Denim & Plaid perform during IBMA Bluegrass Live! 2024 - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The International Bluegrass Music Association’s (IBMA) Kids on Bluegrass (KOB) program increased in the number of participants again this year, and provided some outstanding vocal and instrumental performances
The PacJAM Ramblers at the 2024 Earl Scruggs Music Festival - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock For the third year in a row, kids and parents involved with the Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) and the Young Appalachian Musicians (YAM) programs enjoyed
AJ Lee & Blue Summit at the 2024 Earl Scruggs Music Festival - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The 2024 Earl Scruggs Music Festival held at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, NC over Labor Day Weekend is now
Band from the Cayman Islands at the 2024 Galax Old Fiddlers Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock The six days of the 88th Old Fiddlers' Convention at Felts Park in Galax, VA provided opportunities for literally thousands of photographs to
Off The Rails - 1st Bluegrass Band at the 2024 Old Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock The 88th Annual Old Fiddlers Convention Open Competition, held August 5-10 at Felts Park in Galax, VA, concluded at 1:00 a.m. Sunday, after the last
Here's another large gallery of Nick Hancock's images shot during the youth competition at the Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, VA on Monday, August 5. If you don't like photos of cute kids playing bluegrass and old time music, we
Creekwater Collective competing at the 2024 Old Fiddlers Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock 116 individual contestants between the ages of three and fifteen, and 17 youth bands registered to participate in the 88th annual Old Fiddlers Convention Youth Competition on Monday,
Alden and Arnold Nunn at the 2024 Nunn Brothers Bluegrass Festival - photo © G Nicholas Hancock The Nunn Brothers Bluegrass Festival may be North Carolina’s best kept bluegrass secret. Held in the tiny community of Woodville, located east of Mount Airy
Loyle Dawson & Slick Quiver at the Alleghany County Fiddlers' Convention – photo © G Nicholas Hancock G. Nicholas Hancock was at the 2024 Alleghany County Fiddlers' Convention last weekend and braved the heat, the cold, the rain, and a thrown
"We've been hot, cold, and rained on," said a contestant at the 28th Alleghany County Fiddlers' Convention this past Saturday in Sparta, NC. Although the weather may not have been ideal, a large number of musicians, bands, and spectators turned
