Goodbye Raleigh – World of Bluegrass bids farewell to Raleigh, NC
Jamming in the shadow of the Raleigh sign at World of Bluegrass ’24 – photo © Jeromie Stephens When IBMA’s World of Bluegrass pulled out of Nashville in 2012, I spent most of the 12-hour drive home, and many of the following months, thinking that IBMA had made a mortal mistake in moving the annual […]
World of Bluegrass Exhibit Hall is where it’s at
Exhibit Hall jam with Rhonda Vincent at World of Bluegrass ’24 – photo © David Morris It may be IBMA’s last year in Raleigh, but things are definitely not slowing down. The floor of the exhibit hall inside the Convention Center is all abuzz with vendors, products, artists, fans, and much, much more. Traffic in […]
2024 IBMA Industry Awards
Jeromie Stephens accepts the Photographer of the Year Award – photo © Frank Baker Thursday at the World of Bluegrass is always heralded as the biggest night in bluegrass, because of the main awards show, but the awards begin long before Thursday night. This year’s Industry Awards Luncheon, as always, recognized the best in the […]
Photos from the 2024 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards Show
Kids on Bluegrass at the 2024 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards – photo © Frank Baker Frank Baker filled up several hard drives with images from last night’s IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards. He captured the winners as they were announced, as well as the several performances. Great stuff!
Thursday images from Jeromie Stephens
Charlie Lowman in the Marriott Hotel lobby (9/26/24) – photo © Jeromie Stephens IBMA Bluegrass Photographer of the Year for 2024, Jeromie Stephens, spent much of Thursday prowling the Raleigh Convention Center, during World of Bluegrass, and in the adjacent Marriott Hotel and the Martin Marietta Center during the evening. Here’s a sampling of what […]
Jeromie Stephens’ WOB photos from Wednesday
C.J. Lewandowski at World of Bluegrass 2024 – photo © Jeromie Stephens Here’s a gallery of photos taken on Wednesday at the 2024 World of Bluegrass by the very first, and current reigning IBMA Photographer of the Year, Jeromie Stephens. Well done, Jeromie.
WOB ’24: IBMA Board offers Chattanooga details
After 12 years in Raleigh, the World of Bluegrass stay in Chattanooga starting in 2025 might be a lot shorter. “It’s important for us to move around, to spread the music,” IBMA Executive Director Ken White said Thursday at IBMA’s town hall meeting. But there’s no use saying goodbye to the new venue before saying […]
Becky Buller at The Lincoln Theater – WOB ’24
Becky Buller at the 2024 WOB Kickoff Party – photo © Frank Baker Frank Baker visited The Lincoln Theater in downtown Raleigh, NC last night for the official 2024 World of Bluegrass Kickoff Party with the Becky Buller Band. Keep an eye here all week for his terrific photos.
Some further details about World of Bluegrass in Chattanooga
Since the International Bluegrass Music Association’s announcement last month that their signature events would be moving to Chattanooga, TN for 2025-27, we have been in discussions with the folks at Chattanooga Tourism to learn a bit more about the city, and how things will lay out for September 16-20, 2025. While the bulk of the […]
IBMA announces Chattanooga as the new World of Bluegrass site
This afternoon the International Bluegrass Music Association has announced Chattanooga, TN as the host city for their annual World of Bluegrass Convention and associated events for 2025-2027. These include the three-day business conference, the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards Show, and the weekend bluegrass festival. At this point, no specifics have been revealed as to which […]
