Celebrated bluegrass artists/songwriters Sam Bush and Jim Lauderdale
will host the Aug. 13 nominations press conference, which is free and
open to the public. Separate admission is required for Music City Roots’
Wednesday show, which will feature Sam Bush, Balsam Range, Detour, and
Becky Buller. The regularly scheduled Music City Roots show will take
place after the press conference at 7:00 pm Central. For ticket information, visit the MCR’s website.
Like last year, bluegrass supporters in Raleigh, North Carolina – host city for IBMA’s World of Bluegrass, Sept. 30 – October 4 – have the opportunity to watch the live August 13 nominations broadcast with fellow music fans at a “viewing party” at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
(11 West Jones Street) in downtown Raleigh. The viewing party is free
and open to the public, but free tickets are required – visit pinecone.org for details. North Carolina bluegrass band Diamond Creek will perform in the Daily Planet Café after the final nominees are announced.
Subscribers to SiriusXM can also listen to the August 13 press conference live on the Bluegrass Junction channel, with coverage starting at 4:45 pm Central/5:45 pm Eastern.
The International Bluegrass Music Awards will take place in Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium (in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts) at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, October 2. Grammy-winning country vocalist Lee Ann Womack and Grammy-winning musician Jerry Douglas have been tapped to host the Awards show.
The
IBMA Awards is part of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass event, an annual
bluegrass music homecoming. The event consists of four parts: the IBMA
Business Conference, September 30 – October 2; the 25th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards, scheduled for Thursday evening, October 2; Wide Open Bluegrass, October 3-4
(which includes both free stages and ticketed festival performances)
and the Bluegrass Ramble, an innovative series of showcases, taking
place September 30 – October 2 in downtown Raleigh and at the Raleigh
Convention Center.
Tickets
for the Award Show, as well as for the ticketed portion of Wide Open
Bluegrass (which takes place at Red Hat Amphitheater and Raleigh
Convention Center Ballroom Stages), Bluegrass Ramble Showcase passes,
IBMA Business Conference registration and hotel reservations – along
with additional details and pricing information – are available through
IBMA’s website, ibma.org.
IBMA
– the International Bluegrass Music Association – is the professional
trade organization for the global bluegrass music community. The
organization’s six-year stay in Raleigh is the result of a partnership
with The Greater Raleigh Convention & Visitors Bureau, PineCone—The
Piedmont Council of Traditional Music, the City of Raleigh and a local
organizing committee.
Raleigh Viewing Party tickets available via Eventbrite: https://www.
*Information courtesy of PineCone press release
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