Raw States
Backbone Bluegrass Festival
Strawberry Point, IA · Music
- When
- July 23–25, 2027
- Where
- Backbone State Park, 1356 110th St · Strawberry Point · IA
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
A bluegrass, country, and gospel music festival held each July at Backbone State Park, Iowa's oldest state park, near Strawberry Point. Now in its 45th year, the weekend draws musicians and campers from across the region.
The history within reach
- Field of Dreams25 mi
A baseball diamond a farmer cut into his corn for the film and then, when he was supposed to plough it back under, could not.
A large fur-trade-era reenactment on the Mississippi River island where Prairie du Chien's historic trading post once stood.
- Effigy Mounds38 mi
More than two hundred mounds on the bluffs above the Mississippi, many shaped as bears and birds up to 137 feet long, built over several centuries and best read from the air.
Hillary Clinton's first attempt at Snapchat, filmed at arm's length on the Cedar River bank in July 2015, produced four words delivered directly into the lens.
Cedar Falls throws its biggest community festival on the last weekend of June, with a parade, live bands on multiple stages, a classic car show, and an arts and crafts fair anchored at Overman Park.