The Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association's semi-annual Festival in Kendallville is finally back on track this Labor Day weekend after a year and a half hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions. The four day celebration begins at the Noble County 4-H Fairground and welcomes both walk-in visitors and camping enthusiasts to its spacious grounds. The group, which was formed in 1976 by a group of musicians from the Fort Wayne area who shared a passion for the genre and an affinity for homemade music, has hosted these festivals at the Fairground during Memorial and Labor Day weekends since 1990. The stage show, with its large and prestigious variety of bluegrass talent features eleven bands, twenty-one sets and nearly non-stop informal jamming in the side yard throughout the event. Among this year's headliner acts is Fort Wayne's own Debutants newgrass band. For a look behind the scenes at the community of bluegrass enthusiasts that has grown along with the organization, WBOI's Julia Meek sat down with its top officers, Jim Winger and Joe Steiner, to discuss how this year's event is taking shape and where the organization, as well as the genre it promotes, is headed. WBOI Artcentric is brought to you by WBOI’s own Julia Meek and Ben Clemmer. Our theme music is “Me voy pal campo'' by KelsiCote. Our administrative assistant is Olivia Fletter. Our production assistants are Monica Blankenship, Steve Mullaney, Kyle Norbeck, Diahmynd Thomas, Mikaela Veltum, and Sydney Wagner.