Ralph II appeared on Saturday (20 May) at the 'Central Virginia Family Bluegrass Music Festival', at Amelia Family Campgrounds, Amelia, Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 18-20 May and other acts included: Rhonda Vincent, James King, Country Gentlemen, Bluegrass Bros., Alecia Nugent, Cherryholmes, Carolina Road, Rock Solid, Ernie Thacker, Driving Force, Flatland Express, Surprise Bluegrass Band, Little Mountain Boys, Jimmy Cameron, Smith Mountain Grass, Youth Group, Roadside Cafe, and Carolina Sonshine.

Ralph was on the bill for the '2nd Annual Montgomery County Bluegrass Festival', one mile west of Troy on Highway 27. Also advertised were: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Jimmy Martin, James Monroe, Jones Brothers & the Log Cabin Boys, Lewis Family, Goins Brothers, Smokey Ridge Boys, Lincoln County Partners, Charlie Moore, Shenandoah Cut-Ups, Curly Seckler, Home Briarhopper-Glenn Thompson, Jim Eanes, and Bluegrass Partners. Although the festival ran from the 18-21st, from the advert it looks likely that Ralph would have only played on the Sat/Sunday.

Ralph was on the bill for the '3rd Annual Montgomery County Bluegrass Festival', one mile west of Troy on Highway 27. Also advertised were: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Jimmy Martin, Jim & Jesse, James Monroe, Jones Brothers & the Log Cabin Boys, Charlie Moore, Snuffy Jenkins & Pappy sherrill, Red Rector, Lincoln County Partners, Clinton King, Blue Grass Gentlemen, Jim Sizemore, Hillbilly John, Glen Thompson, Homer Briarhopper, and Bluegrass Tarheels. Although the festival ran from the 17-20th, from the advert it looks likely that Ralph would have only played on the Saturday/Sunday, especially as the CMB's also had a booking on the 18th 142 miles away in Boone NC.

The festival was MC'd by Lee Harmon, Bruce Jones & Harold Mitchel.

Ralph was billed as appearing at 'R.W. Skeens Bluegrass Festival' 10 miles from Wheelersburg near South Webster, Ohio.

Other acts included: Osborne Bros., Country Gentlemen, Lewis Family, Goins Bros., Marshall Family, RW Skeens & Band, Poverty String Band, Outdoor Plumbing Company, Frog & the Green Horns, and many others.

Ralph was billed as appearing (on either the Friday or Sunday 19/21 May) at the '1st Annual Blue Denim Blue Grass Festival' at Nelson Royall's Diamond R Music Park, near Mooresville, North Carolina.

The festival itself ran from 19-21 May and other acts included: Buck White, Blue Grass Blend, Pinnacle Boys, RC Harris & Blue Denim, Knoxville Grass, Cliff Waldron, Shuffler Family, Rex Nelson Singers, Raymond Fairchild, Del McCoury, Strings Of Fire, Wayne Henderson & Ray Cline, Watkins Family, McPeak Bros., and special guests.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday/Sunday (20-21 May) at 'Horse Pens 40 Spring Bluegrass Festival' in Steele, Alabama.

The festival itself ran from 19-21 May and also included: Red Clay Ramblers, Del McCoury, Three On A String, Katie Laur Band, Boot Hill, Foster Family, Glenn Scooter & JP, Dan Daniels & the Georgia Grass, Golden River Grass, Groundhog Revue, and others.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the '8th Annual Bluegrass Festival' in Scioto Co. Fairgrounds, Lucasville, Ohio.

Other acts included: Lewis Family, Boys From Indiana, Goins Bros., Outdoor Plumbing Co., Tennessee Gentlemen, Dave Evans, Bill McGarity & Blue Mountain Bluegrass, New Frontier Grass, and Robin Tackett & the Taste of Grass.

Ralph was listed as appearing at some point in Somerset, Kentucky. Also on the bill were Gospel Mountaineers, Charlie Louivin, and Bluegrass Meditations. Ralph had another booking on Saturday (19 May).

Ralph played a show at the Station Inn, Nashville, Tennessee.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Thursday / Friday (19-20 May) at the '16th Annual Bluegrass Festival' at Slagle's Bluegrass Pasture, Elizabethton, Tennessee.

The festival itself ran from 19-21 May and other acts included: Raymond Fairchild, Avery County Ramblers, Mike Scott & the All-American Band, Lewis Family, Charlie Sizemore Band, Stevens Family, Out Door Plumbing Co., Lost Creek Band, Jimmy Martin, Warrior River Boys, and Dry Branch Fire Squad.

Ralph was listed as appearing (at some Point) at the 'Spring Pickin' Bluegrass Festival' at the Music Park & Campground, in Nova, Ohio.

The festival itself ran from 18-20 May and other acts included: Bluegrass Mountaineers, Buckwheat Pickers, Wildwood Girls, Hotfoot Quartet, Mike Scott, Kentucky Club, Del McCoury, and Bluegrass Cardinals.

Ralph attended a special 7pm premiere showing of Herbie Smith's biography film about Ralph. At the time of the premiere it was titled Down To Earth, but was later released on VHS (and later DVD) as The Ralph Stanley Story.

Tickets cost $25 and were limited to 300. The cost included a pre-screening reception at 5pm at BMI, 10 Music Square E.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (20 May) at the 'Gettysburg 2000' Bluegrass festival at Granite Hill Campground, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The band were scheduled to appear at 11:45am and 6:45pm.

The festival itself ran from 18-21 May and other acts included: Del McCoury, Riders In The Sky, Country Gentlemen, Blue Daze, Gary Ferguson, Dry Branch Fire Squad, New Tradition, Blue Highway, Chapmans, Lonesome River Band, Auldridge - Bennett & Gaudreau, Doyle Lawson, Valerie Smith, Little Roy & Lewis Family, Fastest Grass Alive, Seldom Scene, IIIrd Tyme Out, and Mike Henderson.

Ralph had a show at Hanover Ruritan Park, Mechanicsville, Virginia. Tickets cost $10.

Ralph was listed as playing on Friday (20 May) at the "19th Annual Folk Festival", Spring Gulch Campground, New Holland, Pennsylvania.

The festival itself ran from 19-22 May and other acts included: Austin Lounge Lizards, Louise Taylor, Charivari, Michael McNevin, Rory Block, Reilly & Maloney, American Brass Monkey, Jennifer Roland, The Lee Boys, David Bromberg, Full Frontal Folk, and Bill Morrissey.

Ralph appeared in the evening at a show at the Brown Theater, Louisville, Kentucky. Also on the bill were: Alejandro Escovedo, Drive-By Truckers, and the Yonder Mountain String Band. The article suggest the sound system had some problems.

The concert was part of the annual WFPK/LEO Listener Appreciation Concert series which cost $20.

Earlier in the afternoon the band appeared at Renfro Valley, KY.

Ralph was listed as appearing on Saturday afternoon (3:45pm - 20 May) at the Renfro Valley Bluegrass Festival.

The festival itself ran from 18 - 20 May and other acts included: New River Line, Billie Renee & Cumberland Gap, New Found Road, Ronnie Reno, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Doyle Lawson, Dale Ann Bradley, Lonesome River Band, Moron Bros., Lewis Family, Honi Deaton & Dream, and III Tyme Out.

Ralph had a show at the Civic Auditorium, Walhalla, South Carolina.