Great news for banjo players and lovers on the east coast! Two fine practitioners of the five string banjo, Bill Evans and Alan Munde, will be embarking on a two-week tour throughout the central and southeastern US. Hitting ten cities, the
Bluegrass festival/concert news
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2024 Podunk Songwriters Contest accepting entries
The Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival, held each summer in Goshen, CT, is accepting entries for the 2024 edition of their annual Songwriter's Contest. An entry fee of $25 puts writers in the running for a $200 first prize, $100 second place
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Infamous Stringdusters and Big Daddy Bluegrass Trio at The Orange Peel
Infamous Stringdusters at The Orange Peel (12/29/23) - photo © Corey Johnson-Erday We are pleased to introduce a new photographer who will be sharing images with us, Corey Johnson-Erday with Tune Ridge Media, who lives in the Asheville, NC region. He made
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Mud Creek Bluegrass festival launches in July
This article marks the second of what we expect will be regular contributions from Bluegrass Canada, the bluegrass music association of Canada, and their quarterly magazine by the same name. Editor Mike Higgins has promised to send us updates from the
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Yonder Bar is coming to Denver
A new entertainment venue and watering hole in Denver, CO is set to open early in 2024 with a newgrass and progressive bluegrass vibe. Yonder Bar is taking over the space occupied this past 20 years by Sancho's Broken Arrow on
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Joe Val Festival returning to Boston?
Bluegrass lovers in the northeastern US have been mourning the demise of the big Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, held this past 15 years at the Sheraton Hotel in Framingham, MA. Managed by the Boston Bluegrass Union, and dedicated to the
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Fries Fiddler’s Convention shuts down after 56 years
The Fries Volunteer Fire Department in Fries, VA (pronounced "freeze") has announced that the popular fiddlers convention they have hosted this past 56 years will not be held going forward. They say that unforeseen circumstances, as well as time and
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James Taylor with Punch Brothers on the Energy Curfew Music Hour
Punch Brothers with James Taylor and Gabby Moreno at the Audible Theater - photo © Avery Brunkus This past weekend's edition of the Energy Curfew Music Hour, hosted by Punch Brothers, featured James Taylor and Gabby Moreno as special guests. Taylor
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Chris Jones & The Night Drivers on the Opry
Chris Jones & The Night Drivers play the Grand Ole Opry (11/21/23) - photo © Megan Lynch Chowning Just before Thanksgiving, Chris Jones & The Night Drivers had another chance to play the Grand Ole Opry. They were invited on November
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A Stanley Country Christmas
Good news for fans of the Stanley sound in southwestern Virginia and Georgia! Nathan Stanley, along with Ralph Stanley II, and former Nashville Star winner, Buddy Jewel, will be appearing in a series of holiday concerts billed as A Stanley Country