July 25- 26-27, 2025 | 44th Annual Backbone Bluegrass

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  • About
    • About
    • Festival Info
    • Plan Your Weekend
    • Welcome to NE Iowa
  • Bands
  • Play It Forward!
  • Contact

 The Backbone Lake Promotion Association (BLPA) is a licensed affiliate of the Play It Forward!® Instrument Lending Program, created by the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation (BHF). BLPA works with bluegrass musicians and music teachers to foster music literacy and performance skills in deserving young people (ages 8-21) by providing no-cost access to primary bluegrass musical instruments. As part of the Play It Forward! Program, BLPA works with bluegrass clubs and associations to find musicians and music teachers who are willing to become a bluegrass mentor for those young people who seek to borrow instruments under the program.  

Play It Forward! Instrument Lending Program

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Email: iowaplayitforward@gmail.com 

(641) 203-2714

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Upper Mississippi Gaming Corporation
Erling B and Dorothy Hanson Foundation
Clayton County Development Group

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