Stage 5
Stage 5 (or, originally, "Stage V") is an unofficial stage at the Walnut Valley Festival, an annual bluegrass festival in Winfield, Kansas, United States. Set up in the Pecan Grove campground, the informal stage began in 1987 when camper Russell Brace and friends built it on the back of a 1954 Chevrolet 4100 1-1/2 ton flatbed truck. The stage is so-named because the festival proper has four main stages. The stage was immediately popular and is now a cherished tradition at the annual event. Audiences at Stage 5 can usually expect to hear typical acoustic string instruments. With thirty minute time slots many different styles of acoustic music can be heard at Stage 5 .. Traditional bluegrass, newgrass, thrashgrass, western, country, singer/songwriter, Celtic, Americana, folk and old-time are just some of the various styles. Several notables have played Stage 5. Among them: Beppe Gambetta, Tommy Emmanuel, The Wilders, The Steel Wheels, Byron Berline Band, Barry "Bones" Patton, Pixie & the Party Grass Boys, Front Porch, The Kissinger Brothers, 3 Trails West, Moonshroom, Pretend Friend, The Dewayn Brothers and Split Lip Rayfield. "Stage 5 Motel ... more than just a one mic stand." See also 
List of bluegrass music festivals
List of folk festivals

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External links

Stage 5 website
Folk festivals in the United States
Music festivals in Kansas
Bluegrass festivals
Music festivals established in 1987
1987 establishments in Kansas