Events

We posted last month about a benefit show to help with the financial obligations of Jed Bulla's family. They were left with substantial obligations following his tragic death this past summer. That show was to have been held last Thursday, but

The nominees for the 2006 Bluegrass Music Awards from the Society For The Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America have been released. The winners will be announced and the awards handed out during the annual SPBGMA convention, held in Nashville

IBMA has announced that the Bluegrass Directory 2006 will be available on January 1, 2006. The directory includes attendees of the 2005 World of Bluegrass, IBMA members, publication advertisers, and other contacts. Anyone who was a full-attendee of the 2005

Tickets for the 2006 Rockygrass and Telluride Bluegrass Festival are now on sale. LYONS, COLORADO "? Tickets for all the Planet Bluegrass festivals "? Telluride Bluegrass Festival (June 15-18, 2006), Rockygrass (July 28-30), and RockyGrass Academy (July 23-27) are on sale

We received another batch of photos from the Vilnius Bluegrass festival, the first of its kind to be held in Lithuania, about which we reported a few times recently here and here. Click either of the photos below to see

Shortly after I started playing bluegrass music seriously back in 1973, Bill Monroe released a double album of live recordings from his Bean Blossom festival. For a teenager just learning about the music, this recorded glimpse into a major festival

Way back in late September we reported that Rhonda Vincent and The Rage would be participating in this year's Capitol One Celebration on Ice. The event takes place today in Richmond, VA. The Richmond Coliseum website is reporting that: The "Capital

I was at the Myrtle Beach show a couple weekends ago taping a concert DVD for Hay Holler Records. The other camera guy that was there helping us out was David Wells. Dave just happened to have his digital still

The 9th annual RenoFest will be held March 24-26, 2006 in Hartsville, SC. Billed as a celebration of the life and times of Don Reno, this event has included both concert performances and instrumental competitions, for banjo and guitar -

Just two weeks ago, bluegrass music scored another historic first as the first international, three-day bluegrass festival was held in Lithuania. The festival, which we mentioned previously here, was entitled Vilnius Bluegrass 2005. We just received some photos from the festival,