of the other big festivals we’ve attended. There are always many Quebec and Ontario license plates in the campground. ![]() This event was located about three hours drive from both Boston and NYC.īecause of its location, the mix of people and accents was wonderfully diverse. Located on top of a mountaintop with views across the Hudson Valley (you can’t see the river) into the eastern end of the Catskills, this festival we considered one of the ‘biggest’ bluegrass festivals of the summer season. Winterhawk Bluegrass Festival was in upstate NY near Ancramdale. This festival seemed to be the logical next step. Each year we would see the incredible lineups made up of progressive bands like John Hartford, David Grisman Quintet and the New Grass Revival. We first found out about Winterhawk reading paper flyers that were displayed at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. ![]()
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