The Station Inn, the bluegrass hot-spot in Nashville, Tenn., is gearing up for a big weekend, featuring its Bill Monroe Appreciation Nights Friday and Saturday night and Eddie and Martha Adcock’s annual Homeless Benefit on Sunday.

Roland White’s band will be at the forefront of the Bill Monroe events…

Springfield, Ill., the state’s capitol city, is the bull’s eye for Midwestern bluegrass fans each November. They’ll be returning again this year for the 23rd annual Greater Downstate Indoor Bluegrass Music Festival on Nov. 6, 7 and 8.

It’s held at the Crowne Plaza, just off Interstate 55….

Grass Valley, Calif. — The Mandolin Cafe is sponsoring an evening concert and series of workshops on June 17 connecting a break between the California Bluegrass Association Music Camp (June 14-17) and Father’s Day Festival (June 18-21).

This is the second year the Mandolin Cafe has partnered with the California association to present this special event.

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Nashville, Tenn. — Count Big Joe’s Guitarworks among the Nashville business community sector that’s hopping on the bandwagon for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass convention in October.
The store, at 854 Madison Square, will host a mandolin workshop with Roland White from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 2 when [...]

Pickers in the Northwest might be interested in honing their mandolin and guitar skills in May when Roland White, Diane Bouska and Mike Compton present workshops and a concert at The Humane Society of Redmond Event Center in Redmond, Ore.
White will present a beginning mandolin class and his wife, Bouska, will teach a class [...]