Events

Sad news for bluegrass lovers in upstate New York. The 2023 Tug Hill Bluegrass Festival in Lowville, NY has been cancelled, and the status of the event going forward is uncertain. For the past 15 years, the festival has been held

Once again promoter, Jeff Branch, is bringing bluegrass to Oakboro, NC for the Big Lick Bluegrass Festival. The festival park is under new ownership, and renovations are ongoing to enhance the outdoor venue.  Branch says, "Things are improving with new ownership

Cody Johnson, SPBGMA's newly-named Promoter of the Year, is adding a new festival to honor the legendary Tony Rice, at Camp Springs Blue Grass Park in North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend.  Johnson said, "We are excited to announce that we

The Oldtone Roots Music Festival, held this past eight years in North Hillsdale, NY, has announced that the festival has come to an end. Their web site has been reconfigured to show nothing but an opening page with the following text: With

The venerable MerleFest, held in April each year in Wilkesboro, NC, is set to celebrate two meaningful anniversaries at the 2023 festival. First off, this will be the 35th annual MerleFest, and this year marks what would have been the

Prague-based banjo and mandolin builder, Rosťa Čapek, is having a double celebration in the spring -  his 55th birthday, and the fifth wedding anniversary of what his wife, Iva, describes as "our Big Bluegrass Wedding." To mark these occasions, he

In the wake of the school shut downs due to the COVID 19 outbreak, three central North Carolina fiddlers' conventions held in school buildings are finally returning this spring, with a few changes.  Star Fiddlers' Convention will resume for its 96th

At last night's International Folk Music Awards, held in Kansas City, MO as a component of the 2023 Folk Alliance International Conference, Molly Tuttle won in the Album of the Year category for her current project on Nonesuch Records with

The good folks at The Caverns in Grundy, TN, filming site for the popular The Caverns Sessions program on PBS and home of the CaveFest jamgrass event launched last fall, have announced a new festival for the Fourth of July

The Years of Farming Bluegrass shows in Flemingsburg, KY, hosted and managed by Paul Hinton, are in their 12th season of live bluegrass concerts. Held at the Double S Entertainment Bowling Center & JB's Grill, Paula schedules performances October through May,