Nashville, Tenn. — Two-time Grammy nominated performers, The Grascals are coming back to the Grand Ole Opry! Come on out to the show this Tuesday, December 9, at 7pm, as they join forces with Craig Morgan, Steve Wariner, Chuck Wicks and Opry legend Bill Anderson.

Alexandria, VA — The Seldom Scene & Good Deale Bluegrass Band featuring Mike Auldridge with Moondi Klein & Jimmy Gaudreau are scheduled to ring in the New Year December 31st at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. Show time is 8:00 pm and tickets are $39.50 each.

Nashville, Tenn. — The SteelDrivers, one of this year’s hottest bluegrass acts, is booked to ring in the New Year in Nashville, Tenn. at the landmark venue, the Station Inn, on December 31, 2008 to celebrate New Year’s Eve.

Editor’s note: We’ve met and visited with a lot of wonderful people in the bluegrass world in the past couple years. We asked a handful of some of those memorable people we’ve visited with over the past year and invited them to share a favorite bluegrass Christmas memory. Larry Stephenson kicks off the holiday season here on BluegrassJournal.com with his favorite Christmas memory.

“All of my Christmases were great as a child, but the one that’s the best was in 1974.

Burlington, MA — PBS stations across the country have signed on for a three-year licensing deal to broadcast Alison Krauss’s new DVD A Hundred Miles or More: Live From The Tracking Room (Rounder) beginning in December. See below for the current list of PBS stations/markets and some of the confirmed airdates and times – more to come.