For 25 years, Bowie, Texas has held an outdoor festival under the name of Chicken and Bread Days. It's always celebrated on the first Saturday in October, in honor of Bowie having once been the home of the world's largest
Event Reviews
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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Festival celebrates 40 years
Neither a global pandemic nor intermittent showers could dampen the spirit nor the music this past weekend at the Denton FarmPark in central North Carolina. Doyle Lawson’s 40th Annual Bluegrass Festival was one for the record books. With seating spaced to
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Bill Monroe in the Time of COVID – 2020 Monroe Mandolin Camp online
This report on the first ever virtual Monroe Mandolin Camp is a contribution from Theresa Seiders, a voice-over artist and audio editor in Columbus, Ohio. Oh... and a serious student and lover of the mandolin. It's a chilly pre-fall morning in central
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Bluegrass returns to Denton FarmPark for Doyle Lawson Festival
Even in the midst of a pandemic, the show must go on and that is what is happening this weekend at the 40th Annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Festival held at Denton FarmPark in central North Carolina. The event has faced
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Fiddle Camp with Jana Jae in Oklahoma
Labor Day is traditionally that last opportunity before Old Man Winter visits for family gatherings/reunions, cookouts, lake time and Jana Jae's Fiddle Camp in Grove, OK. While the COVID has many music venues shut down, Jae decided she could make Fiddle Camp happen
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Against all odds – SamJam 2020
2020 has been a devastating year for bluegrass festivals, entertainers, and promoters, just to mention a few in the industry. With COVID-19 taking its toll on our great music, deep in southern Ohio, on the edge of Appalachia, Pike County
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Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival 2020 a go
Cody Johnson, with sign depicting his dad, the late Bill Johnson, as he appeared in Bluegrass Country Soul. It happened! Cody and Donna Johnson, new owners of Camp Springs Bluegrass Park, labored diligently throughout the spring and summer, and were allowed to
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30th Annual Keith Whitley Memorial Ride – Happy Birthday Keith
The 30th Annual Keith Whitley Memorial Ride was held this past weekend in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The tradition started in 1990, one year after Keith's passing, when a group of Keith's friends and fans decided to ride their motorcycles from Keith's
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Grand Lake National Fiddle Fest – 23 Years and still Counting!
Maddie Denton, 2020 Open Division winner at the Grand Lake Fiddle Fest Jana Jae, the Hee Haw star known for her blue fiddle, hosted the Grand Lake National Fiddle Fest at the American Heritage Music Festival event for the 23rd year. The festivities
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Old Salt Union impresses in Michigan
Old Salt Union at The Intersection in Grand Rapids - photo by Bryan Bolea I went into the March 4 Railroad Earth show in Grand Rapids not knowing much about Old Salt Union, but assuming that opening for such a renowned