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Bluegrass on Ballard

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Date: Saturday, June 29, 2024
Time: 10 am - 9 pm
Location: Olde City Park, 112 N. Ballard Avenue
Historic Downtown Wylie

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Historic Downtown Wylie will indeed be wide awake on June 29 for this free festival featuring top bluegrass bands, a 200+ car show, 100+ arts and crafts, great fair food, and children's activities. A day of fun for the whole family.

Bring your instrument and pick and jam with other musicians on the street or in shops and restaurants throughout the day, and don't forget your lawn chairs or blanket to enjoy a summer evening with Grammy award-winning bluegrass bands in the shade of Olde City Park.

Activities Schedule
10 am - 9 pm Arts & Crafts, Children’s Activities, Fair Food
10 am - 5 pm Battle of the Badges Blood Drive
1 - 9 pm Bluegrass Bands
4 - 9 pm Car Show

2024 Band Schedule TBD

More information at DiscoverWylie.com and BluegrassHeritage.org

Hotels
Comfort Inn and Suites
2011 N Highway 78
Wylie, Texas 75098
Phone: 972-429-1771

Wylie La Quinta Inn & Suites
2210 W FM 544
Wylie, TX 75098
Phone: 469-969-0911

Holiday Inn Express & Suites
630 Sanden Blvd
Wylie, TX 75098469-543-0009

The Wylie Jubilee Bluegrass on Ballard is presented by Wylie Downtown Merchants Association, City of Wylie, Bluegrass Heritage Foundation, North Texas Equestrian Center, Meteor Hamburgers, Texas Health Breeze Urgent Care, NTTA, and the following sponsors.

Bluegrass on Ballard Sponsors 2023

Bluegrass on Ballard Publicity
"Bluegrass Blast: Residents Boogie Down in Wylie," Living Magazine, August 2018
"Classic Sounds, Classic Rides," Dallas Morning News Metro Section, July 9, 2018
"Free to Have Fun During Wylie Fest," Dallas Morning News Metro Section, July 4, 2016
"Jam Sessions are Just Part of the Fun at Bluegrass on Ballard," Dallas Morning News Guide, June 26, 2015
"Bluegrass on Ballard," Dallas Morning News, Go & Do, Best Bets, June 26, 2015
"Bluegrass on Ballard: Music City," Dallas Morning News NeighborsGo, July 10, 2015
"Scene / Events - Bluegrass on Ballard," Living Magazine, June 2015
"Bluegrass Festival Returns," Dallas Morning News, NeighborsGo, June 19, 2015
"Wide Awake Wylie Ready to Rock," Texas Co-op Power Magazine, July 2014
"Wylie Bluegrass Festival Hits Downtown," Dallas Morning News NeighborsGo, June 27, 2014
"Wylie Hosts a Bluegrass Street Party," Dallas Morning News Arts & Life, July 5, 2014
"Bluegrass on Ballard," Dallas Morning News Guide, July 4, 2014
"Fun for All at Bluegrass on Ballard," Dallas Morning News Metro Section, July 7, 2014
"Festival Hits Downtown," Dallas Morning News NeighborsGo, July 11, 2014
"Local Bluegrass: Bluegrass on Ballard Returns to Historic Downtown Wylie," Dallas Morning News NeighborsGo, July 4, 2014
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contact information

Wylie Municipal Complex
300 Country Club Rd., Bldg 100, Wylie, TX 75098
Main #: 972-516-6000
Monday – Friday

Building Inspection, 2nd floor, 7:30 am - 5:30 pm
972-516-6420, permits@wylietexas.gov

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Utility Billing, 1st floor, 7:30 am - 5:30 pm
972-516-6100, utility@wylietexas.gov

Recreation Center
300 Country Club Rd., Bldg 200, Wylie, TX 75098
972-516-6340, recreation@wylietexas.gov

Monday – Thursday, 5 am – 9 pm
Friday, 5 am – 5 pm
Saturday, 8 am – 8 pm
Sunday, 1 pm – 5 pm

Rita and Truett Smith Public Library
300 Country Club Rd., Bldg 300, Wylie, TX 75098
972-516-6250, libinfo@wylietexas.gov

Monday - Thursday, 10 am – 8 pm
Friday and Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm
Sunday, Closed

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2000 N. Hwy. 78, Wylie, TX 75098
972-442-8171
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Public Safety Communications
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Fire Administration
972-442-8110, wfdadmin@wylietexas.gov

Fire Stations
Station #1, 1400 S. Ballard Ave., 972-429-8071

Station #2, 555 Country Club Rd., 972-429-8072

Station #3, 210 W.A. Allen Blvd., 972-442-8073

Station #4, 3200 McMillen Dr., 972-442-8110

Public Works (Streets, Water and Wastewater)
949 Hensley Ln., Bldg 300, Wylie, TX 75098
972-442-7588
After-hours emergency? Contact Police Dispatch, 972-442-8171
Monday – Friday, 7 am – 4 pm

Parks and Recreation Administration
300 Country Club Rd., Bldg 100, Wylie, TX 75098
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Animal Services
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972-429-8047, animalcontrol@wylietexas.gov
After-hours emergency? Contact Police Dispatch, 972-442-8171
Monday – Saturday, 8 am – 5 pm

Senior Recreation Center
800 Thomas St., Wylie, TX 75098
972-516-6340, recreation@wylietexas.gov
Monday – Friday, 8 am – 4 pm

Welcome Center at the Brown House
301 North Ballard Ave., Wylie, TX 75098
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Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm
(April - October)
Tuesday - Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm
(November - March)

Economic Development Corporation
250 S. Hwy. 78, Wylie, TX 75098
972-442-3367, info@wylieedc.com
Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm

Athletic Field Condition Hotline
972-516-6350

Community Waste Disposal (Bulk Pickup/Trash)
972-392-9300

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