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The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the full performance schedules for weekend events following World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, NC. The Business Conference, which normally draws industry professionals from all over the world, occurs September 28-30, followed by a massive outdoor event billed as IBMA Bluegrass Live! International attendance may be off this year as [...]
For most IBMA members, this year's World of Bluegrass convention will be their first chance to meet Pat Morris, the newly-installed Executive Director of the organization who took over for Paul Schiminger in June of this year. These first few months have been busy ones, with planning for the convention, awards show, and weekend festival, [...]
Coming up with rules for holding in-person events in the era of COVID isn't easy, and no matter what organizers settle on, there is no way to please everyone. IBMAs board of directors certainly learned that in the wake of its unanimous decision to require World of Bluegrass attendees to show proof of vaccination to [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced updated health and safety protocols this afternoon for the 2021 World of Bluegrass Convention and associated events next month in Raleigh, NC. These are in response to heightened concerns about COVID spread, and a recent proclamation from the Mayor of Raleigh mandating the use of face masks in [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the ten writers chosen to present at the 2021 Songwriters Showcase, held as part of the IBMA Business Conference during World of Bluegrass in September. It is one of many events specifically geared towards writers on the WOB Songwriters Track. Each of the ten songwriters will have the [...]
Earlier today in Nashville, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the final nominees for their 32nd annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards. Also announced were the 2021 inductees into the Bluegrass Music Hall Of Fame, and recipients of the organization's Distinguished Achievement Awards. Prior to the balloting for the Hall of Fame this year, a document [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has today announced the nominees for their 2021 Industry and Momentum Awards. Unlike the annual IBMA Bluegrass Awards, which are chosen by a ballot of the professional membership of the organization, these nominees are chosen by select committees of industry experts in the various disciplines. The IBMA Industry Awards are [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced another ten artists invited to showcase as part of the Bluegrass Ramble during the 2021 World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. At the same time, they identified ten additional acts that will participate as showcase artists, but via streaming performances from locations around the globe. Each of [...]
With everyone getting deep into summer and making preparations for the July 4 weekend celebrations, the International Bluegrass Music Association want to remind everyone of some important World of Bluegrass deadlines that hit tomorrow (June 30). These include applications to perform during the October 1-2 street fair component of IBMA Bluegrass Live, during the various [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has officially announced this morning the good news we discussed last week, that they are moving full-speed ahead to an in-person World of Bluegrass week in Raleigh at the end of September. There will also be a virtual component to the festivities, with more details about which events will be [...]
