Since the International Bluegrass Music Association's announcement last month that their signature events would be moving to Chattanooga, TN for 2025-27, we have been in discussions with the folks at Chattanooga Tourism to learn a bit more about the city,
Off The Rails - 1st Bluegrass Band at the 2024 Old Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock The 88th Annual Old Fiddlers Convention Open Competition, held August 5-10 at Felts Park in Galax, VA, concluded at 1:00 a.m. Sunday, after the last
Here's another large gallery of Nick Hancock's images shot during the youth competition at the Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, VA on Monday, August 5. If you don't like photos of cute kids playing bluegrass and old time music, we
Creekwater Collective competing at the 2024 Old Fiddlers Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock 116 individual contestants between the ages of three and fifteen, and 17 youth bands registered to participate in the 88th annual Old Fiddlers Convention Youth Competition on Monday,
The folks who put on the Little Sandy Shakedown, held each year at the Pump House at The Holler in Greenup County, KY, have announced a new all-bluegrass event called the String Summit. The first running is scheduled for this
Dave Adkins & Mountain Soul at the Picking for the Kids Bluegrass Festival - photo © Roger Black The Picking for the Kids Bluegrass Festival hosted by the Laurel London Optimist Club in London, KY, holds an annual bluegrass festival to
Authentic Unlimited at the Carter County Shriners Bluegrass Festival - photo © Roger Black The Carter County Shriners Bluegrass Festival took place on July 18-20. The final day of the festival saw Fenced In, The Junior Sisk Band, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme
This past Saturday, David Parmley and his band appeared at Ole Smoky Distillery in Gatlinburg, TN. Thanks to his wife, Becky, who took these photos from the front of the stage, we can share a look at this free concert, which
ORNL Federal Credit Union and WDVX Radio are again sponsoring Summer Sessions concerts in east Tennessee, but at new locations this year. Shows will be held at Yee-Haw Brewing in Knoxville, and at the Museum of Appalachia in Clinton. For the
Our promotions team has announced the winners of the Picky in Parsons video contest, to award free tickets to the big Pickin' in Parsons Bluegrass Festival in West Virginia next weekend. First prize goes to Latasha Midcap from Evans, WV, who
