Marcia Denton, Benjamin Lin, Randall Franks, Tyler Andal, Ivy Phillips, Ronal Graham, and Lewis Taylor at the 42nd annual 1890s Day Jamboree (May 26, 2018) Contestants were lined up on May 26 for Old Time Fiddle Convention during the 42nd annual 1890s
There’s still time to enter instrument and band contests that will be held Sunday (June 3) as part of the 47th Annual Deer Creek Fiddlers’ Convention in Westminster, MD. Pickers, singers and songwriters can sign up Sunday morning from 9:00 a.m.
The IBMA Board of Directors is back at it again this weekend... performing at the Station Inn, that is. For the past three years, the board members have worked together with IBMA and Station Inn staff to promote an “all-star”
The annual KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest was held this May 26 during the Bluegrass & BBQ festival at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. The invitational competition is open to bands whose members are 21 years old or younger
One of the many big bluegrass festivals held over the Memorial Day weekend was DelFest, hosted each year by the one and only Del McCoury in Cumberland, MD. Here is a batch of stage and campground images from the festival, which
In keeping with the Memorial Day theme... Given that this is usually the first three-day weekend in the US once the weather is nice, and many school systems are finished, or nearly so, for the year, bluegrass festivals abound over Memorial
Here is our fourth and final installment of photos taken by Frank Baker at the May 2018 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. See you again in August!
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen at the May 2018 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker Yet another gallery of Frank Baker's images taken at last weekend's Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Look for one more tomorrow.
The Blue Ox Music Festival in Eau Claire, WI has announced a new ticket option for the third year of their annual June event. The three-day music fest is hosted by Pert Near Sandstone, based in nearby Minneapolis, MN, and
Here is a second gallery of photos Frank Baker took during last weekend's Spring Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. There will be at least one more before we're done.