This year’s Uncle Dave Macon Days festival returns on Friday, September 6 and Saturday, September 7, 2024 at a new home — Hop Springs on John Bragg Highway in Murfreesboro.
After moving to The Fountains at Gateway and then to Shelbyville after years of having a home at Cannonsburgh Village, this new venue fits the event’s new focus on performance verses competition, and its renaming it to Uncle Dave Macon Days presents “Roots Rendezvous.”
It remained on the square for many years, until its move in the 1990s to Cannonsburgh Village, having morphed into the National Championships for Old-time Banjo and Old-Time Clogging and Buck Dancing, as designated by the US Congress in 1986. It had outgrown its former space.
The current incarnation will be a vehicle for performances on two stages — one in the tap room and one outside — by Dewdrop Jamboree, Glade City Rounders, Jake Leg Stompers, Noelle Goodin Band, Cripple Creek Cloggersand more.
As in the past, handmade fine craft and visual artists will again be a part of the festival thanks to a partnership with ‘Boro International, MTSU Art Gallery, MTSU Department of Art and Design and Stones River Crafts Association’s ‘Boro Art Crawl.
Admission to the festival is $10 per car. Hop Springs is located at 6790 John Bragg Highway, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. For more information, call (833) 615-ROOT or visit rootsrendezvous.com.
2024 Roots Rendezvous Schedule
Friday, September 6
- 3:00 p.m. Doors Open
- 4:00 p.m. Opening Ceremonies
- 4:30 p.m. Stones River Bluegrass (inside)
- 5:30 p.m. Caleb Christopher Edwards (outside)
- 7:30 p.m. Dewdrop Jamboree (inside)
Saturday, September 7
Outside Stage – ’Boro International
- 11:00 a.m. – Tony Hartman
- 11:45 a.m. – Ambar Herrera Lopez
- 12:00 p.m. – Decy Ramona
- 12:20 p.m. – Frank Bailey and Friends
Inside Stage
- 1:00 p.m. – Noelle Goodin Band
- 2:00 p.m. – Delyn Christian Trio
- 3:00 p.m. – Cripple Creek Cloggers with the Slim Chance Band
- 4:00 p.m. – Glade City Rounders
- 5:00 p.m. – Jake Leg Stompers
- 7:00 p.m. – Rockin’ Country
