ROOTS of Country Music

National Barn Dances A-Z

The following is a list of some of the more popular barn dances among some lesser known:

1. Alabama Hayloft Jamboree, WAPI—Birmingham,AL
2. Allegheny Mountain Jamboree, WFRM—Coudersport,PA
3. Arizona Hayride, Phoeni, AZ
4. Arkansas Jamboree Barndance, KLRA—Little Rock,AR
5. Big E Jamboree, Evansville,IN
6. Blue Bonnet Barn Dance, KCEN-TV—Temple,TX
7. Bluff Creek Round Up, KOMA—Oklahoma City,OK
8. Boone County Jamboree, WLW—Cincinnati,OH
9. Brown County Jamboree, WIBC, WIRE—Bean Blossom, IN
10. Calgary Stampede, Calgary, AB
11. California Hayride, Richmond, CA
12. Carolina Barn Dance, WBRM—Spruce Pine,NC
13. Carolina Hayride, WBT—Charlotte,NC
14. CFCF Hometown Jamboree, CFCF—Montreal,Quebec Canada
15. Chippewa Valley Barn Dance, WEAU—Eau Claire,WI
16. Circle Jamboree, Cleveland,OH
17. CKEY Hayloft Hoedown, CKEY—Toronto,OntarioCanada
18. CKNX Barn Dance, CKNX—Wingham,ON
19. Cornbelt Jamboree, KMA—Council Bluffs,IA
20. Country Carnival arn Dance, KMPC—San Gabriel,CA
21. Cowtown Jubilee, KCMO—Kansas City,MO
22. Dixie Jamboree, WBT—Charlotte,NC
23. Dream Ranch Jamboree, WJMX—Florence,SC
24. East Texas Hillbilly Jamboree, KFRO—Longview, TX
25. Forman Phillips County Barn Dance, Los Angeles, CA
26. Garden State Jamboree, WATV (TV)—Newark, NJ
27. Grand Ole Opry, WSM—Nashville,TN
28. Happy Valley Jamboree, WSGN—Birgmingham, AL
29. Hayloft Frolic, WTTV—Terre Haute /Bloomington, IN
30. Hayloft Hoedown, WFIL—Philadelphia,PA
31. Hayloft Jamboree, WCOP—Boston,MA
32. Hocking Valley Barn Dance, WAOK—Lancaster,OH
33. Hollywood Barn Dance, KNX—Hollywood,CA
34. Hometown Jamboree, KXLA—Los Angeles,CA
35. Hoosier Hop, WOWO, Fort Wayne,IN
36. Hoosierland Barn Dance, WLBC—Muncie,IN
37. Hoosierland Jamboree, WJOB—Hammond,IN
38. Houston Home Town Jamboree, KNUZ—Houston,TX
39. Indiana Hoedown, WFBM—Indianapolis,IN
40. Iowa Barn Dance Frolic, WHO—Des Moines,IA
41. Kansas Roundup, WIBW—Topeka,KS
42. KCUL Cowtown Hoedown, KCUL—Fort Worth,TX
43. KMA Country School, KMA—Council Bluffs,IA
44. KMBC Brush Creek Follies, KMBC—Kansas City,MO
45. Korn's-a-Krackin', KWTO—Springfield,MO
46. KRLD Big D Jamboree, KRLD—Dallas,TX
47. KVOA Barn Dance, KVOA—Tucson,AZ
48. KWGB Rhythm Jamboree Bandwagon, KWGB—Goodland,KS
49. KWTO Barn Dance, KWTO—Springfield,MO
50. Lee Mace's Ozark Opry, KRCG, KMOS—Lake of the Ozarks,MO
51. Louisiana Hayride, KWKH—Shreveport,LA
52. Main Street Jamboree, CHML—Hamilton,ON
53. Marshall Jamboree, KMHT—Marshall,TX
54. Maumee Valley Jamboree, WTOD—Toledo,OH
55. Michigan Barn Dance, WKNX—Saginaw,MI
56. Midway Jamboree, WGWD—Gadsden,AL
57. Midwestern Hayride, WLW—Cincinnati,OH
58. National Barn Dance, WLS—Chicago,IL
59. Old Farm Hour, WCHS—Charleston,WV
60. Old Fashioned Barn Dance, KMOX—St. Louis,MO
61. Old Kentucky Barn Dance, WHAS—Louisville,KY
62. Original Warren County Jamboree, WRRN—Warren,PA
63. Ozark Jubilee, KWTO—Springfield,MO
64. Peach State Jamboree, WJAT—Swainsboro,GA
65. Pine Hollow Jamboree, WPIC—Sharon,PA
66. Possum Holler Opry, WGEM-TV—Quincy,IL
67. Red River Jamboree, KFTV—Paris,TX
68. Renfro Valley Barn Dance, WLW—Renfro Valley,KY
69. Rockford Hayloft Jamboree, Rockford,IL
70. Rocky Mountain Jamboree, KLAK—Denver,CO
71. Saddle Mountain Roundup, KVOO-KRLD—Tulsa,OK andDallas,TX
72. Sagebrush Roundup, WMMN—Fairmont,WV
73. Saturday Night Shindig, WFAA—Dallas,TX
74. Saturday Nite Hoedown, CJCH—Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
75. Shady Valley Gang, KWK—St. Louis,MO
76. Sohio Hayride, Cincinnati,OH
77. South Texas Serenade, WOGT—Orange,TX
78. Sunset Valley Barn Dance, KSTP—St. Paul,MN
79. Suwanee River Jamboree, WNER—Live Oak, FL
80. Tennessee Barn Dance, WNOX—Knoxville,TN
81. Tennessee Hayloft Jamboree, WAGC—Chattanooga,TN
82. The Lazy Ranch Boys Barn Dance, WXYZ—Detroit,MI
83. Town and Country Time Jamboree, WMAL—Washington,DC
84. Town Hall Jamboree, WIP—Philadelphia,PA
85. Town Hall Party, KXLA—Compton,CA
86. Virginia Barn Dance, WDVA—Danville,VA
87. WAVY Tidewater Jamboree, WAVY—Tidewater, VA
88. WBAM Deep South Jamboree, WBAM—Montgomery,AL
89. WDAY Hayloft Jamboree, WDAY—Fargo,ND
90. WGRC Hilltop Jamboree, WGRC—Louisville,KY
91. WGY Radio Ranch, WGY—Schenectady,NY
92. WIBC Jamboree, WIBC—Indianapolis,IN
93. WJJL Jamboree, WJJL—Niagara Falls, NY
94. WKBH Barn Dance, WKBH—LaCrosse, WI
95. WMBG Jamboree, WMBG—Richmond,VA
96. WMMT Jamboree, WMMT—McMinnville,TN
97. WNAX Missouri Valley Barn Dance, WNAX—Yankton, SD
98. WPFB Jamboree, WPFB—Middletown,OH
99. WRVA Old Dominion Barn Dance, WRVA—Richmond,VA
100. WSB Barn Dance, WSB—Atlanta,GA
101. WVOK Dixie Jamboree, WVOK -Birmingham,AL
102. WWVA Wheeling Jamboree -Wheeling, WV

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Researched and compiled by: Richard Bell, Roots of Country Music, Sep., 2011