| A’aron O’Rourke (Dulcimer Great) | Al Pettaway | Al Petteway & Amy White | Blue Highway |
| Cameron Brothers | Cartell | Cedar Hill | Chris Hicks |
| Corey Smith | David Grier | Dickey Betts | Dirty Dozen Brass Band |
| Donnie McCormic | Drivin & Cryin | E G Kite | Fletcher Bright |
| Hank Vegas | Hank Williams III | Jackie Hill and Blueshades of Grass | Jason Marsalis |
| King Johnson | Lee Roy Parnell | Leon Russell | Little Country Giants |
| Mercer Macon Youth Symphony | Mike Compton | Moaners | Mose Davis |
| Mr. Sam Bush | Oh Dorian | Peter Rowan | Randall Bramlett |
| Rehab | Rhonda Vincent and The Rage | Robert Coleman | Robin Bullock |
| Southern Heart Band | Squat | Steep Canyon Rangers | Steve Baughman |
| The Blinkymoon Boys | The Clair Lynch Band | The Cowtippers | The Georgia Grass |
| The Lovell Sisters | The Nashville Bluegrass Band | The Packway Handle Band | The Stringdusters |
| Tinsley Ellis | Tishamingo | Tony Rice | Laura Reed |
| Scotty Anderson | Ralph Roddenberry | Shawn Mullins | Mac Frampton & Three Penny Symphony |
| Grapevine | Jaymes Reunion Band | St. Francis | Little Country Giants |
| Roly Bots | G2 | The Dismembered Tennesseans | The Hillbenders |
| Goldheart | Gold Heart | The HillBenders | G2 Bluegrass Band |
| Ted Howe Trio | Monty Cole | Mac Frampton Pop Go the Classics | Casey Driessen |
| St. Francis | Rob Ikes | Jim Hurst | The Dirty Guvnuhs |
| 3OH!3 | The Constellations | Dave Perkins | Lee Greenwood |
| Larkin Poe | Monroe Crossing | Mountain Heart | Dixie Bee Liners |
| Sam Skelton Quartet | The 5 Browns | Jeffery Wells with Symphony Orchestra Augusta | Atlanta Pops Symphony Orchestra |
| Jaimoe’s Jazz Band | Byron Stripling | Collective Efforts | Dismembered Tennesseans |
| Fontana Sunset | Joe Gransden | Lost Horizon | Mountain Heart |
| Redline Express | Sister Hazel | The Afromotive | The Lonesome River Band |
| The Lonesome River Band | The Suggins Brothers | Yonrico Scott | LYMAN |
| The Bushels | Jon Reep | Red Holloway and the Bloozey New School Band | David Osborn |
| Roscoe Dash | Reese Wynans | Spatial Effects | Opus X |
| Kansas Bible Company | Friends and Family | John McCutcheon | Les Brers Live |
| Samantha Fish | Otis | Marcus King | The Mike Frost Band featuring Lauren Meccia |
| Freight Train | Duane Betts | Berry Oakley Jr. | Scott Sharrad – Brick Yard Band |
| Ike Stubblefield | Ray Wylie Hubbard | Derek Trucks | Susan Tedeschi Trucks |
| Lee Roy Parnell | Jack Pearson | Sonny Moorman | Johnny Neel |
| Heather Gillis | Kunio Kishida | Paul Hornsby | Matt Pippin |
| Andy Griggs | Jonathan Byrd | Molly Stephens | Big Sams Funky Nation |
| Blair Crimmins | Chuck Leavell | Wynonna Judd | The Blind Boys of Alabama |
| Katie Deal – “Tomorrow and Forever – A Tribute to Patsy Cline” | Jimmy Hall | | |
