Events

The folks at Flatpicking Guitar Magazine have posted a nice photo gallery from the 35th Annual National Flatpicking Guitar Championship, recently concluded in Winfield, KS. They have three pages of photos, taken during the competition itself, and from the warm-up

We posted last month about our plans to involve a number of intern bloggers on Bluegrass Today during IBMA week in Nashville. We have a few folks lined up, who will help us provide a variety of vantage points and

Banjo player Noam Pikelny is a mighty busy guy this fall. It seems like any time you investigate what is happening in the world of progressive bluegrass and acoustic music, his name pops up. Until recently, Noam was a member of

We will have an Exhibit Hall booth set up again at IBMA this year, and will be recording interviews which will be used for future episodes of The GrassCast. If you handle publicity for a bluegrass artist or personality that would

We just heard from Fred Bartenstein about a special Osborne Brothers radio special he has been working on for nearly two years. It was produced by WNKU (Northern KY University) and Bgrass Inc., a nonprofit which Bartenstein chairs, dedicated to

Here we are one week away from the IBMA World of Bluegrass. So this is to be our next-to-last update on the Awards Poll. We'll do one more next week from the event. Then after the actual awards we'll take

The 2006 IBMA World Of Bluegrass and Fan Fest schedules are now available on Bluegrass Today. All the many official, IBMA-sanctioned events can be found in this fully-searchable online database. This would include daytime events such as member meetings, seminars

The folks at CMT.com, the online home of Nashville's Country Music Television network (CMT), will once again host a CMT Pickin' Party during IBMA's Fan Fest. The event will run from 2:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September, 29 at

The 35th Annual Walnut Valley Festival begins today in Winfield, KS. The festival runs September 13-17 this year. This festival is the home to the National Flatpicking Championship along with several other high profile contests. Featuring six stages and nearly

Last month, we mentioned that we were once again setting up a searchable database of IBMA week events on Bluegrass Today. It will include all the official IBMA events, plus the after hours showcases and as many off-site events as