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PINECONE IS THE PIEDMONT COUNCIL OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC

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In the foregrounds, backs of musicians gathered in the Busy Bee Cafe during the PineCone Bluegrass Jam

PNC presents Wide Open Bluegrass 2016

Sep 30, 2016

PNC presents Wide Open Bluegrass: Fri/Sat, Sept 30 & Oct 1, Ticketed Main Stage and Free StreetFest, downtown Raleigh; Main Stage tickets are going fast! An illustration of a squirrel holding a banjo is in the center of the image, with silhouettes of banjos, fiddles, mandolins, guitars and basses emanating from concentric circles behind the squirrel. Below the squirrel is a rendering of the City of Raleigh skyline.

PNC presents Wide Open Bluegrass 2016

Oct 1, 2016

Joe Penland holds a fiddle and leans against the doorpost of a half-open door, right foot inside, left foot outside on the building's porch. He wears jeans, a short-sleeved shirt, and a western-style hat.

Performers and Presenters Announced for 27th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards

All five Entertainer of the Year nominees – Balsam Range, The Del McCoury Band, The Earls of Leicester, Flatt Lonesome, and The Gibson Brothers – are among performers for the September 29 event.... Read more

PNC presents Wide Open Bluegrass StreetFest Lineup Announcement

The Festival footprint will expand this year to include Lichtin Plaza in front of Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Balsam Range; Jim Lauderdale; Claire Lynch Band; Dale Ann Bradley; Band... Read more

Sierra Hull and Dan Tyminski to Co-Host 27th International Bluegrass Music Awards

Sierra Hull and Dan Tyminski will co-host the 27th International Bluegrass Music Awards on Thursday, Sept. 29 at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh.

PineCone Bluegrass Jam at Busy Bee Cafe in The Hive - March 25, 2013, photo credit: Laura Hamlyn

Jams & Sessions

Feeling inspired to play some music now that you've seen so many concerts? PineCone partners with local musicians, organizations, and groups to present ongoing participatory music sessions and jams for bluegrass music, Irish music, and shape note singing. Read more

P NC presents Wide Open Bluegrass

PineCone serves as the official "Local Host" for the International Bluegrass Music Association's World of Bluegrass and as producer of the PNC presents Wide Open Bluegrass festival. Read More

Going Down to Raleigh: Stringband Music in the North Carolina Piedmont, 1976-1998

PineCone's first-ever CD release highlights some of the very best old-time, regional Piedmont stringband music. Read more

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Performers and Presenters Announced for 27th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards

PNC presents Wide Open Bluegrass StreetFest Lineup Announcement

Sierra Hull and Dan Tyminski to Co-Host 27th International Bluegrass Music Awards

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P NC presents Wide Open Bluegrass

Going Down to Raleigh: Stringband Music in the North Carolina Piedmont, 1976-1998

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