IBMA 2009
The International Bluegrass Music Association has begun the marketing campaign for this year’s World of Bluegrass event in Nashville, TN. As usual, the week long event will include the IBMA business conference/trade show, the International Bluegrass Music Awards Show, and the Bluegrass Fan Fest.
The dates for this year’s WOB are September 28 through October 4, 2009.
The IBMA has made a 9 minute video available, which shows highlights from last year’s event.
If you watch closely you may even see one of your blog authors make an appearance at about 2:20 into the video.
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