Al Ras Bluegrass & Old Time Festival

The Al Ras Bluegrass and Old Time Festival 2024 was a powerful celebration of music, community, and culture that took place over four days in various locations across Barcelona. This year's festival, the 23rd edition, held a special significance, as

Red Wine at the 2023 Al Ras Bluegrass & Old Time Festival - photo © Josep Pons Hello Bluegrass Friends! Earlier this month we celebrated the 22nd edition of the Al Ras Bluegrass & Old Time Festival, with bands from Barcelona, Spain,

This report on the Al Ras festival in Barcelona is a contribution from Michael Luchtan. We celebrated the 21st Al Ras Bluegrass and Old Time Music festival on the first weekend of November, 2022. This was the first time since 2019 that

Our friends with the Al Ras Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association in Barcelona are hosting a raffle this year to raise money for their various efforts to spread the word about bluegrass and traditional music along the northern Mediterranean

Closing jam at the 2021 Al Ras Bluegrass and Old Time Festival - photo by Eduardo Manzanera This review of the 2021 Al Ras Bluegrass & Old Time Festival in Barcelona is a contribution from Michael Luchtan, an American living and studying bluegrass

Just as most bluegrass festivals in the US and Canada have been cancelled this year due to state and local restrictions, so are similar events in Europe and beyond.  And so the Al Ras Bluegrass Festival, held each year on this

This report on the Barcelona Slow Jam comes from Michael Luchtan, an American living and studying bluegrass in Spain. It can be difficult for those of us in the States to realize what it's like learning bluegrass in missionary territory,

This review of the 2019 Al Ras Bluegrass & Old Time Festival in Barcelona is a contribution from Michael Luchtan, an American living and studying bluegrass in Spain. In Catalan, the regional language of Catalunya, Al Ras means “in the open

This weekend will see the 17th annual Al Ras Bluegrass & Old Time Festival, hosted in a number of locations in Barcelona. Now the largest and most comprehensive event of its kind in Spain, Al Ras brings performers from all over