From the teacher— Greetings, I am writing to you about a Bluegrass in the Schools Mini-Grant that I received in March to bring an educational bluegrass presentation to students at Summersville Middle School. Due to some scheduling conflicts, we had to push the...

The following twelve bands from nine states have been invited to showcase at the annual IBMA Foundation Bluegrass College Band Showcase Friday and Saturday evenings, September 19-20 at the Youth Stage in Chattanooga Tennessee during IBMA’s World of Bluegrass week. Set...

Mark Schuster, a board member and faithful supporter of the IBMA Foundation, is a fifth-generation resident of Washington state and a life-long community activist and environmentalist. He founded The Schuster Group in 1989, a multi-faceted real estate company involved...

George Matthews, great-grandson of Standard Oil magnate and Florida hotel and railroad developer, Henry Morrison Flagler, has produced Bluegrass at the Pavilion for the past 20 years. The annual event takes place in April on the grounds of the Flagler Museum in Palm...

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT A PAPER: JUNE 30, 2025 The Neil Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award annually recognizes the best bluegrass-related paper accepted by a juried academic conference during the previous year. Beginning in 2025, the criteria has been expanded to include...

The IBMA Foundation is pleased to announce that 150 applications have been received from 43 students headed to college or technical training in the fall. The deadline to apply was June 1, and review committees will begin working soon in order to make recipient...