TOE-TAPPIN’ TUNES TAKE TO LOCAL BREWERY’S BEER GARDEN THIS WEEKEND

Guitar player Nicholas Kiriazis of the Low Ground Band performs during last year’s festival. JACQUELINE HALE/Keys Weekly

Three days of tunes, beer and food highlight the 11th annual Baygrass Bluegrass Festival in Islamorada. 

Organized by Island Community Entertainment (ICE), and hosted by Florida Keys Brewing Co., the music kicks off Friday, Jan. 12 with Snowbird Street Band at 1:30 p.m. Nighttime tunes will be played by Hare of the Dawg beginning at 6 p.m. Micah & the Barstool Sailors will take to the beer garden stage Saturday, Jan. 13 at 1 p.m., followed by The Wondering Hours at 6 p.m.

Sunday’s music will include Lowground Band at 1 p.m. followed by Grass is Dead at 6 p.m. This three-day music extravaganza is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit Baygrass Bluegrass Festival on Facebook.

Guitar player Drew Matulich performs with the festival’s headliner, The Grass is Dead, a bluegrass Grateful Dead tribute band at last year’s Baygrass Bluegrass Festival in Islamorada. JACQUELINE HALE/Keys Weekly