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.

Ralphs '4th Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival' took place at the Stanley Old Home place. The festival was dedicated to Roy Lee Centers, and his widow Mrs. Lucille Centers was presented by Ralph with that year's Carter Stanley Memorial Award.

In addition to Ralph, advertised acts included: Bill Monroe, Country Gentlemen, Kentucky Grass, Rose Bros., Goins Bros., Leslie Keith, Clayton Hale, Outdoor Plumbing Company, Lonesome Pine Playboys, McLain Family, Marshall & Dutton & the Goodtimers, RC Harris, Blue Denim, Bluegrass Tarheels, Reno - Harrell, James Monroe, Larry Sparks, Sullivan Family, Bluegrass Alliance, Jones Bros., Roy McGinnis & the Sunnysiders, Lee Allen, Glen Roberts & the Rolling Firestones, Al Wood & the Smokey Ridge Boys, and Rick Stanley.

The Hymn singing and Church services on Sunday morning included preaching by former CMB, Jim Williams.

The festival also included an address by Charlie Horne, the Ninth District Democratic Congressional candidate, who Ralph introduced saying: "the man who will bring real leadership in Congress to the people of Southwest Virginia".

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 '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.

The 4th annual "Ralph and Carter Stanley Scholarship" was due to be given on 26 May 1979. The award was for a student from one of Dickenson County's three high schools - Ervington, Clintwood and Haysi. (Carter and Ralph graduated from Ervington High School). Applications for the scholarship were administered by Dr. Douglas Gordon at Austin Peay State University. (Dr Gordon ran the LMU seminars that led to Ralph's first honorary doctorate.)

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's '14th Annual Blue Grass Festival' was held at the Old Home Place, between McClure and Coeburn, Virginia.

Other acts included: Dave Evans, Lost Kentuckians, Prater Bros., Stanford Stanley, Bill Monroe, Goins Bros., Johnson Mountain Boys, Lowell Varney & Landon Messer, Kentucky Ramblers, Gary Strong, Rocky Mountain Boys, Outdoor Plumbing Co., Larry Sparks, Marshall Family, Brickey Bros., Wilson Bros., and Terry Rose.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Sunday (26 May) at the '3rd Annual Western Pennsylvania Bluegras Festival' at Brady's Run Park, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.

The festival itself ran from 24-27 May and other acts included: Doyle Lawson, Bob Paisley, Patent Pending, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Blanchard Valley Boys, Beaver Creek Bluegrass, Bob Paisley & Southern Grass, Mac Martin & Dixie Travelers, Short Creek Flat Pickers, Coal Country Cloggers, Tompkins County Horseflies, Dave Krysty, Patent Pending, M & M Express, Slippery Rock Town Meeting, Little Bit Of Bluegrass, Birkby Family, Dog Run Boys, and Delores Heagy.

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 appeared at the Appalshop Theater, Whitesburg, Kentucky for a 7:30pm live broadcast of "The Bluegrass Express" radio show on WMMT-FM. The band presumably then returned to Ralph's festival which took place about 11 miles away in Roxana.

The live radio show also featured music by Grace L. Ferguson's Screen Door and Airline Company Band and others. "Bluegrass Express" was hosted by Gary Rakes and Verlin Sanders and bands received a modest $50 pay as gas money.

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 '20th Annual Memorial Bluegrass festival' at the Old Home Place between Coeburn & McClure, Virginia.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Charlie Sizemore, Goins Bros., Bluegrass Strangers, Timmy Cline, Hook & Beans, Stevens Family, Jimmy Martin, Brickey Bros., Tennessee Mountain Blue Grass, Larry Efaw & Band, Arnold Hobbs Band, Verlin Sanders, Gary & Anita, and others.

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 held his '26th Annual Memorial Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia.

Other acts included: Dwight Yoakam, Charlie Sizemore, Larry Sparks, James King, Bill Monroe's Band, Ricky Skaggs, The Isaacs, Marshall Family, Wildwood Girls, Bluegrass Strangers, Junior Blankenship, Ernie Thacker, Art Stamper, Joe Meadows, Heaven's Echoes, Sarty Sistes, Bill Price, Goins Bros., Vince Combs.

To celebrate Ralph's 50th anniversary as a working musician, the Clinch Mountain Boys reunion from Saturday (25 May) festival was released on 2×CD and video/DVD:- Clinch Mountain Boys Reunion (Stanleytone ST-CD-5000) 1996 / 50 Year Reunion (Neon 8001-3) 1996.

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 '31st Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia.

Other acts included: Jimmy Martin, Lewis Family, Tim White & VW Boys, Larkin Family, Gary & Verlin Sanders, Crossties, Lonesome River Band, IIIrd Tyme Out, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Larry Sigmon & Barbara Poole, Ramona Church & Carolina Road, Principles Quartet, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson, Melvin Goins & Windy mountain, George Shuffler, Kentucky Mountain Boys, Dale Kennedy Band, Wilson Bros., and Wilderness Road.

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 held his '37th Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia. Events included a special one-off presentation of the Barter Theater's play 'A Man Of Constant Sorrow' on Wednesday (23 May) followed by a performance by Ralph and the CMBs & the musicians in the play.

The festival itself ran from 23-26 May and other acts included: Porter Wagoner, Cherryholmes, James King, Karl Shiflett, Jim Lauderdale, Marty Raybon, David Davis & Warrior River Boys, Larry Sparks, Randy Waller & Country Gentlemen, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, Paul Williams & Victory Trio, Cherryholmes, Lonesome Will Mullins, Virginia Crossties, Midnight Ramblers, Tommy Brown & County Line Grass, Kenneth Davis & Scott County Boys, Dale Kenedy Band, and George Shuffler.

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.

The "Dr. Ralph Stanley's 42nd Annual Memorial Weekend Bluegrass Festival" took place between McClure and Coeburn, Virginia. This marked the first year Ralph II took over the reins, running the festival.

Other acts included: Rhonda Vincent, Jim Lauderdale, III Tyme Out, Larry Sparks, George Shuffler, Ralph Stanley II, Folk Soul Revival, and others.