Bluegrass festival/concert news

The inaugural DelFest Academy will take place from May 18-21, 2009. The Academy, which will take place at the DelFest venue - the Allegany County Fairgrounds, Cumberland, Maryland - provides two levels of instruction: Level 1 (novice to intermediate) and Level

Tonight's (12/16) regular Tuesday Mashville Brigade show at Nashville's Station Inn will also serve as their annual Christmas Party. In addition to the regular Brigade, special guests The Doyle & Debbie Show will appear. They have generated quite a buzz in

The Prague Post ran an article yesterday about the popularity of bluegrass music on the European Continent. The hook for the piece is a show taking place in Prague tomorrow featuring Czech band Monogram. It's a well written article discussing the

By any tradition, Christmas is a season of giving. It is a time when charities seek to raise funds to help those in need, especially during a colder time of the year when many are without a warm meal and

NewFound Road will be among the guests on Friday's (11/21) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX. They will do a 15 minute set during the show, which airs at noon (EST), broadcasting at 102.9 FM in Knoxville, TN - and

Under the auspices of the Scottish Bluegrass Association (SBA), John Sheldon has organised a 10-day tour for the northern Virginia - soon to be Louisville, Kentucky - based family band, Gold Heart. Gold Heart is dominated by the three very talented

Koch Records has announced the release yesterday (11/11), of Charlie Daniels And Friends Live From Nashville concert video. The DVD, Preachin', Prayin', Singin',  features the likes of Mac Wiseman, Earl, Gary and Randy Scruggs, Del, Ronnie and Rob McCoury as well

We brought you news in September that European World of Bluegrass Festival was accepting band applications. The deadline for that application process is fast approaching. Applications must be received by November 20th for consideration. The festival is scheduled to take place May

The management of the famous Nashville, Tennessee, bluegrass music venue, The Station Inn, is having a fund-raising concert. J T Gray, the owner of the club on 12th Avenue South, has organized a show, which will take place on November 19,

Rich Hersberger, the Secretary of the Bean Blossom Jamboree Foundation (BBJF), has announced that the fund raising efforts to help buy the Indiana music park previously owned and managed by Bill Monroe realized nearly $5,000 during the recent Uncle Pen