By Jacqueline Hale
Rich harmonies and high-energy rhythms poured from the Florida Keys Brewing Company’s beer garden as over 1,000 attended the ninth annual Baygrass Bluegrass Festival produced by Islamorada Community Engagement. Three nights of concerts, Jan. 13-15, featured Grandpa’s Cough Medicine on Jan. 13, The Knotty G’s and Micah & the Barstool Sailors on Jan. 14, and the Low Ground Band and The Grass is Dead on Jan. 15.
Guitar player Nicholas Kiriazis of the Low Ground Band performs Bill Monroe’s ‘Southern Flavor’ and other covers during the festival. 
A lively atmosphere fills the beer garden as festival goers, young and old, danced to the Low Ground Band. 
These women made the trip this year and in previous years from West Palm Beach to attend the Baygrass Bluegrass Festival. 
Mike and Carron Bullard came from Calera, Alabama to attend the festival. Mike, a mandolin player, joined the Low Ground Band for several songs. 
Florida Keys Brewing Company offers several locally brewed beers on tap, including its top selling Iguana Bait, and this gluten free India Pale Ale from Green’s Beers.
