Events

Good news for bluegrass fans in central Ohio. The free 7 Mile Bluegrass Festival in Greenfield will be held again this year, with the only admission fee being a donation of non-perishable food for the local veterans food bank. The brainchild

Erected in 1969, the Shawnee Cave Amphitheater in Murphysboro, IL, was host to many major touring artists of the era. Bands such as Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show, Tanya Tucker (at 15 years old), T.G. Shepard, and Muddy Waters

Ever since banjo player Patton Wages of Volume Five suffered a stroke back in February, the bluegrass community has been sending well wishes and prayers in his direction. Fortunately, his dad, who was with him at the time, was able

The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY was recently the host of the 2021 Kentucky State Fiddle Championship. The Museum will be the home of this fiddling tradition going forward. Held on March 20, the Championship featured

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

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,

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

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

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

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