The Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival is still accepting votes in their “Last Banjo Standing” online battle-of-the-bands contest. Voting runs through November 15 with the winner announced from the top 5 vote getters at Noon on November 16. The winning band will receive $500 and a performance slot on stage during the festival which features Béla Fleck & the Flecktones and the Emmitt-Nershi Band among others.

Among a long list of bands shooting for the top slot are Asheville, North Carolina bluegrass band Dehlia Low. You may remember Anya Hinkle’s excellent series here on BluegrassJournal.com about the making of “Tellico” their latest CD. You can vote for Dehlia Low here.

If you missed the series from Dehlia Low’s Anya Hinkle you can catch all of it at the following links.

Dehlia Low "Tellico"

• Dehlia Low: The Making of “Tellico” – Part 1
• Dehlia Low: “Tellico” – Letting go and moving on – Part 3
• Dehlia Low “Tellico” – Letting go and moving on – Part 3
• Dehlia Low: the finishing touches on “Tellico” – Part 4 of 4

The Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival, slated for December 12, 2009 (11:00 am – Midnight) at the Congress Theatre in Chicago, IL., has several contests currently running including ticket giveaways, a signed guitar and even a free exhibitor package for vendors.

Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival Lineup

• Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
• Emmitt-Nershi Band
• Liberty Bluegrass Band
• Holy Ghost Tent Revival
• Dr. Dog
• Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater
• The Giving Tree Band
• Josh Phillips Folk Festival
• Van Ghost
• Majors Junction
• Chicago Farmer
• Jaik Willis
• Mike Mangione & The Band
• Tangleweed
• Environmental Encroachment
• Squeeze-bot
• GreenSugar
• How Far to Austin
• The Right Now
• Cobalt & the Hired Guns
• The Shams Band
• Goodbyehome
• The Junior League Band