Events

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run are gearing up for their first European tour, kicking off in Belgium in a little more than two weeks. The boys will be taking their hard charging, old time bluegrass show all across the continent

ROMP, i.e., the River of Music Party, held annually in Owensboro, KY, has announced Birds of Prey as the winners of their 2022 Virtual Band Contest. The competition involves bluegrass bands submitting a live video of themselves, and then entreating

Talk about a destination event! The debut Trafaria Bluegrass festival is scheduled for this summer on the sunny Atlantic shores of Portugal. Taking an international approach, the organizers will bring in a number of acts from outside the small western European

The folks at The Caverns in Pelham, TN, host stage for the recording of the PBS television series, Bluegrass Underground, and many other concerts each year, has announced a new bluegrass and jamgrass festival starting this fall. CaveFest is scheduled for

We wrote last month about Kim and Joyce Kraemer and their plan to restart the Naperville Bluegrass Festival, after it having been run successfully by Terry and Jan Lease from 1986 to 2014. Kim has shared a few words about

Watchhouse at The Ark in Ann Arbor, MI (4/3/22) - photo by Bryan Bolea Bryan Bolea caught the Watchhouse band at The Ark in Ann Arbor, MI earlier this month. The group, formerly the duo Mandolin Orange, now expanded to a

The organizers of the annual Wayne Henderson Festival, held in Grayson Highlands State Park in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, are delighted to announce that not only will the festival return in 2022 after two COVID cancellations, but that the very popular

David Harvey, who oversees production of mandolins and acoustic instruments at Gibson in Nashville, will be offering a couple of presentations this spring on the history of the company which employs him. Though Gibson has seen several owners since it

With all the fears about bluegrass festivals being unable to recover from two years of COVID shutdowns, it is wonderful news whenever we see a new festival getting started. And that is exactly the story of the new Big Bend Bluegrass

Banjos are bustin' out all over! We've just received word of the successful inaugural Banjo Camp Brasil, the first ever event of its type in the country. If your Portuguese is up to par, you can find out more at