Fox Crossing Stringband

This all-female bluegrass group from Chicago has been winning hearts with their beautiful harmonies, original songwriting, and entertaining stage presence ever since forming in November 2016. Their sound stacks strong vocal harmony atop six bluegrass instruments, with Beth Earl on upright bass, Allison Branch on guitar, and Despina Pafralides switching between fiddle and mandolin alongside Cassie Wright also switching between dobro and banjo.

Following their debut performance at Winter Roots Festival in February 2017, they’ve gone on to perform at many festivals and events across the Midwest. Traveling east to the John Hartford Memorial Festival, west to Dawn and On Festival in the Quad Cities, north to Door County, and everything in-between. Performing events such as IBMA award-winning Frankfort Bluegrass Festival, Summer Stomp, Shoefest, East Troy Bluegrass Festival, Ladies of Bluegrass Festival, The Illinois State Fair, American Music Festival, and more. They have performed on the WGN Roe Conn Radio show, as well as at venues such as the Source in Manawa, Fitzgerald's in Berwyn, Schubas, Martyrs, plus City Winery and Navy Pier in Chicago.

In 2019, they released their debut album 'Box of Memories' blending both original songwriting and bringing bluegrass stylings to popular tunes. They released their second album 'Bluegrass on My Mind' in fall 2022, with an album release show at City Winery Chicago on September 25th 2022. Through original songwriting across these albums they are dedicated to building up more tunes in bluegrass that share a female perspective.