Events

Sad news for bluegrass lovers in southern Michigan, as well as northern Ohio and Indiana. After a run of more than two decades the Milan Music Fest has announced that the 2022 festival will be their last. Formerly known as the

Della Mae at the IBMA Bluegrass Live! festival (10/1/22) - photo © Frank Baker With the rough weather this past weekend in Raleigh, we were unable to get over to the Duke Energy Center for the indoor version of IBMA's 2022

After 23 years of providing top quality bluegrass entertainment, and donating many hundreds of thousands of dollars to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the vaunted Musicians Against Childhood Cancer Music Festival is coming to an end. Darrel and Phyllis Adkins have

The Wildmans, band competition winners in the 2022 FreshGrass Awards This past weekend at the FreshGrass Festival in North Adams, MA, selected finalists went head-to-head in the 2022 FreshGrass Awards competition. The contest is held each year in two stages, with a

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced this afternoon that all of the outdoor musical performances associated with the IBMA Bluegrass Live! festival will be moving indoors, due to expected rain and wind from hurricane Ian. Fortunately, the IBMA has some

Rhonda Vincent & The Rage at the 2022 Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS Many thanks to Rex Flottman, Media Director for the Walnut Valley Festival, for sharing these photos from their 2022 event - the 50th! - earlier this month

Full Cord Bluegrass at Founder's Brewery in Grand Rapids, MI (9/16/22) - photo © Bryan Bolea Winning this year's Telluride Bluegrass Contest put West Michigan-based Full Cord Bluegrass on more fans' radar, and their music on more cultivated playlists, than ever

Kids Academy performance at the 2022 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker Here's our final gallery of Frank Baker's evocative photos from the 2022 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival. Frank is packing up now to join us next week for

After successfully managing the resurrected spring bluegrass festival at the Sertoma Youth Ranch in Florida, Evans Media Source has been announced as the new producers of the Thanksgiving weekend festival as well. A number of recent changes have led to this

2022 National Guitar Flat Pick Championship winners: Justus Ross, Holten Doucette, and Ian Ly There are a few festivals, contests, and conventions in the bluegrass and old time music world that are so thoroughly a part of the culture that you