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Information on bluegrass music in a 200 mile radius of Fort Wayne, Indiana
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• NIBGA's 33^st annual 2009 Labor Day weekend Tri-State Festival in Kendallville, IN 22 miles north of Fort Wayne, IN.  Get motel reservations early! (06/18/09)
  • Here are photos from the Memorial 2008, Labor Day 2007, Memorial and Labor Day 2006 festivals. Picasa has been having some server problems. If you get "500 INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR" try again tomorrow.
  • Vendors apply HERE for 2009 app., photo, insurance and health certificate required for food vendors. We have all the food vendors we need for Labor Day 2009.
  • Bluegrass Festival Anticipation Syndrome - One perspective on the festivals
  • Renew your membership or join and save $2 on a weekend ticket. This years memberships expire April 30. Other clubs also honor our memberships, ask them.
  • OK, I'm coming before the entertainment starts, what is there to do? Industry figures show about 58 percent of all the nation's RVs are produced in Indiana, largely in Elkhart County. More than 100 different brands of RVs are produced within 25 miles of Elkhart, which bills itself as "RV Capital of the World."

• NIBGA has a Blog! Items that don't fit on these pages are in the blog. It includes NIBGA board minutes. Check it out.

• There is also a forum to chat about bluegrass in the Midwest. Post your jams, club dates, new CD releases, anything bluegrass that happens in the upper Midwest.

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• NIBGA Newsletters in PDF V4 format: News deadline for the next newsletter is July 10, mailed July 19.

  • NIBGA Members only, get your newsletter electronically in color and a week ahead of USPS! Click here.  (5/6/08)

• Area concerts and festivals which feature Bluegrass music in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois  (06/17/09)

• Other Bluegrass music related sites. Lots of links to other sites, clubs, magazines, instrument makers, RealAudio Bluegrass sites & more (06/1/2009)

• Want the latest news on Bluegrass?  Try this link. Don't forget to come back!

• Where can you go to jam or listen to Bluegrass music? (Club and jam meetings, reoccurring gigs) Completely updated for 2009 winter jams along with some summer updates but call first! (05/7/09)

• Hey, this looks like a great club! What do I get and how do I join? (04/02/07)

• Who is Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association, Inc. and where are NIBGA jams? (09/19/07)

• Meet the Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association officers (12/10/06)

• List of instructional video tapes for Bluegrass in area libraries. Use them as some libraries sell unused materials! (12/15/98)

• Cable Access TV schedule for Bluegrass - Bonnie & DeJa are no longer filming bands (08/2007)

• A brief history of Bluegrass music clubs in Indiana (10/22/97)

• News and Rumors -- This is being phased out in favor of the blog.
  • Rhonda Vincent announces banjo player Kenny Ingram, and guitarist Darrell Webb will leave the Rage effective December 31, 2008. (11/05/08)
  • Bull Harmon suffers heart attack. He is recovering at home. (10/26/08)
  • Note change of dates & time: 2^nd & 4^th Sun Jam - Old Depot in Pierceton, IN at St. Rt. 13 and Market St. next to the park; 5-8p; beverages & snacks available; acoustic instruments only - NO AMPLIFICATION call : Tim May 574-453-1767 or Betty Dobbs 574-253-3604 (10/23/08)
  • Banjo legend, Eddie Adcock undergoes brain surgery to correct a hand tremor. Amazingly doctors have him perform during surgery to track his progress.(10/3/08)
  • New Contra dance starting in Fort Wayne every third Sat. through May 16, 2009
• Over Jordon
  • Bob Waaland, 70, of Findlay, OH died 4/16/09
  • Bill Mowery, 81, of Decatur, IN died 3/15/09
  • Lewis Piepenbrink, 72, of Topeka, IN and White Pigeon, MI died 11/27/08. He and wife Glendola are long time members.
  • Ken Orrick leader of Lost Highway
  • Dick Sleesman, 73, Nov. 10, 2008
  • Cecil H. Simmons, 63, Sept. 29, 2008, of Albion, MI
  • Lynn Merle Fox, 76, Sept. 3, 2008
  • Hazel A. Fugate, 68, August 28, 2008
  • Robert W. Cagel, 86, died May 16, 2008

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