The Ricky Dunn Band at the 97th Star Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock G. Nicholas Hancock attended the 97th Star Fiddlers' Convention held this past weekend at the original location, Star Elementary School, in the small Montgomery County town
Bluegrass festival/concert news
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2024 Star Fiddlers’ Convention results
Nathan Aldridge, Derrick Allred, Mike McCollum, and Danny Bowers getting ready to jam in thehallway at the 2024 Star Fiddlers' Convention - photo © Gary Hatley The 97th Annual Star Fiddlers’ Convention is in the books. The long-running central North Carolina
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7 Mile Bluegrass Festival moves in Ohio
The 7 Mile Bluegrass Festival, a charitable effort of the 7 Mile Bluegrass band to raise money for homeless veterans, will have a new home for 2024. Starting this June, the festival will be hosted at the Pickaway County Fairgrounds
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More from Wintergrass 2024
Laurie Lewis at Wintergrass 2024 - photo © Dave Berry Here is another gallery of Dave Berry's photos from last weekend's Wintergrass festival in Bellevue, WA.
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Photos from the Elmer Burchett benefit concert
Shayne Bartley, Junior Sisk, Elmer Burchett, and Tucker McCandless (2/23/24) - photo © Roger Black Friday night, February 23, saw a number of bluegrass music stars, family and friends come together in the Farmers Market in Mt. Vernon, Kentucky. The event
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2024 Wayne Henderson Music Festival to be the last
The Wayne Henderson Music Festival, a very popular performance and competition event in southwestern Virginia, has announced that this year's 30th annual festival will be the last. Wayne said that there are many reasons why this year's will be the last,
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Enjoy some bluegrass with your solar eclipse
If you've been following the news recently, you probably already know that portions of the US will experience a total solar eclipse in April of 2024. All sorts of events have been scheduled for those in the path of totality,
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Central North Carolina conventions boast of upgrades
The Allred Family at the 2023 Seagrove Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock Three long-running central North Carolina fiddlers' convention will return this spring with a number of improvements. This Saturday, on March 2, the 97th Annual Star Fiddlers' Convention
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Billy Strings in Asheville, NC
Billy Strings at the Explore Asheville Arena (2/17/24) - photo © Corey Johnson-Erday Corey Johnson-Erday with Tune Ridge Media was on hand for the Billy Strings show last Saturday in Asheville's ExploreAsheville.com Arena, and shared these terrific images from the show.
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Cancer benefit for Elmer Burchett on Friday
Photos of Elmer Burchett © Ted Lehmann Noted Kentucky banjo player and lifelong bluegrass sideman Elmer Burchett has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Bluegrass lovers know his work from touring and recording with Ronnie Bowman, Dale Ann Bradley, Don Rigsby, Gary Brewer,