Kentucky Just Us will be hosting a family-style benefit show on March 15 for Kentucky banjo builder and instrument repairman Arthur Hatfield, whose shop burned down last month after a propane heater ignited the building on January 10. Arthur lost everything
Popular banjo player and educator Bennett Sullivan has come up with a unique instructional music festival which he is calling LickFest. It's set to run online February 22-23, and attendees will be able to spend 30 minute Demio sessions with
Sam Bush and Rodney Dillard at John Hartford Days - photo © Chad Gesser The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY celebrated their initial John Hartford Days earlier this month, with a number of artists performing in
The good people who have been running the Doc & Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest since 1998 are asking the wider bluegrass and old time music community for help getting things ready for their 2025 event, scheduled for July in Sugar
Blue Highway will be celebrating their 30th anniversary as a bluegrass band, and recording a live album, over the course of two nights at the end of March. These very special concerts will be held at the Martin Center for the
Bobbi and Don Day at the 2023 July Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival,with new owners, Aaron and Amy McDaris - photo by Tammy Harman The Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival, once managed by Don and Bobbie Day on their family farm in Conway,
Saturday morning at SPBGMA brought the first round of the band competition. Over a dozen bands from all over the country took part. Contestants from Alaska to Florida and all points in between vied against one another in the 50th SPBGMA International Band Competition. The
Shamanov Sisters jamming at SPBGMA '25 - photo © Roger Black Roger Black shared this gallery of photos from opening day at the 2025 SPBGMA Fest in Nashville, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the organization founded by Chuck Stearman in 1975.
Lonesome River Band at Pickin' For A Purpose (1/18/25) - photo © Devin Wilcox Here is another gallery of photos from last weekend's Pickin' For A Purpose concert to raise money for those whose homes were damaged during Hurricane Helene in
Sam Bush – photo © Bryan Bolea Sam Bush and the Brooklyn Arts Center are offering artists the opportunity to open for him and his Sam Bush Band on February 16 in Wilmington, NC. Bands, small ensembles, and solo acts are eligible to
