Two great sets were captured for posterity at this show at the University Of Washington, Seattle, Washington. and later released on a 2×CD set: Live In Seattle - 1969 (Stanley Family Records 75531-01487) 2018.

The '2nd Annual Carter Stanley Memorial Bluegrass Festival' at the Old Home Place. Advertised acts included: Ralph Stanley, Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse, Reno-Harrell, Country Gentlemen, Jimmy Martin, Goins Brothers, Lewis Family, Carl Story, Cliff Waldron, James Monroe, Jones Brothers & Log Cabin Boys, Larry Sparks, Shenandoah Valley Cut-Ups, McClain Family, and Rose Brothers. Leslie Keith, the early Stanley Brothers fiddle player & composer of Black Mountain Blues also got special mention.

Ralph's '3rd Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival' at the old homeplace near McClure, Va. For the first two years the festival was billed as the "Carter Stanley Memorial…" but from the 3rd year on, the reference to Carter was dropped. In an interview with Ed Munafo from 18 Nov 1993 on youtube Ralph recalled: "I started that festival as a tribute, y'know as a way to remember Carter. That's why that I'd started it to begin with and I called it the 'Carter Stanley Memorial', but there was some things that come up that, that I had to change that, so now I call it the 'Ralph Stanley Memorial Festival'".

Acts advertised at the 1973 festival included: Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Country Gentlemen, Don Reno - Bill Harrell, Charlie Moore, Larry Sparks, Goins Brothers, Lee Allen, James Monroe, Paul Mullins, Roy McGinnis, Rose Brothers, Bluegrass Tarheels, Lonesome Pine Playboys, Leslie Keith, Clyde Moody, Bluegrass Alliance, Jones Brothers, McLain Family, Mongle & Ellis String Band, and Rolling Fire Stones. Festival MC's were Paul Mullins, Bill Vernon and Lee Harmon.

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 '9th Annual Memorial Blue Grass Festival' took place at the Old Home Place between McClure and Coeburn, Virginia.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Raymond Fairchild, Country Gentlemen, James Monroe, Larry Sparks, Carl Story, Melvin Goins Show, Lawrence Lane, Wade Mainer, Lost Kentuckians, George Shuffler & Family, Al Elliot & Band, Wilson Bros., Done Reno, Messa Grass, Betty Fisher, Lillimae & the Dixie Gospel-Aires, Boone Estep, the Lawsons, Terry Rose & Band, Stanford Stanley, Frank Neat - Ed Hamilton & Band, Rocky Mountain Boys, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Anderson Family, Corporate Square, and Fun Time Cloggers.

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 held his '18th Ralph Stanley Memorial Bluegrass Festival' at Roxana, Kentucky. Four shows from the festival were later broadcast on WMKY's "Kentucky Backyard" radio show.

Other acts included: Warrior River Boys, Dave Evans, Boys From Indiana, Darlene Collins & the Southern Star Band, Outdoor Plumbing Co., Brickey Brothers, Paul Mullins & the Traditional Grass, Goins Bros., and others.

Ralph held his '19th Annual Memorial Blue Grass Festival' at the Old Home Place, between McClure and Coeburn, Virgina. Events included a Lonesome Pine Fiddlers reunion on Friday (26 May).

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Charlie Sizemore, Stevens Family, Blue Grass Strangers, Brickey Bros., Gary & Anita Sanders & Blending Bluegrass, Timmy Cline, Goins Bros., Warrior River Boys, Phillips Brothers, Hook & Beans Band, Paul Mullins Show, Andy Hamilton, and Lowell Varney.

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 held his '24th Annual Memorial Blue Grass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia.

Other acts included: Blue Grass Echoes, Gary & Anita and Verlin Sanders, Larkin Family, Bill Monroe, Charlie Sizemore, Blue Grass Strangers, Traditional Grass, Wild Wood Girls, Sam Wilson Band, Doc Watson, Jimmy Martin, Isaacs, Larry Sparks, Vince Combs, Brickey Bros. with Dale Kennedy, Goins Bros., East Ohio Grass, and Jeannie Stanley.

Ralph held his '25th Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between McClure and Coeburn, Virginia.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Larry Sparks, Charlie Sizemore, Goins Bros., Traditional Grass, Larkin Family, The Isaacs Family, Now And Then, Wildwood Girls, Bluegrass Strangers, Brickey Bros., Bob White, Bluegrass Mountaineers, James King, Jeannie Stanley, Earl Bull & Dusty Valley, The Boys In The Band.

The festival also included a Clinch Mountain Boys reunion featuring: Larry Sparks, Charlie Sizemore, Lester Woodie Joe Meadows, and others.

Ralph had a show at the Station Inn, Nashville, Tennessee. Tickets cost $17.

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 '30th Anniversary Memorial Bluegrass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between Coeburn and McCLure, Virginia.

Other acts included: Jimmy Martin, Lewis Family, James King, Don Stanley & Middle Creek, Savannah, Now & Then, Ricky Skaggs, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Warrior River Boys, Bluegrass Strangers, Larkin Family, Lary Sigmond & Barbara Poole, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, George Shuffler, Wildwood Girls, Kentucky Mountain Boys, Curtis Blackwell - Randall Collins & Dixie Bluegrass Boys, and Dale Kennedy Band.

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 held his '35th Annual Memorial Weekend Bluegrass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia.

Other acts included: Rhonda Vincent, Lewis Family, Dave Evans, Cherryholmes Family, Cox Family, Norman & Nancy Blake, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Jim Lauderdale, Bluegrass Strangers, Bluegrass Brothers, James King, Josh Turner, Larry Sparks, Marshall Family, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, George Shuffler / Dale Kennedy Band, and Kentucky Mountain Boys.

Ralph held his '36th Annual Memorial Weekend Bluegrass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia.

The festival included a special presentation of the Barter Theater's play 'A Man Of Constant Sorrow' on Wednesday (24 May) followed by a musical performance by Ralph & the CMBs and the musicians in the play. Other acts at the festival included: Larry Sparks, Cherryholmes, James King, Gillian Welch, Jim Lauderdale, Marty Raybon, Gillis Bros., Bluegrass Bros., Melvin Goins, Reeltime Travelers, Charlie Sizemore, Dave Evans, Lonesome Will Mullins, Baker Boys, Bluegrass Strangers, George Shuffler, Dale Kennedy Band, and Kentucky Mountain Boys. Saturday night also included a Clinch Mountain Boys reunion with Lester Woodie, George & John Shuffler, Larry Sparks, Ricky Lee, Charlie Sizemore, Melvin Goins, Junior Blankenship, Kenneth Davis, and Sammy Adkins.

Ralph appeared at the Barbican Hall, London, England. Tickets cost £10 - £20.

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 held his '41st Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between Coeburn & McClure, Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 26-28 May 2011 and other acts included: Dailey & Vincent, Dave Evans, Cumberland Highlanders, Ralph Stanley II, Junior Blankenship Band, Blue Highway, Paul Williams & Victory Trio, James King, Bluegrass Mountaineers, Larry Sparks, Lonesome River Band, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, Charlie Sizemore, Joe Mullins & Radio Ramblers, and George Shuffler.