Events

A summer without bluegrass was unimaginable last year. To our amazement, festival after festival decided to postpone their events until 2021. Many promoters held out hope, especially those who held festivals in the late summer and fall. However, as the

Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, May 2021 - photo by Frank Baker As we share this first gallery of Frank Baker's photos from the Spring 2021 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, please allow us a moment to note how wonderful it is to see bluegrass

This look back to the first time Hot Rize visited France in 1980 comes in three parts. First we have the recollections of Charley Sifaqui, a French journalist, banjo picker, and bluegrass lover who had the honor of accompanying the

Ralph Stanley II has just announced a very special way to celebrate the 75th year that The Clinch Mountain Boys have been on the road. Owing to ongoing changes in the COVID-19 restrictions in his native Virginia, Stanley will host a

The Station Inn, long Nashville's home for live bluegrass music, has announced that they will host a Celebration of Life this coming weekend for owner J.T. Gray, who passed away in March.  Friends and admirers are invited to meet at The

With North Carolina vaccines up and COVID cases down, the state is gradually rolling back restrictions and outdoor events are returning. One of those is the 41st Annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Festival held at the Denton Farm Park in

South Carolina's Albino Skunk Festival has announced that proceeds from their annual charity bicycle ride, deTour deSkunk, will be donated this year to Patton Wages, banjo player with Volume Five, who suffered a stroke earlier this year. Patton was fortunate that

The signs of spring are unmistakable all over the northern hemisphere. Trees are blooming, baseball is being played, and bluegrass music is being heard outdoors. One of the most striking aspects of the COVID-19 shutdowns for us last year was the

The FreshGrass Foundation has announced more than $25,00 in prizes for the 2021 FreshGrass Awards. Winners are selected in a two-stage process, with finalists chosen from submissions received by June 15, who then compete during the FreshGrass festival in Massachusetts,

COVID-19 has caused another bluegrass casualty. Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in New York has announced that they will miss their 2021 event, just as they were forced to do in 2020. This year's festival has been postponed again until July 14-17, 2022.