ROMP Festival Breaks Attendance and Sales Records!

Officials at the International Bluegrass Museum say the crowd at this year's Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival (ROMP) broke all previous records, with 13,693 tickets sold to 8,807 people, not including children, over the event's 3-day run at the end of June.

Museum Director Gabrielle Gray

International Bluegrass Museum Director Gabrielle Gray reported that total attendance including children was at around 15,000.

The festival, which is sponsored by the bluegrass museum, was the largest of the 27 bluegrass festivals Owensboro has hosted since 1985.

The previous record was 9,500 tickets sold for the International Bluegrass Music Association Fan Fest at English Park in 1995.