Boone Creek at Watermelon Park in Berryville, VA 1977 - photo © Akira Otsuka Fred Robbins, one of the premier archivists in bluegrass music, has added a collection of photos taken by Akira Otsuka to his vast online repository of images
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McCourys to offer DelFest Lite on original DelFest weekend
More great live music news! Having been forced by COVID circumstances to postpone the big DelFest shindig in May until September, Del McCoury and his family have decided to offer a mini festival experience over Memorial Day weekend all the same,
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Infamous Stringdusters and Travelin’ McCourys live in NC
Here's some more good news for live music fans. The Infamous Stringdusters, Travelin' McCourys, and Sierra Hull & Justin Moses will appear next month at VanHoy Farms in North Carolina for a two-day, socially-distanced outdoor mini festival. Billed as The VanHoy
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Dailey & Vincent announce Cumberland River Music Festival
The entertainment powerhouse of Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent has announced a new major festival under the Dailey & Vincent brand, this time in Jamie's hometown of Gainesboro, TN. The inaugural Dailey & Vincent Cumberland River Music Festival is scheduled for
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Inaugural Earl Scruggs Music Festival postponed again to 2022
People in the event production and venue management business have certainly had a tough year. No one gets any special sympathy, since the COVID restrictions have harmed their business almost universally, or at least worldwide. And of course everyone who
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DelFest 2021 postponed until September
DelFest, the annual bluegrass festival hosted each spring in Cumberland, MD by the McCoury family, has announced today that they are officially postponing the 2021 event until later this summer. Last year's festival had to be completely cancelled due to COVID
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Doyle Lawson Festival will return Mother’s Day weekend
The 41st Annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Bluegrass Music Festival will return May 6-8 at the Denton FarmPark in central North Carolina. Due to the pandemic, last year's event was moved from May to September. This year it returns to
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Seldom Scene to recreate Live at the Cellar Door on stage in Virginia
This is exciting news for Seldom Scene fans in eastern Virginia, and for any willing to travel there to witness this one time only event. Mount Airy Farm near Warsaw, VA will host the Scene for a concert on September 25,
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ROMP Virtual Band Contest submissions end this week
Our friends at the Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum are getting ready for voting to start next week in their first ever Virtual Band Contest. Bands from all across the US are submitting videos, with fan voting set to
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Bluegrass Hall of Fame to host Kentucky State Fiddle Championship
In March of 2021, the Kentucky State Fiddle Championship will be hosted for the first time in their new home, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY. Now in its 47th year, this competition has been