Well, here I am 2 years later, after having gone to the last 2 Joe Val festivals. It's coming up THIS WEEKEND, Feb 15-17, 2002 and we will be there, if any mudcats care to look us up.

This is a fun time cocooning in a hotel with round-the-clock music on the stage as well as in the workshop rooms, public jam rooms, lobby and private rooms in the "picking wing" of the hotel. There's a restaurant on-prem as well as snacks in the concert area and other food places nearby. The hotel is sold out, but day-trippers can still go.

Here's a website with a flyer about the festival, which is sponsored by the Boston Bluegrass Union: Joe Val Festival Flyer.