Events

For more than 30 years, The Sanders Family Bluegrass Festival in McAlester, OK was a regular stop for fans of the music, as well as the top performers who came to play. The festival was so popular that it came

For the past six years, Dailey & Vincent have hosted a big music festival in Hiawassee, GA with top artists from both the bluegrass and traditional country worlds. LandFest In The Mountains, as the event is called, has become quite

Kevin Slick, mandolinist and President of The Colorado Bluegrass Music Society, shared this brief report along with photos of the MidWinter Bluegrass Festival in Denver. This past weekend The MidWinter Bluegrass Festival celebrated it's 35th year as the unofficial family reunion for

Alan Tompkins playing an RB-75 at Gruhn's during SPBGMA week 2020 - photo by Gerald Jones This additional SPBGMA 2020 reflection comes from Alan Tompkins, a Dallas-area attorney, festival promoter, and bluegrass musician. He is also a recent graduate of the

The Caverns in Grundy County, TN have announced this morning the launch this year of the Bluegrass Underground 4th of July Weekend Festival. The festival will be held on the same underground stage that is used for the filming of Bluegrass

The Mossy Oak Music Park in Guyton, GA has announced today the cancellation of all their 2020 events, owing to the death of park owner, Allen Lanier, back in December. This will include the popular Daughters of Bluegrass festival in April,

Commonwealth Bluegrass Band has been a staple in central Virginia for many years. Led by Randy Cook, the group has consistently played a solid style of contemporary and original music in the capitol region, in the state from which they

Molly Tuttle at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival (2/1/20) - photo © Bryan Bolea This past weekend, when much of the bluegrass world was focused on SPBGMA, the Ann Arbor Folk Festival was hosted in Michigan. An annual fundraiser for The

Coyote Ugly from Kingsport, TN have been crowned as the winners of the 37th annual SPBGMA Band Championship. They competed against 19 other groups, in three rounds, over the past two days in Nashville during the 2020 SPBGMA National Convention. The

These impressions of SPBGMA 2020 are a contribution from Kaitlyn Gene, a 15 year old grasser from Glenville, WV. She travelled to Nashville on the bus from Glenville State College to attend the convention. At the urging of Glenville Bluegrass