Events

The Care For Cancer festival, hosted by Zink & Company, has moved to a new location for 2018. The event will still feature a Saturday filled with great New England bluegrass in western Massachusetts, but it has moved to The Stationery

A chapter in the bluegrass music history of Michigan has closed. Zellie’s Opry House held its final show in the old church in Howard City, Michigan. Keith and Terri Grannis have hosted music performances in the Opry House for the past

It's always happy news when another bluegrass festival launches, but even more so when they pop up outside the zone that spawned the first ones more than 50 years ago. There may still be more of these festivals in the

Uncle Dave Macon Days, a weekend roots music festival held each summer in Murfreesboro, TN to honor the iconic 20th century entertainer, announced today that their 2018 event will include a live performance and CD-release party for Rhonda Vincent and

Baltimore's Charm City Bluegrass Festival has announced that they will be expanding to a two day event in this its sixth year. The urban, downtown festival will bring nearly two dozen acts from the more progressive side of bluegrass to town

The folks at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO have announced the finalists for their 2018 KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest, to be held in the park on May 26. The invitational competition brings 20 promising young groups to perform

More of Jeromie Stephens photos taken during this past weekend's DC Bluegrass Festival.

Jeromie Stephens was on hand during this past weekend's DC Bluegrass Festival in Tysons Corner, VA. He shared a great many images, many of which captured artists backstage and socializing, of the sort that festival goers rarely glimpse first hand.

Kate Lee with O'Connor Band at Wintergrass 2018 - photo © Tara Linhardt Sunday was the last day of the four day Wintergrass festival, still jam packed with good music. I spoke with Earla Harding who was one of the founders of

The organizers of the annual Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass festival in Sevierville, TN have issued a call for entries for their Mountain Soul Vocal Competition, which they believe is the world's only singing contest wholly dedicated to the songs of Dolly