Preview Calendar: TSO, ‘Elf,’ Handel's ‘Messiah,’ Old Crow Medicine Show, Jane Austen's Birthday

Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Dec. 11 ...
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It’s a Wynotte holiday

The annual holiday show by local musical supergroup the Wynotte Sisters, scheduled for Thursday (Dec. 11) at St. Rita’s Music ...
The Courier-Journal

Worth the Drive: Experience the magic of bluegrass music at Kentucky's Rosine Barn

If you're a lover of bluegrass music, some of the genre's richest history can be found in the blink-and-you-miss-it town of Rosine in Ohio County. The Rosine Barn is home to free Friday night ...
SFGate

San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival is looking very good this year

The yearly festival was founded in 2001 by local venture capitalist Warren Hellman, who used his vast fortune to keep the event free of charge and without any corporate sponsorship; he died in 2011, ...
WTVD

Raleigh Wide Open wraps up big event of music, crafts and fun

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- One of Raleigh's most iconic cultural events returned with the new 2025 Raleigh Wide Open Music Festival, which took place Friday and Saturday. The free two-day festival built ...
WUNC

The subtle differences between old-time and bluegrass music

This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Next generation of bluegrass musicians trained at this Kentucky arts center

Leeds Center launches Bluegrass University for ages 11-18 in Winchester, KY. Weekly classes teach band skills, harmony and stage confidence. Program aims to preserve Kentucky bluegrass amid genre's ...
Seattle Times

PNW bluegrass music guitar competition Barnburner makes its debut

The artist’s path is an increasingly tangled one in the year 2025, but for guitarists, it’s not so complicated. While money and adulation are fine intentions, a true six stringer needs but one thing ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Wins IBMA Entertainer of the Year: ‘I Haven’t Abandoned Bluegrass’

The 36th annual International Bluegrass Music Association Awards show felt a little different this go-round. Sure, the annual gathering of the genre overtook Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the first time ...
The Morning Sun

Bluegrass festival is coming to St. Louis this weekend

An event geared to bluegrass fans and musicians is coming to mid-Michigan this weekend. The 30th annual Fall Fest sponsored by the West Michigan Bluegrass Music Association will take place Friday and ...
PBS

Lexington in the '40s: Swingin' in the Bluegrass

Lexington in the '40s: Swingin' in the Bluegrass Lexington in the '40s: Swingin' in the Bluegrass Special | 58m 29s | CC Central Kentuckians recall the big band music scene in the Bluegrass during the ...