Bluegrass festival/concert news

Kentucky Just Us, an extremely talented family band from - you guessed it, Kentucky - is hosting their first bluegrass festival this weekend. The debut Smoky Mountain Music Fest is scheduled for November 15-16 in Pigeon Forge, TN. KJU have played

Ernie Evans, Norman Adams, Judy Adams, and Debi Evans at the 2019 Palatka Bluegrass Festival Evans Media Source, one of the largest promoters of bluegrass events in the southeastern United States, has acquired Adams Bluegrass Festivals, who have been dominant in

The Maggie Valley Opry House, located among the Smoky Mountains in Maggie Valley, NC, has announced that it has closed permanently. This news is not unexpected following the recent death of Raymond Fairchild, who had managed the venue for more

The 2019 California Banjo Extravaganza is set to kick off tomorrow in Paradise, CA. The annual tour is managed by banjoist Bill Evans, who each year tours up and down the state for several days with two other top banjo players

No one who knows Lorraine Jordan would accuse her of being a shrinking violet. The popular bluegrass entertainer and bandleader is also an aggressive entrepreneur, running several businesses near her home in Raleigh, NC, managing two bands, and putting on

This weekend in Ogden UT, a new composition by banjoist Jens Kruger will be premiered with Chamber Orchestra Ogden to help culminate the sesquicentennial of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in nearby Promontory in 1869. Crossroads Ogden will be performed

Whenever a beloved entertainer passes, there seems to be a renewed interest in their artistry. It's a natural reaction to the attention that comes with the loss of a favorite to feel drawn to what they left behind. And so it

Last night at the Feed & Seed in Fletcher, NC, Nick Chandler & Delivered and White Rock Revival played a concert to benefit Toys for Tots in western North Carolina. Both bands donated their time, and Phillip Trees likewise donated the

Brad and Lori Lambert of New Outlook have scheduled a bluegrass weekend early next year to break the cold weather blues at their Moon City Music & Event Center in Wapakoneta, OH. Once the holiday season is past, everyone is itchin' to

On Saturday night in central North Carolina, the Granite Quarry Civitan Club held their 53rd Annual Fiddlers' Convention in the auditorium of East Rowan High School. With 17 entries in the youth division and 20 in the adult categories, the