Events

18 finalists have been selected for the KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest, to be held on May 25 at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. This is the premiere bluegrass competition for young musicians in the country. Contestants are chosen through a

One of the more fun outdoor bluegrass festivals early in the season is the annual Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass in Sevierville, TN. Located right along the tourist strip just before you enter Pigeon Forge, this event is put on by

The Snowshoe ski resort in West Virginia will be the site for the new 4848 Festival, scheduled for its initial run July 11-13 of this year. Produced by the folks who once ran the All Good Music Festival, this weekend event

The Seagrove Fiddlers' Convention in North Carolina has announced that they will present the inaugural Alan Perdue Memorial Bluegrass Appreciation Award at the festival next weekend. This award was created to honor the memory of Alan Perdue, bluegrass mandolinist, who passed away on

If they held a bluegrass festival in a snowstorm, would you go? Well there was no shortage of takers last weekend when Bonfire Entertainment held another episode of WinterWonderGrass, this time in Steamboat Springs, CO. They packed into the Steamboat Ski

String bands interested in entering the band competition at the 2019 John Hartford Memorial Festival have until tomorrow evening (2/28) to submit an application. The contest offers generous prizes and stage time at the event, held at the Bill Monroe

Folks in Point Pleasant, WV have been enjoying their community's Bikes & BBQ festival this past three years. Bicycling enthusiasts and barbecue lovers assembled together at the Mothman Statue in downtown Point Pleasant each June for bike rides and the cooking

Boston’s Berklee College of Music’s American Roots Music program is to mark its 10th anniversary with a special concert that will feature collaborations between artists in styles as varied as blues, Celtic, country, Gospel, early jazz, folk, old-time, spirituals and

The Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground in Bean Blossom, IN, now under new ownership and management, has announced an invitational band competition for this summer. Only 30 bands will be accepted for this contest, which will be known as

Ohio bluegrass artists are coming together to promote TonyPalooza, a benefit concert for Tony Kakaris, bass player with Nightflyer. Tony is undergoing treatment now for multiple myeloma, a stage 4 cancer whose diagnosis had been delayed by a belief that