Last September, the International Bluegrass Music Association’s (IBMA) annual World of Bluegrass festival fell on the same weekend that Hurricane Helene swept through the Southeast. Several of the ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Raleigh Wide Open revives bluegrass tradition with 40+ free performances downtown. Festival spans Oct. 2-4 with food trucks, local ...

Raleigh Wide Open, the new music festival that will take the place of IBMA's World Of Bluegrass in Raleigh this Fall has announced its initial lineup, which includes a ton of local favorites like Blue ...

It’s a Thursday afternoon, and inside Studio B of Arms Wide Open’s El Cajon building there is energy, laughter and joy. The social dance class is in full swing. “Good job, guys!” AWO director ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- People come from all over the country to experience the sights and sounds of Raleigh. Bluegrass, Gospel and Folk music will once again fill the air along Fayetteville Street.

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Raleigh Wide Open Music Festival will be held Friday, Oct. 3 and Saturday, Oct. 4. The lineup includes 30+ artists across bluegrass, ...

A wide-open field of nine fillies and mares will contest the $1 million Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (G2T) May 2 at ...

Music has been a passion of Frances Litterski for almost her entire life. Litterski remembers writing her first song when she was still in elementary school. Now the winner of Wide Open Country’s 2025 ...

The Raleigh Wide Open music festival this weekend has roots in the International Bluegrass Music Association's annual festival, which was hosted by Raleigh for the past 12 years. Like those gatherings ...

We caught up with Wide Open Country’s 2024 Song Contest First and Second Place category winners to learn about the inspiration behind their songs. A Nashville-based singer-songwriter with an honest, ...