The Stanley Brothers played at Frontier Ranch, Columbus, Ohio.

Ralph held his '1st Annual Carter Stanley Memorial Blue Grass Festival' at the Old Home Place, between Coeburn & McClure, Virginia. In addition to Ralph Stanley, other acts on the bill included: Bill Monroe, Reno-Smiley-Harrell, Country Gentlemen, Carl Story, Goins Brothers, Roy McGinnis & The Sunnysiders, Jim Eanes, Rose Brothers & The Cumberland Mountaineers, Lee Allen & Band, Cooke Duet.

After the music on Friday night, a live fox race took place. Tickets for all three days cost $10, with day tickets available for $3 (Friday) & $4 (Saturday/Sunday).

Ralph was listed as appearing on Friday (30 May) at the (3rd Annual) 'Bluegrass Music Festival Of The United States', Riverfront Plaza, Louisville, Kentucky. The band played two sets with a show in the afternoon and another in the evening.

The festival itself ran from 26 May - 1 June and was sponsored by Citizens Fidleity Bank. Entrance was free, and other acts included: Bluegrass Alliance, Bill Monroe, James Monroe, Jim & Jesse, Blue Grass Generation, Goins Bros, The Bluegrass Saturday Night, Highwoods Stringband, Star Spangled Wash Board Band, Falls City Ramblers, JD Crowe, and Vassar Clements.

Ralph's '6th Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival' took place ath the Old Home Place between McClure & Coeburn, Virginia.

In addition to Ralph advertised acts included: Bill Monroe, Leslie Keith, Dean Casey & the Shady Mountain Boys, Stanford Stanley & the Clinch Valley Boys, Rocky Mountain Boys, Kentucky River Boys, Dewey Rose, Country Gentlemen, Reno-Harrell, James Monroe, Charlie Moore, Goins Bros., Raymond Fairchild, Dr. Bruce Mongle & Band, Larry Sparks, Paul Mullins & the Boys From Indiana, Sullivan Family, Dave Marshall & the Gospel Road, Slone Family, Carl Story, and the Gospel Ramblers.

Ralph's '7th Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival' took place at the Old Homeplace between McClure and Coeburn, VA.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Marshall Family, Jimmy Martin, Raymond Fairchild, Country Gentlemen, Reno - Harrell, James Monroe, Kentucky River Boys, Larry Sparks, Carl Story, Goins Bros., Leslie Keith, Boys From Indiana, Charlie Cline & the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, Slone Family, Stanford Stanley, Terry & Carl Rose and Band, Dewey Rose & the Cumberland Mountaineers, Tall Timber Grass, Boone Estep, Clayton Hale, Dean Casey, Rocky Mountain Boys, Dr Bruce Mongle and Band.

Ralph's '8th Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival' took place at the Old Home Place, between McClure and Coeburn, Virgina.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Raymond Fairchild, Country Gentlemen, Osborne Bros., Marshall Family, Goins Bros., Larry Sparks, Lawrence Lane, Red Allen, Wilson Bros., Boone Estep, Charlie Cline & the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, Slone Family, Rocky Mountain Boys, Terry Rose, Stanford Stanley, Messa Grass, Ed Hamilton, Frank Neat & Bluegrass, Lewis Family, Jimmy Martin, James Monroe, McLain Family, and Dry Branch Fire Squad.

Ralph's '12th Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival' took place at the Old Home Place, between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Country Gentlemen, Larry Sparks, Dave Evans, Marshall Family, Goins Bros., Lonnie Glosson & Wayne Raney, Outdoor Plumbing Co., Stanford Stanley, Bluegrass Revue, Lost Kentuckians, Terry Rose & Band, Rocky Mountain Boys, Wilson Bros., Sullivan Family, and First National Bluegrass.

Ralph held his '13th Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival' at the Old Home Place between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia.

Other acts at the festival included: Lost Kentuckians, Stanford Stanley, Dave Evans, Bill Monroe, Larry Sparks, Outdoor Plumbing Co., Lowell Varney & Landon Messer, Rocky Mountain Boys, Boys From Indiana, Goins Bros., Marshall Family, First National Bluegrass, Terry Rose, Don Reno, and New Frontier Grass.

Material from this festival appeared as the LP Ralph Stanley and Friends - Live At The Old Homeplace (Rebel REB 1627) 1983.

Ralph appeared as part of a 'Legends Of Bluegrass' show at the Summer Lights Festival '86, in Nashville, Tennesse.

Other acts included Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse, and Mac Wiseman.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (29 May) at the '6th Annual River Bend Festival' 9 miles West of Vanceburg, Kentucky. Some listing have Ralph performing on the Saturday (30 May), as the band had another booking, I presume they appeared here on the Friday (29 May).

The festival itself ran from 29-30 May and other acts included: Goins Bros., Bluegrass Strangers, James River Bluegrass, Borderline, Peach Mountain Boys, Monroe Hollow Boys, and others.

Ralph held his '23rd Annual Memorial Blue Grass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park/Old Home Place between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia.

Other acts included: Gary & Anita with Verlin Sanders, Rick Phillips & Band, Shiloh Mountain Trio (with future CMB Mitchell Van Dyke), Bill Monroe, Raymond Fairchild, Blue Grass Strangers, Stevens Family, Big Country Bluegrass, Bob White & Band, Larry Sparks, Goins Bros., Brickey Bros. with Dale Kennedy, East Ohio Grass, Jeannie Stanley, and Tom T. Hall.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (29 May) at 'Graves Mountain' Bluegrass Festival, Syria, Virginia.

The festival was themed around celebrating Rebel Records 35th anniversay and ran from 28-30 May. Other acts included: Cliff Waldron, Larry Stephenson, Reno Bros., Lewis Family, Eddie & Martha Adcock, Emerson & Waldron (reunion), Eddie Adcock & Reno Bros., Blueridge, Del McCoury, Continental Divide, Blue Highway, IIIrd Tyme Out, IIIrd Tyme Out (reunion), Appalachian Express, Country Gentlemen, Forbes Family, Doyle Lawson, Lonesome River Band, Chesapeake, Seldom Scene, Country Gentlemen (1970 reunion), Seldom Scene (reunion), Virginia Squires & All-Star jam, and Rebel showcase featuring the music of the Stanley Brothers.

Ralph held his '29th Memorial Bluegrass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia.

Other acts included: Lewis Family, Tim White & the VW Boys, Northfork, Gary & Verlin Sanders, Now & Then, Boys In The Band, Singing Conquerors, Rhonda Vincent, Gary Brewer, Larkin Family, Kenneth Davis & Scott County Boys, Brickey Bros. with Dale Kennedy, Bluegrass Strangers, Larry Sigmon & Barbara Poole, Larry Sparks, Blue Highway, Melvin Goins & the Boys, Schankman Twins, Bluegrass Mountaineers, Hart Bros., Clinch Mountain Boys reunion (featuring George Shuffler, Art Stamper, Larry Sparks, Melvin Goins, Lester Woodie, John Shuffler & Joe Meadows), and special guest Jim Lauderdale.

Ralph held his 'Ralph Stanley Memorial Bluegrass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between McClure and Coeburn, Virginia.

Other acts included: Jimmy Martin, Lewis Family, Gillian Welch, Jim Lauderdale, Country Gentlemen, Larry Sparks, Marshall Family, Melvin Goins, Cherryholmes, George Shuffler, Sigmon & Poole, Bluegrass Strangers, Singing Conquerors, Bluegrass Brothers, Kentucky Mountain Boys, and Dale Kennedy.

Ralph had a Sunday afternoon show (12pm) at the Frontier Ranch Music Center, Krikersville, Ohio. The concert was part of the "Hookahville Spring 2005" festival organiseed by Columbus jam band Ekoostik Hookah.

The festival itself ran from 28-29 May and also included: Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Sam Bush, the Wailers, and Particle & Galactic.

Ralph appeared as part of the 'International Music Festival' at the Bath Pavilion, Bath, England. A video of the CMBs performance can be found on youtube. Tickets cost £18.

Ralph held his '40th Annual Memorial Weekend Bluegrass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between Coeburn & McClure, Virginia.

Other acts included: Rhonda Vincent, Cumberland Highlanders, Tim White & VW Boys, Clinch Mountain Boys (featuring their individual recordings), Savannah Vaughn & Fall Creek, Ricky Skaggs, Gillian Welch, James King, Summertown Road, Bluegrass Mountaineers, Dailey & Vincent, Larry Sparks, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, George Shuffer, and Ralph Stanley II.

On the Friday (28 May) the festival was included as an affiliated partner to the Crooked Road. President Jim Baldwin & Dickenson County Tourism Director, Rita Surratt presented a banner to Ralph just prior to their perfomance.

Ralph had a show at The Thompson House, Newport, Kentucky. Tickets cost $30.