Events

Loyle Dawson & Slick Quiver at the Alleghany County Fiddlers' Convention – photo © G Nicholas Hancock G. Nicholas Hancock was at the 2024 Alleghany County Fiddlers' Convention last weekend and braved the heat, the cold, the rain, and a thrown

"We've been hot, cold, and rained on," said a contestant at the 28th Alleghany County Fiddlers' Convention this past Saturday in Sparta, NC. Although the weather may not have been ideal, a large number of musicians, bands, and spectators turned

The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee at the 2024 Bluegrass on the Grass - photo © Frank Baker Here is another gallery of Frank Baker's photos from the 2024 Bluegrass on the Grass, a free festival hosted on the campus of

Sarah Jarosz at Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, MI (7/11/24) - photo © Bryan Bolea Despite a sketchy weather forecast, a near capacity crowd of ardent Sarah Jarosz fans filled Bell's Brewery's outdoor venue in Kalamazoo, MI long before she took the

The Ruta Beggars at the 2024 Bluegrass on the Grass - photo © Frank Baker Frank Baker spent his Saturday (7/13) at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, where they hold their annual free festival, Bluegrass on the Grass. They've been doing

Last Friday evening (July 12), the small, approximately 100x80 foot park in downtown Erwin, TN, known as The Gathering Place, overflowed with local townspeople and quite a few musicians from both near and far. Lincoln Hensley, banjo player and leader

This run down of the results from the resurrected fiddlers convention in Union Grove, NC - with a huge gallery of photos - is a contribution from Bethany Prevette. Photos were taken by Katie Lohff. The first annual Carolina Hills Fiddle

The FreshGrass festival in North Adams, MA has announced the finalists for their 2024 FreshGrass Awards. This annual invitational instrument and band competition brings finalists in to the festival in September to vie for more than $20,000 in cash and

Edgar Loudermilk Music Productions has announced that henceforth the Brown County Bluegrass Festival in Georgetown, Ohio will be co-produced by Classic Promotions/Jordan Entertainment. Loudermilk is, of course, well known to bluegrass lovers from performances with his Edgar Loudermilk Band, and before

Just a quick reminder that there's still time to enter and win in our Picky in Parsons video contest, offering free tickets to the big Pickin' in Parsons bluegrass festival in West Virginia at the end of the month, plus