WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST SHOW OF THE 2009 SEASON ON APRIL 19TH---THE  SUNDAY AFTER EASTER!!! First band will be on at 2pm.

Hello,

We are Don and Sue Treadway. Our farm is in southeast Indiana just about a mile from the Indiana/Ohio state line 30 miles north of Cincinnati, Ohio. The nearest town is Bath, Indiana.which has a population of around 30.

We both have enjoyed listening to bluegrass music for many years. Last year we decided to clean out our barn and spruce it up a little to have a place for bluegrass musicians to perform in front of an audience. We have talked about doing it for years and finally did it.

Our barn has been open Sunday 2-5 pm since May 18 2008.

We do close on  some holiday weekends ( Mothers Day, Memorial Weekend, Fathers Day and  Labor Day Weekend). I will post closings on this site so you can check before coming.

We are trying to figure out a way to get those good pickers & singers, that might be sitting in the audience, up on the stage. We are thinking about two 25-30 minute open mic spots. We are open to suggestions so we can include more good talent.

We have had excellent talent both local and "road bands".  There is room to jam outside or inside.  The first couple of weeks the audience had to bring lawn chairs but now we have our own chairs thanks to Miami University Surplus Auction.

Our house band, Flatland Bluegrass Band, consists of Donna Hilderbrand (vocal), Colley Calihan (guitar & vocal), Alan McQueen (vocal & mandolin)  Gene Wagers (dobro) and Nathan Treadway (banjo). Dolly Bradshaw (vocal & bass ), Adam (fiddle), Woody Smith (fiddle) , Sue Faulkner (fiddle) also help us out regularly. Pictured above singing  with the band is Beth, one of  Cooleys 9 daughters.

We are going to try not to charge admission. We do have a "donation bucket" that we use for band expenses. Our friends, Tom and Mary Lou Ferris have been very supportive ever since we first started planning for this. They help us in so many ways and we really appreciate them. Mary Lou runs our snack bar where she serves up sandwiches, chips, drinks and usually homemade pies, cookies and cake.

We hope you will come out to visit us to jam, just listen to the music or both. If you have a bluegrass band and would like to perform on stage, let us know.

We would like some leaders to get jam sessions going outside the barn on Sundays. We have pop up tent, shade trees and chairs--all you have to add are pickers.

Thanks and hope to see you here,

Don and Sue Treadway