Dress Like A Viking, Hear Bluegrass At Golden's UllrGrass Fest

GOLDEN, CO -- Do you love Bluegrass music and beer enough to stand outside in a park in January? Are you willing to don Viking apparel klädd up till tänderna (up to your back teeth)?

The three-day UllrGrass Festival takes place January 26-28 in Golden's Parfet Park with night shows at New Terrain Brewery. Festival-goers dress in Viking regalia to celebrate the Norse God of winter, bluegrass music and craft beer.

This year, UllrGrass features artists from Nashville to California:

These include the UllrGrass All-Stars (with members of Railroad Earth, Leftover Salmon, Lyle Lovett Band, CORAL CREEK, Hot Buttered Rum and Hot Rize); CORAL CREEK with Tim Carbone and the Black Swan Singers, Poor Man's Whiskey, Luke Bulla, Rapidgrass, The Drunken Hearts, Thunder and Rain, Analog Son, F Y 5, Jaden Carlson Band, The Holler!, Uptown Toodeloo, WhiteWater Ramble, Pete & Joan Wernick, Meadow Mountain, Monocle Band, Miles Over Mountains, Dorado, The Cody Sisters, RUM CREEK... and more to be announced.

On Saturday, the fest hosts a UllrGrass Beer Festival with craft brews and ciders from more than 30 brewers

The fest is family-oriented with activities for kids: an Ullr-egg hunt, Ullr costume parade and on-site food trucks.

According to the fest's website:

UllrGrass is a volunteer-powered non-profit event with proceeds benefitting the Kids Music Project by Coral Creek which delivers music education and performance to kids in Colorado – more at www.coralcreekmusic/philanthropy

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