First Friday BBQ & Bluegrass – Park Circle Pride Edition!

It’s Bluegrass Pride and we’ve got Nashville artist, Justin Hiltner, back on the Commonground stage! IBMA Award nominee Justin Hiltner is a banjo player and songwriter based in Nashville, TN. His high-energy, Scruggs-style picking is unique in its combination of traditional aesthetic and progressive, outside-the-box thinking. Having a dynamic, variable voice on the banjo has given him opportunities across genres, not simply in straight-ahead bluegrass or “newgrass” alone, but also in folk, country, singer/songwriter, and Celtic. His original songs don’t fall neatly into any of these genre labels, but are instead focused on their stories – which are intensely personal, while maintaining relatability and accessibility.