Events

The iconic Bill Monroe Music Park and Campground, site of the long running Bean Blossom festivals in Indiana, has been purchased by a local family, determined to continue the music and upgrade the facilities, just as previous owners Dwight Dillman

Bill and Linda Hale are retiring after 35 years promoting the Arcadia Bluegrass Festival in north central Maryland. The festival will continue going forward with a new promoter. The Hales always booked traditional bluegrass at their shows, held each year in mid-September,

Che Apalache at the 2018 Shout & Shine concert (9/24/18) - photo © Frank Baker Frank Baker made the rounds Monday night, capturing images from both the Shout & Shine concert, emphasizing the kinship within bluegrass and blues music, and True

Friday at the Nothin’ Fancy Festival opened with the unique humor and top notch musicianship of the Moron Brothers. A number of the audience members were seeing these guys for the first time. It is fun watching first-timers react! Junior

The venerable Watermelon Park festival in Berryville, VA is another event that has been affected by the flooding associated with Hurricane Florence. Bluegrass music has been hosted at the Watermelon Park Campground since 1960, which they claim as the first outdoor

Nothin' Fancy at the Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren Thursday at the 2018 Nothin’ Fancy Festival was another warm one. But that didn’t slow down festival managers and hosts Robyn and Willie Wines. They each always have a

Nothin’ Fancy is hosting their 18th annual festival at Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista, Virginia. Wednesday started as it always does – with a great potluck dinner. The food was wonderful. This old photographer ate way to much! Mike Andes,

Highland Travelers at the Kentuckians of Michigan (9/15/18) - photo © Bill Warren This past weekend was the opening of the winter bluegrass series presented by the Kentuckians of Michigan, who recently held their 58th annual picnic. This weekend marked something

Po' Ramblin' Boys at the 2018 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker Here's our final gallery of images from the 2018 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival. Frank Baker will be with us all next week at the IBMA's World of

While the southeastern US was focused on Hurricane Florence this past weekend, hot pickers from the rest of the country were in Winfield, Kansas duking it out in the 2018 Walnut Valley instrument contests. This was the 47th year for this