World Bluegrass Day
From fiddle and banjo to upright bass and mandolin, the stringed instruments are key when it comes to bluegrass music, and this day is the perfect time to enjoy it!
How to Celebrate World Bluegrass Day
Have some fun and bring the family along when you come up with all sorts of creative ways to celebrate World Bluegrass Day, starting with a few of these ideas:
Listen to Some Bluegrass Music
The easiest way to get on board with this day is to head over to your favorite music platform and fire up some bluegrass.
Whether on Spotify, Apple Music or even a local radio station, bluegrass music should be simple to find (depending on your location, of course.)
Try out a few of these famous bluegrass songs to get started:
- I’m On My Way Back to the Old Home (1952) by Bill Monroe
- Rocky Top (1968) by The Osbourne Brothers
- Orange Blossom Special (1965) by Johnny Cash
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown (1949) by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys
Attend a Bluegrass Day Event
Jump into a concert, singalong or some other activity taking place in your local area in celebration of World Bluegrass Day.
Or, even better, head over to the Appalachia region of the United States and soak up some real-live bluegrass culture.
This region runs from northern Mississippi and Alabama in the south, all the way northeast up to Pennsylvania and even parts of New York.
But Tennessee and Kentucky may be the most well-known for their bluegrass influence, with Kentucky even having gained the moniker as “the Bluegrass State”.
Visit the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum
An excellent idea for getting immersed in the culture on World Bluegrass Day would be to head over to the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky.
This international treasure offers American roots with all sorts of ways to get involved, including concerts, music lessons, fundraisers, and events for the whole family!
Locals might want to consider becoming a museum member or patron for this important piece of Americana culture, particularly in celebration of World Bluegrass Day.
History of World Bluegrass Day
It’s true that the history of this celebration is a bit unclear, but World Bluegrass Day seems to have gotten its start sometime in the 2010s.
Some sources show that the day was started by the European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA).
This is an organization that has been around since 1995, but it was originally called the European Bluegrass Network or EBN.
But, of course, the background of the topic of this day can be traced much further back, all the way to the 1940s when Bluegrass music made its debut.
This genre of American roots music was developed in the Appalachian mountain region of the US, derived from a number of influences, including blue, jazz and even some Scottish, Irish and English ballads.
Today, bluegrass music has stood the test of time and continues to enthrall and delight folks with its exclusively acoustic sound!
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