Most music festivals on Long Island choose to focus on rock, jam bands, blues or country. But there’s only one that spotlights bluegrass, the music genre that mixes acoustic instruments with high-energy harmonies and instrumental solos.

Presented by the Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts, the 23rd annual Long Island Bluegrass and Roots Music Festival comes to Tanner Park in Copiague Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. (rain or shine).

“The event has gotten bigger because we’ve expanded its scope. This festival now blends bluegrass with roots music like traditional American folk, blues, rock-n-roll, rockabilly, country and Americana,” BACCA executive director Jason Jenkins says. “This is the type of event you would see down South, and the fact that it’s here is something to value.”

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