Podunk Bluegrass Festival

Connecticut Public Radio | By Ray Hardman

Published August 3, 2011 at 10:58 AM EDT

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The Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival gets underway in East Hartford and runs through the weekend. Some of the best Bluegrass acts in the country will perform this weekend. What started 16 years ago as a small get together of local bluegrass musicians and fans has become one of the biggest Bluegrass festivals in the US.

Joining us by phone is C. Roger Moss, director of East Hartford's department of parks and recreation which organizes the event

Ray Hardman

Ray Hardman was an arts and culture reporter at Connecticut Public.

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