Bluegrass festival/concert news

Billy Strings at K Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, MI (11/3/22) - photo © Bryan Bolea This past Thursday, Billy Strings brought his powerhouse bluegrass show to Kalamazoo, MI at the K Wings Stadium, home of the Kalamazoo Wings ECHL hockey team. Bryan

Tim Carter, banjo player with Hayseed Dixie, owner/operator of Treehouse Studio in Nashville, and one half of The Carter Brothers, has shared a truly lovely story about the sensory power of music. Hayseed Dixie is an interesting band, formed in 2001

The Takarazuka Festival in Japan is recognized as the third oldest ongoing bluegrass festival in the world, after Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom and Ralph Stanley's Hills of Home Festival in McClure, Virginia.  The first festival was held on the stage of

Sideline at the 2022 Bluegrass Island Festival - photo © Deb Miller Thanks to Deb Miller with B Chord Photography for sharing these images from the 2022 Bluegrass Island Festival on the Outer Banks of North Carolina last month. It appears

Bluegrass recording artists the Becky Buller Band and Nu-Blu have announced plans for a joint 2022 Christmas tour. And they have something mighty special on tap for what they are billing as a Happy Christmas Tour. Rather than a round robin

Mountain Heart with Carly Pearce at The Ryman (10/27/22) - photo by Hayley Gjertsen When Mountain Heart opened last Thursday for country star and Opry member Carly Pearce at the Ryman Auditorium, the guys were asked back during Carly's set to

Old Crow Medicine Show at The Orange Peel (10/29/22) - photo © Bryce LaFoon Bryce LaFoon with Lightshifter Studios was at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC on Saturday night (10/29) for a special Halloween party with Old Crow Medicine Show.

Del McCoury at the 2022 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion - photo © Bryce Lafoon (Lightshifter Studios) Here's a gallery we meant to publish last month, The Del McCoury Band performing at the 2022 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, held September

A special concert is scheduled at the end of October in Dallas, GA to benefit the Marietta Police Athletic League, hosted by Musical Charities as part of their Playing It Forward series. Billed as The Big SHEBang, it will feature performances

Stan Brown with The Bluegrass Experience at the 2022 Moorefields Bluegrass Festival - photo © Jim Herrington These photos from the 2022 Moorefields Bluegrass Festival in Hillsborough, NC are a contribution from Jim Herrington with Drone Data and Film® Photography. The festival