Events

Anyone who lives in a small town or city is familiar with how they can receive a nickname. It can be a promotional effort by a local tourism commission, or they can come by association with some accident or natural

Workers make repairs to the stage ahead of the Suwannee Roots Revival in Florida. While portions of Florida's panhandle were decimated by Hurricane Michael this week, the organizers of the 2018 Suwannee Roots Revival want to let everyone know that they

The Podunk Bluegrass Festival has announced a new location for the popular Connecticut event, starting in August 2019. Following this year's festival, the five year lease Podunk had with the Hebron Lions Club expired, and the organizers were informed that the

As he has the previous nine years, Rainer Zellner will again bring top acts from the US to Germany this fall as part of his three-week Bluegrass Jamboree. It's an old fashioned package show that travels from city to city, bringing

John Felty, Shannon Whitworth, and Woody Platt (with son, Rivers) present a check for $100,000 to Candice Walsh, Meredith Baldridge, and Parker Platt with the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County The Steep Canyon Rangers are delighted to report that

Stuart Duncan and Noam Pikelny at ROMP 2014 - photo by Jenny Sevcick Fans of banjo and fiddle music will remember when Noam Pikelny and Stuart Duncan toured the US as a duo in 2014. These two masters of their instruments

Attention fiddlers! A call for contestants has gone out for the 2nd annual “Tennessee Style” fiddle contest at the Hoedown On The Harpeth festival next weekend in Kingston Springs. The competition is open to fiddlers of any age and style, who will go

Longtime Kentucky bluegrass venue Meadowgreen Music Park has announced a new name, new owner, and new board of directors, just in time to kick off its 2018-19 concert season. The popular music barn, located in Clay City east of Lexington,

The iconic Bill Monroe Music Park and Campground, site of the long running Bean Blossom festivals in Indiana, has been purchased by a local family, determined to continue the music and upgrade the facilities, just as previous owners Dwight Dillman

Bill and Linda Hale are retiring after 35 years promoting the Arcadia Bluegrass Festival in north central Maryland. The festival will continue going forward with a new promoter. The Hales always booked traditional bluegrass at their shows, held each year in mid-September,