Bluegrass festival/concert news

Prague-based banjo and mandolin builder, Rosťa Čapek, is having a double celebration in the spring -  his 55th birthday, and the fifth wedding anniversary of what his wife, Iva, describes as "our Big Bluegrass Wedding." To mark these occasions, he

In the wake of the school shut downs due to the COVID 19 outbreak, three central North Carolina fiddlers' conventions held in school buildings are finally returning this spring, with a few changes.  Star Fiddlers' Convention will resume for its 96th

At last night's International Folk Music Awards, held in Kansas City, MO as a component of the 2023 Folk Alliance International Conference, Molly Tuttle won in the Album of the Year category for her current project on Nonesuch Records with

The good folks at The Caverns in Grundy, TN, filming site for the popular The Caverns Sessions program on PBS and home of the CaveFest jamgrass event launched last fall, have announced a new festival for the Fourth of July

The Years of Farming Bluegrass shows in Flemingsburg, KY, hosted and managed by Paul Hinton, are in their 12th season of live bluegrass concerts. Held at the Double S Entertainment Bowling Center & JB's Grill, Paula schedules performances October through May,

John Cowan, who earned his bluegrass stripes as the lead vocalist with New Grass Revival, has announced a short run of shows this year during his off time with The Doobie Brothers. During February he will be out with John Cowan's

Galax, VA has long been known as a center of bluegrass and old time music. Having hosted the legendary Old Fiddlers Convention each summer for more than eight decades, the city is also home to 98.1 Classic Country radio (WBRF),

The 2023 edition of the popular MidWinter Bluegrass Festival, coming up in February in Northglenn, CO, will be the first absent founder and long time organizer, Ken Seaman, who passed away in 2021 after running the event since 1986. Ads

The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY is taking their mission to spread the word of bluegrass quite literally with a new event in March of 2023. Called The Great American Bluegrass Jam, this weekend affair brings

It's not uncommon during the winter months to see top touring acts playing smaller clubs to keep their stage show fresh for when the festival season starts back up in the spring. But we don't often find bluegrass legends in