Sierra Ferrell and the Steep Canyon Rangers will headline the annual International Bluegrass Music Association IBMA Bluegrass Live! festiavl powered by PNC when it returns to downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on September 27-28.
Also on the main stage are special guests Chatham County Line, Sierra Hull, Sam Bush, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Danny Paisley, Amythyst Kiah and Crying Uncle.
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IBMA, in partnership with local host PineCone (Piedmont Traditional Music Council), will return to the Raleigh Convention Center, Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, Red Hat Amphitheater and other venues. The festival will take place at the Red Hat Amphitheater, as well as six additional stages throughout downtown Raleigh.
The lineup of acts for the two-day festival also showcases the talents of the Balsam Range. Barefoot Movement? broken compass; Compton & Newberry; Chris Jones & the Night Drivers; Country Current (US Navy Band); Dewey & Leslie Brown; Earl White String Band; Evans, Smith & May, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen; From China to Appalachia (Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian); Golden Shoals, The Gospel Jubilators; The Gravy Boys? Hank, Pattie & the Current; Henhouse Prowlers? Jacob Jolliff Band; Jake Blount? Jake Leg? Jim Lauderdale? Junior Appalachian Musicians; Kaia Kater? Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands; Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road; New Dangerfield? Nixon? Blevins & Gage; He grew up at the Raleigh All Star Jam. Sister Sadie. Songs From the Road Band? The Tan & Sober Gentlemen; Tray Wellington Band; Union Grove Old Time Fiddlers' Convention 100th Anniversary; Unspoken Tradition? The Williamson Brothers; Wyatt Ellis? and more.
“This is our favorite time of year. I just love seeing everyone come down to Raleigh with guitars and banjos slung over their shoulders,” said David Brower, festival producer and executive director of PineCone. “Besides all the bands playing on the big stages, there's also something special for the everyday pickers. We are dedicating a stage to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Union Grove Old Time Fiddlers Convention. We will have fiddler, banjo, mandolin and guitar competitions, as well as a great big square dance to end the afternoon each day. Highlighting North Carolina's musical traditions is something we've prided ourselves on at the festival over the past decade.”
IBMA Bluegrass Live! is part of the annual five-day IBMA World of Bluegrass, which also includes the IBMA Business Conference, the IBMA Bluegrass Ramble exhibition series and the 35th annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards, with events scheduled for September 24-28 in Raleigh. .
Last year, Billy Strings led the winners at the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards, winning artist of the year, while Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway won album of the year for Crooked Tree and song of the year for the album's title track, while Tuttle was named female vocalist of the year.
tickets and hotel reservations for IBMA's World of Bluegrass will open to IBMA members beginning May 8th and open to the general public on May 15th.
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