Special Events

HAZARD, KY — Scott Napier, Bluegrass mandolinist and Associate Professor at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music at Hazard Community & Technical College, is giving away five personal LP copies of music he considers the best of the best early, classic ...

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Mandolins and Beer Livestream Episode #2 is headed to Austin on Saturday, October 24 at 8:00 p.m., featuring live music and conversation with Kym Warner, Paul Glasse, Billy Bright and host Daniel Patrick.
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NASHVILLE — Mandolins and Beer podcast has announced plans for their first Livestream event to be held in Nashville on Sept. 26 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and will feature Dominick Leslie, Casey Campbell, Thomas Cassell and host Daniel Patrick. ...

SAN FRANCISCO — California Bluegrass Association (CBA) winds up their Turn Your Radio On series with a "Virtual Father's Day Festival" this Saturday featuring an all-star line-up.

Tune in online at 4:00 p.m. Paciic Time for a five hour long that includes performances by Tim O'Brien, Peter Rowan, Lonesome River Band, Molly Tuttle, Laurie Lewis, Della Mae and many,many more.

As part of the activities CBA will be announcing ...

POMONA, CALIF. — Eastman Guitars and Mandolins has announced their "Tip to Win" promotion in support of working musicians and the company has shared the following:

It's a challenging time and hardworking artists are in need of your support more than ever.

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SURPRIZE, ARIZ. — Dennis Vance has announced he is moving The Mandolin Store to a location just North of Nashville in an area with quick and easy access to Music City.

About the move, Vance told us, "My time in Surprise ...

SURPRISE, ARIZ. — Sun Valley Guitars, Eastman Guitars and the Mandolin Cafe are combining efforts to give away an Eastman E6D acoustic guitar.

Registration for a chance to win will commence February 11 at 7:30 a.m. Central from a link on the Mandolin Cafe home ...

10 winning entries selected in this special giveaway of D'Addario's new X Mandolin Strings.

Lawrence, Kans. — Registration for a chance to win free sets of D'Addario's new X Phosphor Bronze mandolin strings commences 7:30 a.m., October 15 from a link on the Mandolin ...

Austin, Texas — Waterloo by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and the Mandolin Cafe are combining efforts to give away one of their new Waterloo WL-M mandolins with a sunburst finish.

Registration for a chance to win will commence from a link on the Mandolin Cafe home page September 17 at 8:00 a.m. Central.

Included in the giveaway will be a Hardshell TKL case.

The WL-M is constructed with all solid woods and in a ladder-braced ...

Our friends at D'Addario captured Sam Bush playing a spirited version of "Red Haired Boy" in the D'Addario Studios recently. Accompanying Sam on guitar is fellow Sam Bush band member and flatpicker extraordinaire Stephen Mougin.

A D'Addario Artist, Bush is a long-time proponent of their Monel mandolin strings, making use of them on his famed 1937 Gibson F-5, serial ...

Burnsville, N.C. — The 1st Annual Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational will be held here May 24-26.

The inaugural Invitational showcases the art of hand building fine, stringed instruments and celebrates the skill ...

Weber Celebrates New Partnership with D'Addario by Giving Away a Yellowstone Mandolin at the 2019 NAMM Show in conjunction with Mandolin Cafe.


Bend, Or. — Starting in January 2019, Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments will be celebrating their mandolin string partnership with D'Addario by giving away one of the newly redesigned Yellowstone series, ...

Farmingdale, N.Y. — D'Addario and Eastman have combined resources and are giving away an Eastman MD415GD Mandolin and select D'Addario accessories.

The total winning package includes:

• Eastman MD415GD Mandolin
• (3) sets Monel

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Fairfax, Calif. — Peghead Nation, home of roots music instruction, gear, news and more has announced they will host a Facebook Live event with Sharon Gilchrist this Friday, August 24 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

This live, ...

Farmingdale, N.Y. — D'Addario has announced they are giving away sets of their new Monel mandolin strings along with a host of other D'Addario and Planet Waves accessories in a special giveaway hosted by the Mandolin Cafe.

Registration will commence ...

Weber to Unveil New Yellowstone Models in Nashville at Carter Vintage Guitars & Summer NAMM Event, Partnering with Mandolin Cafe.

Bend, Ore. — Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments is celebrating the launch of their newly redesigned Yellowstone series, and the official global public release of the Yellowstone "large body" models including Mandola, Octave and Mandocello ...

Austin, Texas — Collings Guitars and Mandolins and the Mandolin Cafe are combining resources to give away a Collings MT2 Mandolin finished in their new Cremona sunburst finish on display at the 2018 NAMM Show in Anaheim, Calif.

Included in the giveaway will be a Collings Traditional Handcrafted Case.

The Collings MT2 given away will be Adirondack spruce top with Eastern flamed maple back, sides and neck, Ebony peghead veneer with mother of pearl Collings logo and flourish.

The retail value of the mandolin with Collings' original vintage-style case is $4,400.

The ...

Nashville, Tenn. — Video Scholarship Competitions for banjo, mandolin, and fiddle have been announced by the Monroe Mandolin Camp with three lucky winners being awarded full tuition and a camp t-shirt.

This year's camp will be held September 19-23 at the Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center in North Carolina.

Each ...

Farmingdale, N.Y. — D'Addario Strings and the Mandolin Cafe announce a special giveaway of D'Addario strings and tuners. Registration for an opportunity to win will commence on the Mandolin Cafe at 9:30 a.m. Central on November 4, 2017 with 10 individual winners randomly selected ...

Nashville, Tenn. — Wednesday, August 23, mandolin masters are taking over Music City Roots, the Nashville-based weekly radio show and webcast. Artists will include Mike Compton, Tim O'Brien, Andy Statman, Bobby Osborne, and Casey Campbell, with even more special guests ...

Surprise, Ariz. — The Mandolin Store and Mandolin Cafe have announced a special Pono Octave Mandolin Giveaway coming in early August.

Registration will commence from a link on the Mandolin Cafe home page on August 6 with a single winner randomly selected on August 12, 9:30 a.m. Central. No purchase is necessary to enter and registration is open to all site visitors regardless of location.

The instrument being given away is a Pono M-20SB Octave – Mahogany Sunburst and deluxe hardshell case, ...

The Schertler Group, creators of high performance amplification gear for musicians and the Mandolin Cafe are combining efforts to give away a Schertler DYN-M-P48 Pickup for Mandolin with a retail value of $325.

Registration for a chance to win will commence from a link on the Mandolin ...

A continuation of the Scott Wright video collection entrusted to the Mandolin Cafe for publication, Bill Monroe and The Bluegrass Boys were captured in concert in Boulder, Colorado's Chautauqua Park in June, 1986.

On the bill for the evening, Norman and Nancy Blake also make an appearance as the warm-up act, though only two of their numbers appear in Video 1.
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The date was February 19, 1986. Bill Monroe and The Bluegrass Boys had traveled to Denver, Colorado for a concert in what was the arena for the Denver Nuggets NBA basketball team.

Make no mistake about it, Monroe was in fine form that day as the band kicked off the concert with "Uncle Pen."

This never before published footage was captured by videojournalist Scott Wright as part of the Wright Collection, a series of events surrounding Bill Monroe in February, 1986.

A lifelong bluegrass musician and fan, Wright felt Monroe's appearance in Denver was historically significant and captured and kept the videos until entrusting them to the Mandolin Cafe this year for publication.

The videos include a nice warm-up session in what ...