The Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival, in conjunction with the Foundation for Bluegrass Music (FBM) will host a free teacher’s workshop called “Utilizing Bluegrass Music in the Classroom” on Friday, November 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Roberts Convention Centre in Wilmington, Ohio….

Lexington, KY — Beginning on September 25th, Kentucky’s gently rolling hills will resound with music as the Alltech Fortnight Festival launches a 16-day statewide celebration to mark the final year to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010. The 2009 Alltech Fortnight Festivall line-up will bring entertainment to 11 Kentucky venues, covering all regions of the Commonwealth from Lexington to Whitesburg and Ashland to Owensboro….

The Murphy Method website has cooked up a great sale that runs from now through August 31, 2009….

Casey Henry will be teaching banjo at the “FiddleStar International Jam Camp” presented by FiddleStar and The Murphey Method in Ridgetop, Tenn….

Flat Rock / Hendersonville, NC — Continuing in it’s 14th year, the Flat Rock Music Festival is offering a wider array of workshops for festival goers than ever offered previously. “Response from the previous workshops has been so positive,” said Festival Director Kathlene Stith, “that we had to find larger areas to host the workshop sessions, and also bump up the number of of different workshops offered.”…

Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak, Fla. — More than 65 budding musicians from Miami, Fla to Lancaster, South Carolina spent three exciting days last month at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP). These future keepers of the traditions of old time music had the time of their young lives learning to play mandolins, guitars, fiddles, African drums and banjos in a music camp designed to keep the tradition of bluegrass and country music flowing.