EUREKA -- The Missouri Area Bluegrass Committee will present its 11th annual Winter Season Indoor Bluegrass Festival Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the I-44 Day's Inn near Six Flags.

The show will feature six bands from Alabama, Missouri and Illinois, and will include a fiddle and banjo contest on Friday.

The bands are the Warrior River Boys from Cullman, Ala.; Liberty Station from Farmington; the Rosa String Works Band from Ballwin; George Portz and the Friends of Bluegrass from O'Fallon, Ill.; Chris Starkey and the Ozark Mountain Boys from St. Louis; and Cliff Patterson from Edwardsville.

A weekend pass is $14. Individual tickets can be purchased for the Friday, Saturday afternoon and evening, and Sunday sessions.

For more information, call Chris Starkey (314) 928-8896; Pat Strawhun (314) 771-9379; or Art Johnson (314) 739-0273.