The 2005 IBMA Awards Show is to be held in the Ryman Auditorium tomorrow evening. The show is recorded and will be broadcast at a future time on bluegrass radio shows and stations nation wide. The exciting news this year is that XM Satellite Radio will be broadcasting the show live. Here’s the scoop from the XM website.

LIVE! International Bluegrass Musicians Association Awards
Bluegrass Junction – XM 14
8PM ET
Track 14 goes live from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for the The IBMA Awards show hosted by Alison Krauss and Ricky Skaggs, and featuring performances Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Peter Rowan & Tony Rice, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage and The Del McCoury Band.

Whether you subscribe to XM or not, you’ll also want to be sure to log on to The Bluegrass Blog tomorrow night at 8PM CDT. We’ll be live at the Ryman publishing the winners as the awards are presented. And we’ll have photos up almost immediately. It’s the next best to being at the show yourself!