NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He ...

Underneath a fingernail moon and the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Oliver Wood stood onstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival and declared, “This one goes out to ...

Earl Scruggs Music Festival, the annual gathering that honors the namesake three-finger picking banjo player, has unveiled the official artist lineup for its fifth annual Labor Day Weekend event, Sept ...

(VLM) Earl Scruggs Music Festival returns to Mill Spring, NC on September 4-6, 2026 for its fifth annual Labor Day Weekend celebration at Tryon International Equestrian Center (Tryon International).

There is no better way to describe the festival named for banjo phenom Earl Scruggs, held Labor Day weekend, than to say, “Wow, that was some hot bluegrass!” Even at the Tryon International Equestrian ...

The Earl Scruggs Music Festival, held Labor Day weekend at the Tryon Equestrian Center southeast of Asheville, may hit the Goldilocks sweet spot in music festival size. It’s big enough to attract ...

On this day (January 6) in 1924, Earl Scruggs was born in Flint Hill, North Carolina. He was a member of two of the most influential bluegrass groups. Moreover, he was at the forefront of the genre in ...

Earl Scruggs Music Festival returns to Tryon International Equestrian Center for its fifth annual Labor Day Weekend celebration in Mill Spring, North Carolina on September 4 – 6, 2026. The Avett ...

Earl Scruggs Music Festival, the annual gathering which honors the namesake three-fingered banjo picker, has unveiled the official artist lineup for its fifth annual Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 4-6, 2026 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – It is impossible to overstate the importance of Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly ...