Event Reviews

Little Roy Lewis and Hunter Berry at the 2025 Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge festival - photo © Bill Warren This year’s edition of Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge in Kingsport, TN is complete. Lorraine Jordan, Allen Dyer, and their crew

Big Lick Bluegrass Festival’s performers, attendees, and promoter, Jeff Branch, literally weathered the storm this past weekend near Oakboro, NC. The first act on the festival, Cutter & Cash, performed an all acoustic set inside the refurbished barn as heavy

Lorraine Jordan & Country Grass at the 2025 Bluegrass in the Blueridge festival - photo © Bill Warren Bluegrass in the Blueridge kicked off Thursday evening at the Meadowview Convention Center in Kingsport, Tennessee. Lorraine Jordan welcomed everyone and thanked the

Faculty band performs at the 2025 Barcelona Bluegrass Camp - photo © Josep Ponsà On a sunny March weekend in Barcelona's charming Gràcia neighborhood the 10th annual Barcelona Bluegrass Camp (BBC) transformed this Catalan capital into a slice of Appalachia, bringing

1st place band Cabarrus Station at the Seagrove Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The 70th annual Seagrove Fiddlers' Convention drew a large crowd and over 50 entries (elementary age to senior citizens) on Saturday night (March 15) in the

The Country Gentlemen Show at the 2025 Withlacoochee Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The spring Withlacoochee Bluegrass Festival brought a lot of smiles to a lot of faces. The weather could not have been better. Jackson Bethune and Luke

Cutter & Cash at the 2025 Withlacoochee Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren A bright sunny day greeted the Withlacoochee Bluegrass Festival attendees. Promoters Danny and Christa Stewart greeted everyone from the stage. MC CJ McClellan keeps the show running

Appalachian Road Show at the 2025 Big Bass, Bluegrass & BBQ - photo © Bill Warren One of Florida's newest festivals is up and growing. Big Bass, Bluegrass, & BBQ held its 4th show this past Friday evening and all-day Saturday. It

Had Doc Watson lived, he would have been 102 years old yesterday, March 3. Sunday night, Jack Lawrence, Doc's picking partner for 27 years, and several friends celebrated the guitar guru with a concert at the Neighborhood Theater in Charlotte,

Crucial Country, 1st Place Band, at the 2025 Star Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The 98th annual Star Fiddlers' Convention is now in the books. The long-running acoustic talent contest ran over four hours and attracted more than