Bluegrass festival/concert news

Infamous Stringdusters at The Salvage Station - photo © Bryce Lafoon When The Infamous Stringdusters played The Salvage Station in Asheville, NC on September 30, Bryce Lafoon of Lighshifter Studios was on hand with his cameras. He shared these images from the

A cappella performance by Blue Highway at their debut Blue Highway Fest - photo © Jeromie Stephens Here's a second batch of images taken by Jeromie Stephens at the initial Blue Highway Fest in Big Stone Gap, VA.  As always, he

For the past 10 years, Felts Park in Galax, VA has been alive with bluegrass music on the second weekend in June for HoustonFest. The festival brought in top bluegrass entertainers to benefit the Galax Volunteer Fire Department, and honor

Since 2007 the town of Westport, located in County Mayo along the northwestern coast of the Republic of Ireland, has had its own bluegrass festival, called appropriately enough, the Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival. It's not a large town, already

The Boston region's notorious Bluegrass Tuesdays jam session and concert has been going on for nearly 30 years. Held at The Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, MA, and hosted by Geoff Bartley, the recurring weekly events would sometimes feature top touring

Sad news for bluegrass lovers in southern Michigan, as well as northern Ohio and Indiana. After a run of more than two decades the Milan Music Fest has announced that the 2022 festival will be their last. Formerly known as the

Della Mae at the IBMA Bluegrass Live! festival (10/1/22) - photo © Frank Baker With the rough weather this past weekend in Raleigh, we were unable to get over to the Duke Energy Center for the indoor version of IBMA's 2022

After 23 years of providing top quality bluegrass entertainment, and donating many hundreds of thousands of dollars to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the vaunted Musicians Against Childhood Cancer Music Festival is coming to an end. Darrel and Phyllis Adkins have

The Wildmans, band competition winners in the 2022 FreshGrass Awards This past weekend at the FreshGrass Festival in North Adams, MA, selected finalists went head-to-head in the 2022 FreshGrass Awards competition. The contest is held each year in two stages, with a

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced this afternoon that all of the outdoor musical performances associated with the IBMA Bluegrass Live! festival will be moving indoors, due to expected rain and wind from hurricane Ian. Fortunately, the IBMA has some