Events

In 1978, John D Maness, of Snow Camp, NC, started the Bass Mountain Bluegrass Festival. John Sr or Big John (also of the Bass Mountain Boys Bluegrass Band with brothers Jeff and Joel), passed away on Dec 1, 2002. Having

Ron Thomason entrances the audience at the Spring 2019 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker

Seldom Scene at the Spring 2019 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker

Balsam Range at the May 2019 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker

Triple fiddles at Gettysburg from Aynsley Porchak, Becky Buller, Bronwyn Keith‐Hynes - photo by Frank Baker The first of the two annual Gettysburg Bluegrass Festivals was held this past weekend in Pennsylvania. Once again, we were fortunate to have Frank Baker

Music festivals are typically proud to make it to a 10 or 15 year mark, but it's rare indeed to find one celebrating 70 years like the West Virginia State Folk Festival is doing in 2019. The four day event

David McLaughlin, Marshall Wilborn, and Dudley Connell with the Johnson Mountain Boys at Nacogdoches Bluegrass Festival in Texas (July 4, 1987) - photo by Rick Gardner Lil John's Mountain Music Festival and their host band, Sideline, have come up with something special

A memorial benefit concert is scheduled this Friday to celebrate the memory of popular North Carolina bluegrass musician Steve Sutton, who died suddenly at age 61 around this time of year in 2017. Steve had been a staple on banjo and

After a couple of years' hiatus, bluegrass and Gospel music will return to Donald Brady's farm in Coleridge in central NC. The mini-bluegrass festival kicks off with a covered dish meal at 6:00 p.m. Pickers and listeners are welcome to

The Saltworks Appalachian Homecoming has been taking place in Manchester, KY each year since 2014. Like many community events of its type, this one was envisioned as an opportunity to invite residents and visitors to Clay County for a weekend