The third annual Earl Scruggs Music Festival came to a close Sunday evening after country music icon Tanya Tucker brought concert goers to their feet with her popular "Delta Dawn" singing from the Foggy Mountain Stage.
Thousands of fans from across the country attended the three day Labor Day weekend festival.
"Earl Scruggs #3 was a great success. Fun times with great music, friends and family is always the goal and feedback says that is exactly what attendees experienced," said Sharon Decker, president Carolina Operations, Tryon Equestrian Partners.
"Earl Scruggs memory will forever live on as the festival continues", Decker said.
The Tryon International Equestrian Center hosted the annual festival as fans traveled to Mill Spring from across the country. One fan who said he had recently retired is spending all his free retirement days attending bluegrass festivals across the country. He'll be back next year.
Siblings Janet and Jim Brightley of Washington, D.C., have attended the bluegrass festival three years.
This year's event hosted many national acts, including headliners Yonder Mountain String Band, Old Crow Medicine Show, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, and Tanya Tucker.
"This is the best festival I've ever been to," said Dave McCarthy, who traveled from Virginia to enjoy this year's celebration. "This is an incredible lineup, good vibes. We're just so excited to be here," said McCarthy in a quote from the source NewsBreak. Although the weather was hot, there were some moments of rain on Sunday afternoon. Thunderstorms and lightning also created a few temporary delays on Sunday evening. But the show went on."
The word around the venue grounds at the close Sunday night were, "wait until next year. You won't believe it."