The NKBMA has announced that its annual festival dates have changed for 2008. According to the web site
Pickin’ For Memory
2008
NKBMA Bluegrass Festival
In Sparta Kentucky
Our Festival has been moved this year to:
June 26th, 27th, and 28th!
BABA
The Texas State Mandolin Championship will be held in League City, Texas on Saturday, July 21, 2007. Location: 300 W. Walker at the Johnny Arolfo Civic Center. Competition starts at 6:00 PM, contact person if you want to enter is Rick Kirkland, see our website for details at www.bayareabluegrass.org for this event and all kinds of others too. If you don’t surf, Rick’s phone is 281-488-2244 and if you do have email his address is crk5820@msn.com
THE SAME NIGHT!! A workshop AND a stage show by the incomparable Daniel Carwile, 6-time National Champion fiddle player. Tasty, inexpensive food and soft drinks are available for sale in the BABA kitchen in case you like dinner with your music.
Come and check out the show, you’ll be glad you did.
BABA presents Bluegrass stage shows and jamming sessions on the third Saturday of each month excepting May (Fire on the Strings Festival) and December (Christmas). Admission to the shows is free, and the buiding is open for jamming starting @ 4:30 PM while the stage shows start @ 6:30 or 7:00 PM. The whole family is welcome - pickers will have plenty of folks for jamming and non-pickers can enjoy the music and raffle items and the good people of the bluegrass community.
Thanks to this list site for the great opportunity to pass on information!
Judy Sturgeon, Bay Area Bluegrass Association.
From Cybergrass.com,
Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival November 17 & 18, 2006 at the Roberts Convention Centre Wilmington, Ohio.
The Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival one of the Midwest’s premiere Bluegrass events is now being held twice annually at the Roberts Convention Centre in Wilmington, OH. You can now enjoy some of the finest Bluegrass performances in November and in March. Featured performers include:Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, IIIrd Tyme Out, James King Band, Blue Highway, Wildfire, Don Rigsby and Midnight Call and MORE! In addition to great Bluegrass performances there will be workshops. All-Night Jam Sessions welcome! Free parking including RV space. Completely handicap accessible. Smoke and alcohol free concert area. For tickets and more information see www.somusicfest.com.
