Bluegrass festival/concert news

With North Carolina vaccines up and COVID cases down, the state is gradually rolling back restrictions and outdoor events are returning. One of those is the 41st Annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Festival held at the Denton Farm Park in

South Carolina's Albino Skunk Festival has announced that proceeds from their annual charity bicycle ride, deTour deSkunk, will be donated this year to Patton Wages, banjo player with Volume Five, who suffered a stroke earlier this year. Patton was fortunate that

The signs of spring are unmistakable all over the northern hemisphere. Trees are blooming, baseball is being played, and bluegrass music is being heard outdoors. One of the most striking aspects of the COVID-19 shutdowns for us last year was the

The FreshGrass Foundation has announced more than $25,00 in prizes for the 2021 FreshGrass Awards. Winners are selected in a two-stage process, with finalists chosen from submissions received by June 15, who then compete during the FreshGrass festival in Massachusetts,

COVID-19 has caused another bluegrass casualty. Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in New York has announced that they will miss their 2021 event, just as they were forced to do in 2020. This year's festival has been postponed again until July 14-17, 2022.

Good news for bluegrass fans in central Ohio. The free 7 Mile Bluegrass Festival in Greenfield will be held again this year, with the only admission fee being a donation of non-perishable food for the local veterans food bank. The brainchild

Erected in 1969, the Shawnee Cave Amphitheater in Murphysboro, IL, was host to many major touring artists of the era. Bands such as Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show, Tanya Tucker (at 15 years old), T.G. Shepard, and Muddy Waters

Ever since banjo player Patton Wages of Volume Five suffered a stroke back in February, the bluegrass community has been sending well wishes and prayers in his direction. Fortunately, his dad, who was with him at the time, was able

The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY was recently the host of the 2021 Kentucky State Fiddle Championship. The Museum will be the home of this fiddling tradition going forward. Held on March 20, the Championship featured

Boone Creek at Watermelon Park in Berryville, VA 1977 - photo © Akira Otsuka Fred Robbins, one of the premier archivists in bluegrass music, has added a collection of photos taken by Akira Otsuka to his vast online repository of images