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Anniversaries this week

  • 5/9 - Ron Thomason (1944)
  • 6/9 - Ernest Tubb (died this day in 1984)
  • 6/9 - Buzz Busby (1933)
  • 6/9 - Mike WIlson (1947)
  • 6/9 - Roy Huskey Jr (died this day in 1997)
  • 7/9 - Barry Poss (1945)
  • 8/9 - Jimmie Rodgers (1897) - Born in Pine Springs, Mississippi, he died in New York on 26 May, 1933.
  • 8/9 - Patsy Cline (1932)
  • 9/9 - Bill Monroe (died this day in 1996) - Born 13th September, 1911

  • 9/9 - James King (1958)
  • 9/9 - Otis Redding (1941)
  • 9/9 - C. F. Martin III (1894)
  • 9/9 - Paul Adkins (1952)
  • 11/9 - Leo Kottke (1945)

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Release of the day

Today's featured new release:
Various Artists: O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection
Various Artists: O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection (Rounder)
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Festivals

Know of a festival we dont have listed?

Do you know of a bluegrass or bluegrass-related festival we dont have listed here?   Are you running a festival?    You can have it listed here.

Our listings are free for bluegrass festivals, or folk/country festivals with a significant amount of bluegrass or old-timey content.  Just make contact with the webmaster, and we'll let you know how you can get listed.   Allow a few weeks for the process - there's no use trying to get everything done the week before your festival starts.

To get listed we need the following information as a minimum:

  • Full details of the festival, to be displayed on the web site.   You should make sure you show the bluegrass content, so we can highlight it for our site visitors
  • Contact information for someone in charge of the festival - name, phone number, email address, and details of the role they play at the festival
  • Dates the festival is running.
  • Plus any other information you think might be of relevance or interest to bluegrass fans.

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Harrietville Bluegrass & Traditional Country Music Convention

Australia’s premier Bluegrass & Old timey music event! The 22nd Annual HARRIETVILLE Bluegrass & Traditional Country Music CONVENTION November 18th-22nd, 2010. PICKIN’ AT THE PIGGERY presents some of the best bluegrass and old-time country musicians from around the world, and a multitude of bluegrass and old time musicians from all over Australia!

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