The Bluegrass Symposium held in 2005 at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green was a watershed event in bringing scholarly attention to bluegrass music.
Bluegrass-focused events at Harvard (2010) and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2016) have continued to gather scholars who focus on bluegrass as a style, practice, and business.
The Foundation for Bluegrass Music is proud to announce, for the first time ever, the online sale of tickets to the Foundations Annual Fundraising Event featuring the multi-award winning bluegrass band, Blue Highway and a bluegrass karaoke extravaganza!
This year the Foundation partnered with the IBMA Youth Council to promote the upcoming event.
The Board of Directors for the Foundation for Bluegrass Music announced that four projects will receive a total of $8,000 in grants in 2013 in honor of two legendary contributors to the genre, both who passed away within the last 18 months: banjo player Earl Scruggs, a member of the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame; and California event producer Warren Hellman, a recipient of the IBMA Distinguished Achievement Award. The recipients are:
The Foundation for Bluegrass Music will be funding grants to honor two very important innovators in the world of bluegrass music -Mr. Earl Scruggs who passed away this year and Mr. Warren Hellman who passed away in 2011.
The previous application deadline of August 15th has been extended one week to August 22, 2012.
The Foundation for Bluegrass Music will be funding grants to honor two very important innovators in the world of bluegrass music Mr. Warren Hellman who passed away in 2011 and Mr. Earl Scruggs who passed away in 2012. The Foundation for Bluegrass Music has set August 15, 2012 as the deadline to apply for these resources.
In remembrance of these two highly creative individuals—both who have left huge footprints in the performance and presentation of American music---we will allocate funds to foster innovation in the world of bluegrass music,” said Foundation president Greg Cahill. “We are very pleased to honor the memory of these brilliant men in this way.”
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Bill Monroe, the “father” of bluegrass, and as an informal kick off to IBMA’s “World of Bluegrass” week in Nashville, September 26 – October 2, The Del McCoury Band and special guests will perform on the grounds of the Ryman Auditorium on Tuesday, September 27 from noon until 2 p.m. Central. 
Del McCoury, who first came to national attention as the lead singer for Bill Monroe in 1963, is also celebrating his pending induction into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, which will occur during the International Bluegrass Music Awards later that week on Thursday, September 29. 