The IBMA Foundation offers five different college scholarships. Students interested in applying for the 2024/25 school year are invited to fill out and submit their applications at the following links: Click HERE to apply for the Rick Lang Music Songwriter...

One of the best parts of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass event each fall is the College Bluegrass Band Showcase, featuring impressive talent from colleges and universities across the country. In addition to the entertainment value, college band showcases are often a window...

Congratulations to Artie Fischer of Asheville, North Carolina, who won the custom-made banjo from the Pisgah Banjo Company in April. “We want to give a big thank you to everyone who bought a raffle ticket and helped support the Arnold Shultz Fund,” said Patrick...

The live streamed drawing for the 4th annual Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle will take place at noon Eastern Time on Monday, May 13, at facebook.com/Bluegrassfoundation/, and ticket sales close at midnight May 12th. Do you have your tickets yet? Do you need some...

Lamont Pearley, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, received an Arnold Shultz Fund grant in 2023 to help purchase a banjo and take five months of banjo lessons with regional banjo teacher, Jordan Riehms. “We covered multiple ways to play ‘I’ll Fly Away,’ added more tunes to...

The Neil Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award annually recognizes the best bluegrass-related paper accepted by a juried academic conference during the previous year. Developing academic scholars eligible for this award include graduate students in MA or PhD programs and...