This Southern Colorado bluegrass festival is a finalist for an international music award. Hear about legendary performers and how it helps kids

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People walk around two large event tents set in a very green meadow with hay fields and mountain views behind them
Jason Rivera "High Mountain Hay Fever Hayseed alumni"/High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival
The High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival is held in an area known as The Bluff at the west end of Main Street in Westcliffe overlooking hay fields with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains as a backdrop.


Two people sing into a microphone, The woman is holding a fiddle and the man is playing a guitar.
Mario Cavalli/High Mountain Hay Fever Festival

Three young children perform, two of them playing fiddles, perform as part of the bluegrass festiival
High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival

Lights glow from beneath the big tent at night as people crowd in to watch the show
High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival
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