Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Molly Tuttle at MerleFest 2024 - photo © Bryce LaFoon Here are some stage photos Bryce LaFoon captured of Thursday's action at MerleFest 2024. The festival continues through Sunday in Wilkesboro, NC. We'll have a full report next
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Headin’ Home Fest adds a day for 2024
The annual Headin' Home Fest in Swainsboro, GA has announced an extra day of music this October when festival time comes around. Stage shows will now begin on Thursday and run through Sunday, with a pot luck dinner and open
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MerleFest Band Competition finalists psyched to compete this year
For the past 35 years, MerleFest has become known as one of the foremost music festivals in the southeast, and, one would daresay, in the entire world. Sponsored by Window World and founded in 1988 as a fundraiser for the
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JamVember in July coming up in Massachusetts
Well-known Boston-area guitarists and educator, Tony Watt, has announced a fun new non-festival for this summer though his Bluegrass University. Billed as JamVember in July, this pickin' weekend will be held July 19-21 in Greenfield, MA at Camp Kee-wanee. The JamVember
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More Lonesome River Band photos from Big Lick
Lonesome River Band at the 2024 Big Lick Bluegrass Festival - photo © Laci Mack Laci Mack shared this gallery of photos from last night's Lonesome River Band performance at the Big Lick Bluegrass Festival. Thanks Laci! We'll have full photo coverage
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Authentic Unlimited to play in John Meador’s hometown
John Meador of Authentic Unlimited, and his father, Marty Authentic Unlimited is coming to Macon County Junior High School in Lafayette, TN, on Saturday, April 27. What makes this event so special is that it is happening for the first time
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Glen Duncan benefit show in Nashville next month
The stars will definitely be out in Nashville on May 15 when a dozen or more top bluegrass artists will congregate at 3rd & Lindsley for a Music City benefit concert for Glen Duncan. Among the finest of Nashville fiddlers,
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Photos from the 2024 Bluegrass Heritage Festival
The Purple Hulls at the 2024 Bluegrass Heritage Festival - photo © Nate Dalzell Thanks to Alan Tompkins, member of the Board of Directors of the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation in Dallas, TX, we have these photos from their 2024 Bluegrass Heritage
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More photos from the 2024 Highfalls Fiddlers’ Convention
Dance competition at the 2024 Highfalls Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock Nick Hancock has shared this gallery of images he took during last weekend's Highfalls Fiddlers' Convention in Robbins, NC. Thanks Nick!
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Special programs at the Earl Scruggs Center in 2024
The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC, a museum and social center commemorating the contributions of the region's most famous native, has opened a new exhibit, Born of the Broad River: The Life and Career of Earl Scruggs in His