Interesting comments here. I have to admit I go to 10 or 12 bluegrass festivals all over the Northeast every summer and have never seen the Confederate flag prominently displayed or sold at any of them. I'm from CT and consider the Confederate flag a symbol of pride in their homeplace flown by southerners. I do not associate it with slavery nor am I offended by it. But then, I'm not black, not southern, not usually aware of those kinds of issues when I'm typically immersed in the music at a bluegrass festival. There's also a whole lot of Christian gospel music at bluegrass festivals, none of it done to offend Jews or Muslims. It's about the MUSIC.