Bluegrass Festivals -- Reiterating this great resource for Bluegrass (and some country/Americana) festivals in Europe

By Ruth Ellen Gruber

I just want to underscore the valuable calendar of festivals and other gigs across Europe on the European Blugrass Music Association Web site.

The founding members of the EBMA festival network are the biggies:

• EWOB European World Of Bluegrass, Voorthuizen, Netherland
• La Roche Bluegrass Festival, La Roche-sur-Foron, France
• Banjo Jamboree, Caslav, Czech Republic
• Didmarton Bluegrass Festival, Kemble Gloucestershire, Great Britain
• International Buehl Bluegrass Festival, Buehl, Germany
• Risor Bluegrass Festival, Risor, Norway
• Jamboree, Strakonice, Czech Republic
• Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival, Longford, Ireland
• Big Bear Festival, Zuidlaren, Netherland
• Munich Bluegrass Festival, Munich, Germany
• Bluegrass Meeting Birkenried, Birkenried, Germany
• International Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival, Abaliget, Hungary
• Appalachian & Bluegrass Festival Omagh, Ireland 

But there are dozens of other smaller and lesser known festival all over the continent, Ireland and Britain.