Stephen Ruffo
Stephen John Ruffo (October 6, 1944—) is a music producer, multi-instrumentalist, and event organizer born in San Jose, California, and based in Port Townsend, Washington. He co-founded the annual Wintergrass Music Festival in 1994 as part of the initial four-member production team. Ruffo also launched the Bluegrass at the Beach music camp in 1992 and co-founded the international Mandolin Symposium at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2004 alongside David Grisman and Mike Marshall. He accepted the International Bluegrass Music Association Event of the Year Award on behalf of Wintergrass at the Ryman Auditorium on October 27, 2005 and was inducted into the Washington Festivals and Events Association Hall of Fame in 2024.
In the newsletter
- No. 32 April 2003