Events

Balsam Range with Atlanta Pops Ensemble at the 2025 Art of Music Festival - photo © Ashley Evans Balsam Range hosted their 9th annual Art of Music Festival December 4-6, held at the Lake Junaluska Conference Center in Lake Junaluska, amidst

Greg Blake, guitarist with Special Consensus and a recognized solo artist in his own right, shared this remembrance of his trip to Nepal on behalf of JOY International, who work to fight human trafficking among impoverished people. It all started when

Kaz Inaba & the Bluegrass Buddies with Trey Wellington in Bangkok (11/29/25) This report on the Southeastern Old Time Gathering in Thailand comes from Kaz Inaba, Japan's leading bluegrass entertainer and promoter. Country Gongbang of South Korea toured in Japan in February,

Florida's fast-rising bluegrass band, Remedy Tree, has teamed up with fiddler supreme Jason Carter and Evans Media Source to produce a one-day festival this Saturday. They are calling it a Forest Gathering, and it will take place at the Florida Sand

Del, Ronnie, and Rob McCoury set up shop at Carter's Vintage Guitars in Nashville recently to shoot a performance video of the bluegrass classic, I Wonder Where You Are Tonight, to help spread the word about next month's big shindig

Celebrated fiddler, composer, and violinist Mark O'Connor is marking the holidays again this year with his An Appalachian Christmas tour, featuring his wife, fellow fiddler Maggie O'Connor. This year they will be performing music from their new album, A Christmas Duo,

The 22nd annual Bluegrass Benefit Concert for Nashville's Homeless, a holiday tradition at the Station Inn, is scheduled this year for Tuesday, December 9 at 8:00 p.m. All proceeds from the show are donated to Room in the Inn, a

One of the most enduringly successful holiday tours in acoustic music is surely Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Christmas. Popular over many years, like his Ricky Skaggs Family Christmas shows, the band brings a fresh bluegrass feel to a slate

Next Tuesday, November 25, Little Roy & Lizzy will host the 50th anniversary of their annual Thanksgiving Pickin' in Lincolnton, GA. Now held at Smith Hardware, the open jam has been hosted at various locations over the past few years. Little

Chris Davis Band debuts at Years of Farming (11/9/25) - photo © Bill Warren The past ten days has been a whirlwind of bluegrass activity. It all started Halloween night when Kevin Prater made his annual trek to the Kentuckians of Michigan